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.”
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
