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Trump requests $892.6 billion base defense budget, a real-terms cut
The administration framed the budget as a 13% increase, but that includes a spending package Congress has yet to pass.
Poking the bear: US Air Force builds in Russia’s backyard
The U.S. Air Force is quietly ramping up investments that will enable it to deploy to allied bases in Eastern Europe and operate close to Russia’s western flank.
Lawmakers rip ‘unwise’ use of military lawyers in border crisis
U.S. lawmakers want to reverse a decision to send military lawyers to help prosecute immigration cases.
By Joe Gould
Space Force will require ‘legislation and a lot of detail planning,’ says Mattis
The potential Space Force will be discussed with National Security Adviser John Bolton on June 22, said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
By Noah Nash
Here’s what the Czech military wants to buy with its record $4.5B modernization program
The purchases are to allow the Czech Armed Forces to replace a decisive share of its Soviet-designed gear.
Trump wants a Space Force. Now what?
How do you build a new military service from scratch?
By Valerie Insinna
South Korea, US cancel Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise for 2018
The exercises were slated for August and involved 17,500 service members.
By Tara Copp, AP
House appropriators add LCS, JSTARS funding, irking White House
The administration supports the $675 billion 2019 defense appropriations bill. But there are a couple of big exceptions.
By Joe Gould
Report: South Korea military exercises ‘suspended indefinitely’
The next exercise, Ulchi Freedom Guardian, was set for August.
Nose cone for French special forces helo hits the trade show floor at Eurosatory
The nose cone's display signals the approval of funds needed to equip the elite units with their own fleet of the tactical transport aircraft.
By Pierre Tran
Mattis: B-1 ejection seat issue will be fixed ‘very quickly’
Mattis said effects of spending decisions made in last few years won't find a quick fix in FY18-19 budgets.
By Tara Copp, AP