Italy lines up fallback plan for freeing €12 billion defense spending
Rome’s readiness to use an EU accounting trick was signaled in a Ministry of Finance budget document issued this month.
By Tom Kington
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Air, Space Force budgets seek to boost weapons, cut civilian jobs
New weapons are at the forefront of budget priorities for the Air Force and Space Force, while the spending plans also seek almost $2.3 billion in cuts.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Nuclear warhead agency receives 17.5 percent increase following Nuclear Posture Review
The National Nuclear Security Administration gets a major boost as the Pentagon expects it to do more to refurbish America's nuclear warheads.
By Aaron Mehta
US Air Force requests $156.3 billion in FY19, plans to retire B-1, B-2 fleets
The fiscal 2019 budget for the U.S. Air Force plans to grow the service from 55 to 58 combat squadrons over the next five years, while buying dozens of high-end aircraft.
By Aaron Mehta
US Navy wants more sailors, jets and an extra ship in 2019
The U.S. Navy's total shipbuilding budget request seems to make little headway toward the 355-ship fleet called for in a review last year.
By David B. Larter
New budget request includes at least $1.4 billion more for C4ISR systems
The Department of Defense would spend an additional $1 billion on C4ISR systems in fiscal 2019, according to the president’s budget request released Feb. 12
By Mark Pomerleau
Army’s $182 billion FY19 budget request seeks to fill capability gaps
The Army’s $182 billion fiscal 2019 budget request is a major funding boost over recent years and seeks to continue readiness recovery and fill capability gaps.
By Jen Judson
Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19
President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military funding, with a focus on great power competition with Russia and China.
This week in Congress: Onto the fiscal 2019 budget
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 12.
Army’s FY19 budget growing by 8 percent to fill readiness gaps, gradually grow force
The Army’s FY19 budget request will grow by roughly 8 percent with boosts in munitions production, a gradual plan to increase troops and funding to fill capability gaps.
By Jen Judson
FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says
Is the Trump military buildup about to get underway?
By Aaron Mehta
A Pentagon budget like none before: $700 billion
It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can foot the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press