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Pentagon Must Accept Budget Cuts
The U.S. Defense Department should accept the likelihood of continued budget cuts and prepare realistic spending plans that take them into account, an expert said.
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Analyst: Historical Trends Suggest Budget Cuts Deeper Than Sequestration
The Pentagon could face budget cuts much deeper than those mandated through sequestration if defense spending over the next decade follows historical trends, according to a prominent analyst.
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Budget Conferees Face Huge Rift Between Defense Spending Plans and Caps
An upcoming House-Senate budget conference faces a daunting task in trying to find an alternative to a $20 billion cut in national defense spending that’s set to occur in January. But that mission may face better odds than appropriators would in trying to roll back their outsize defense spending blueprints for fiscal 2014 to meet spending caps/.../
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Army Warns It Could Have Trouble Handling Single War
Budget reductions could render the Army at "high risk to meet even one major war," according to documents obtained by USA TODAY, a warning the Army is sounding because it sees another war as inevitable before long.
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Shutdown Could Cost DoD Billions of Dollars
The US government shutdown could cost the Defense Department billions of dollars over the long term, but it is too early to tabulate the full impact, experts say.
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Rethinking Flattops for Flatter Budgets
Flanked by lethal warships and home to the advanced fighters jets parked on their expansive decks, the Navy's aircraft carriers are perhaps the most impressive demonstration of America's military might. But these ships are also the single most expensive piece of equipment the military buys, making them a prime -- and perhaps even necessary -- target in this era of fiscal belt-tightening.