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Unexpected savings on weapons purchases has enabled the United States to send a fresh $300 million package of much-needed weapons to Ukraine, officials said Tuesday.The munitions include Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, HIMARS rockets, 155mm…

The Pentagon’s $849.8 billion funding request for fiscal 2025 comes as last year’s budget request remains unpassed, a new law has imposed limits on government growth, and the White House is pleading with Congress to pass a supplemental…

The Army is asking for just slightly more money for the next year than it requested last year, and is sticking with its recent shift toward munitions that might be of use in a conflict with China or Russia.The Army requested $185.9 billion…

The U.S. Air Force is proposing to buy fewer manned fighters than expected in this year’s budget—and to retire 250 aircraft to boost research and development.The service is proposing to spend $188.1 billion in fiscal 2025, $3 billion more…

The Pentagon’s top money man has a message for the Hill: It’s past time to vote on the president’s supplemental funding request for Ukraine, Israel, and the Middle East. “Not trying to be a hater, I mean, this Congress has not gotten a…

U.S. President Joe Biden targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hamas, the January 6 insurrectionists, and a certain unnamed predecessor in his appearance before Congress on Thursday. “Freedom and democracy are under attack both at…

The Air Force had to make cuts in its budget proposal for next year, officials warned, amid reports the service won’t be able to buy as many F-35 fighter jets as it had planned.As the Pentagon prepares for the imminent rollout of the fiscal…

In 2013, U.S. Army Maj. Aaron Leonard led 12 soldiers from Fort Bliss on a five-day backpacking trip in Big Bend National Park in Texas, just over 300 miles away from their home base.“We were laying out one night on a mesa,” Leonard, a…

The House on Thursday approved a stopgap spending measure that would move two funding deadlines later into March, giving the Senate just more than one day to approve the bill and avoid a shutdown this weekend. The measure would punt…

The Space Force is already seeing success from experimental units that buy as well as use their gear—and is looking to bring this new model to other parts of the service, according to the new head of Space Operations Command.“We…