In terms of percentage increase, the Army was the winner, with its budget showing a one-year, 12.7 percent rise. (This does not include war-related supplemental funds.) Then came the Air Force (6.3%), Navy/Marine Corps (4.9%); and DOD agencies (4.6%). In terms of total budget size, the top spot went to the Air Force ($130.4 billion), followed by the Navy/Marine Corps ($127.4 billion), the Army ($111.8 billion) and the DOD agencies ($69.7 billion). The Air Force took 29.7 percent of the budget, the Navy/Marine Corps 29 percent, the Army 25.5 percent, and DOD agencies 15.8 percent.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
