#defense budget

The U.S. military’s Golden Dome architecture may proceed without space-based interceptors if the Pentagon decides the capability cannot be produced affordably and at scale.

A proposed 188 percent jump in missile procurement reflects the scale of U.S. munitions concerns, but analysts say industry cannot match that surge immediately and lawmakers may need to spread spending over multiple year

The Air Force’s HH-60W Jolly Green II has completed what officials described as its first combat rescue of a person behind enemy lines, just as the service again requests no funding to buy more of the helicopter.

The proposed fiscal 2027 defense budget would allocate $65.8 billion for shipbuilding, funding a sharp increase in requested vessels as maritime competition intensifies.

The Trump administration plans to propose a fiscal 2027 defense budget totaling $1.5 trillion, combining a $1.15 trillion base request with $350 billion tied to reconciliation.

A budget request expected on April 3 would push U.S. defense spending sharply higher, with missile defense, ships, submarines, and weapons production at the center of the administration’s pitch.

The Government Accountability Office is pushing for the Pentagon's research and engineering office to gain budget certification authority over military departments' technology investments, but the Army, Navy, and Air Force have pushed back sharply.