The Senate Appropriations Committee greenlit an $851.7 billion budget for the Pentagon for Fiscal 2025, a 2.3 percent increase over the allocation passed by the House Appropriations Committee in June, boosting the Air Force and Space Force's budget to deter China and Russia. Members cited ...
The Pentagon budget seems poised for an increase in 2023 over the $773 billion requested by President Joe Biden. The question now is how large that increase will be. The leaders of the Senate Appropriations committee released their markup of the defense funding bill July ...
Department of the Air Force leaders have not been shy in the past about voicing the issues caused by the use of continuing resolutions to fund the federal government. But addressing the lawmakers responsible for passing an annual budget, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall made ...
More than five months after the fiscal year began, Congress unveiled its 2022 spending bill for the Pentagon and the rest of the federal government in the early hours of March 9, with a proposed boost for defense spending.
A complete change in leadership is coming for one of the most important committees in the Senate, a change that could have trickle-down effects for the defense subcommittee that wields major influence over the Pentagon’s budget. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Nov. 15 that he ...
Plans to upgrade facilities for the new Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program remain "on the path" to stay on budget as the Minuteman III replacement's development progresses, Air Force Lt. Gen. Warren D. Berry told a Senate subcommittee June 16. "GBSD, where you're essentially going to ...