The Air Force’s top civilian leader, Michael Wynne, expressed admiration for Singapore’s defense budgeting system at a Washington media breakfast Tuesday. He said that Singapore’s military forces get a percentage of the country’s gross domestic product, meaning when the GDP goes up, their defense spending follows suit. “Maybe there is something there that we as a nation should look at and think about,” Wynne remarked. He admitted that US taxpayers would have to be convinced of such a move, but he maintains that the military is “showing a bit of tightness.”
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.