Army Strategic Outlook for 2024-2025

Published: August 23, 2024

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Amidst challenging domestic economic conditions, the U.S. Army requires modern platforms and capabilities to meet growing global challenges. Take advantage of this free report looking at the Department of the Army’s contracting trends and business prospects for the FY 2025 fiscal year and beyond.

Amidst challenging domestic economic conditions, the U.S. Army requires modern platforms and capabilities to meet growing global challenges. Take advantage of this free report looking at the Department of the Army’s contracting trends and business prospects for the FY 2025 fiscal year and beyond.



What's Inside:

This free report takes a look at the Department of the Army's:

  • FY 2025 budget outlook
  • Major issues and priorities
  • Procurement and contract spending trends
  • Preferred contract vehicles and top contractors
  • Opportunity highlights and potential project leads

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Sample Key Findings from the Report:


Budgets Remain Flat

The Department of Defense (DoD) is shifting more funding to the Navy and Air Force, leaving the Army to do more with less.


Small Business Spending Stays Strong
Despite the Army's budget stresses, spending on small business contracts remains near recent highs.


GSA's MAS Remains Army's Preferred Vehicle
Even though the Army has a plethora of contracting vehicles at its disposal, it continues to rely on GSA's Multiple Award Schedule more than any other.

$4B After submitting a significantly lower IT budget request in FY 2024, the Army's request for FY 2025 is up by nearly $4.0 billion. Investment in major initiatives such as standing up the Unified Network is driving increases. Spending on cloud computing is also growing.

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  • 03-14 A Look Back: FY 2023 Contract Spending Trends
  • 15-21 Contract Vehicles
  • 22-23 Opportunities to Watch
  • 24-31 FY 2025 Budget Outlook
  • 32 Major Army Challenges
  • 33 Conclusions