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Defense Budget Request Grows 10 Percent Over Current CR Levels To $716 Billion

Monday, February 12th, 2018

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Defense Budget Request Grows 10 Percent Over Current CR Levels To $716 Billion

David Norquist, comptroller of the Department of Defense. (Army photo)

At just over $686 billion, the Department of Defense fiscal year 2019 budget request continues the military funding increases promised by the Trump administration in force structure, procurement and investment in future technologies.Including war funding, the budget is a $74.2 billion, or 10 percent, increase over the fiscal 2018 continuing resolution funding levels the department is currently operating under and a 13 percent increase over the enacted fiscal 2017 budget authorization.The base budget request is $617 billion. Overseas contingency operations (OCO),…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

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Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

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Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]