Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has released “Analysis of the FY 2018 Defense Budget and Trends in Defense Spending,” by Katherine Blakeley. “President Trump’s FY 2018 defense budget promises a ‘historic’ defense buildup. At $603 billion in the base national defense budget, some $54 billion over the Budget Control Act caps, it grows the size of military slightly and boosts RDT&E efforts, but doesn’t move the needle on procurement. Does the FY 2018 budget request build the military the U.S. needs? Will Congress succeed in funding more for defense?” Read the report here.
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