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49 Key Lawmakers Want to Boost Navy Shipbuilding Plan
More ships and predictable budgets are top priorities for two leading lawmakers assigned to chair the House and Senate seapower subcommittees that oversee the Navy and Marine Corps.
U.S. Military Stretched by Strategic Demands That Outpace Budget
President Barack Obama's $534.3 billion spending request for the Defense Department, a 7.7 percent increase, comes amid warnings of a growing gap between what the military is asked to do and the funding needed to do it.
Navy Plans to Add 5,600 Sailors in 2016
The Navy plans to hire more sailors in 2016, but questions about future manpower levels and other issues remain.
US Budget Request Will Change Drastically, Experts Say
The $585 billion fiscal year 2016 defense budget request — so painstakingly sculpted by White House and Pentagon before being sent to Capitol Hill this week — will likely die a long, complicated death as it winds its way through the congressional committees, analysts say.
Pentagon’s 5-year Plan Busts Spending Caps by $155 billion
The Pentagon has mapped out a $2.77 trillion spending plan for the next five years, a military buildup after five years of decline that would exceed existing budget caps by $155 billion, or 5.9 percent.
Air Force, Riding Budget Boost, Warns On Sequester; U-2 Is BACK!
We won’t know much about it, but protecting America’s military satellites and the data they gather and share is a key target of the 2016 service budget.