Once signed by the president, the Pentagon will be funded through Congress’s usual appropriations process after being stuck under a continuing resolution for the duration of fiscal 2025.
The funding proposal includes $8.4 billion more than the Pentagon’s request, falling short of the more than $50 billion in additional funding asked for by the department in the months since it sent its budget proposal to the Hill.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
As Stanley Tucci famously quipped in The Devil Wears Prada: "All right, people, gird your loins!"
The timing of the multi-billion-dollar request "reflects a lack of seriousness about the role of Congress in oversight and in funding,” Sen. Chris Coons told reporters.
Whether another temporary multi-billion-dollar add-on is in the Pentagon's future, Russell Vought attempted to assuage concerns, saying "there will not be a hole" in the defense budget.
The White House intends to use $2.5 billion from the One Big Beautiful Bill plus $1.4 billion from the Navy's shipbuilding budget and $1.4 billion from its research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) accounts to cover troop pay and housing needs.
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
In an exclusive interview, Chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee Rep. Ken Calvert said he's pushing for a short-term continuing resolution, and avoiding a government shutdown.
As Congress returns from August recess, Breaking Defense examined how each defense committee is looking at a dozen major programs, from Golden Dome to F/A-XX to the cancellation of the E-7 Wedgetail.
Five Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill, while three GOP members opposed it.
The committee voted 36-27 to send its funding proposal to the House floor after a marathon markup that lasted almost nine hours.
As “dirty” RF and contested environments proliferate, autonomy increasingly depends on resilient positioning.