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The Navy is proposing to drop its amphibious fleet below 31 ships, despite an agreement with the Marine Corps and a potential violation of last year’s defense policy law. Sent to Congress on Monday, the Navy’s proposed $255.8 billion…

The U.S. Army is requesting $185.5 billion in its 2024 budget, with spending focused on countering China and improving the defense industrial base amid the ammunition-hungry Ukraine war. The “challenge is in the Indo-Pacific region,”…

Updated: 5:05 p.m. March 13.Australia will buy at least three American-made nuclear-powered submarines and co-develop a new class of submarine with the United Kingdom under what is being called one the most significant military pacts in a…

The Air Force wants to scrap more than 300 aircraft and spend heavily on new technology so it can buy the higher-end aircraft and weapons that officials say are needed to keep up with China.Overall, the Air Force proposes a $185.1 billion…

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Updated: 2:47 p.m. on March 13.The Air Force is ditching its plans to develop a new engine for its F-35 fleet and will instead upgrade the existing Pratt & Whitney engines so the planes have enough power to use future weapons.The…

The Pentagon on Monday asked Congress to approve bulk buys of five types of missiles that the U.S. military would use to fight China, according to defense officials and budget documents.The multiyear procurements are part of a $30.6 billion…

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The Biden administration is proposing a $842 billion Pentagon budget for 2024 that boosts spending on new drones, combat jets, hypersonic missiles, and submarines.That’s up roughly $25 billion—about 3 percent—from the $817 billion…

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he will decide “fairly soon” where to put U.S. Space Command headquarters, which may end a years-long, highly political debate over its potential move from Colorado to Alabama.The service is conducting…