budget

If funding falters, ‘there’s no Golden Dome,’ Guetlein warns

“Without continued funding, Golden Dome will stop with everything we've already built and delivered,” Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein told reporters today.

AIA chief Eric Fanning on the budget and the health of America’s defense industry

Fanning also gave The Break Out his take on the state of foreign military sales and the room for reform.

Australia unveils $45.2 billion defense budget with ramp up in AUKUS spending

This year's budget represents a six percent increase over last year's defense spending.

Taiwan’s parliament passes pared-back supplementary defense budget

The approved supplemental budget is much lower than the NT$1.25 trillion proposed by the Lai administration, with the funding going towards two separate US arms packages for Taiwan. 

How does budget reconciliation work? Here’s everything you need to know.

Valerie Insinna outlines how Congress draws up a military spending plan for the year ahead.

How Hegseth, Caine, and Hurst defended their budget strategy on the Hill

Valerie Insinna has the highlights from last week's House and Senate hearings on the budget.

A peek into munitions spending, and a chat with Sweden’s DefMin

This week on The Break Out, we're talking billions for missiles and priorities in Stockholm.

Details of the $1.5 trillion defense budget request, and a key lawmaker’s take on the F-35

This week on The Break Out, we've got details on the massive defense budget request.

Rep. Rob Wittman on Army modernization, DoD relations and right to repair

In a wide ranging interview, Wittman hits on some of his key priorities for the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act.

Will Congress back an Iran war supplemental? Rep. Rob Wittman thinks so.

Rep. Rob Wittman joins Breaking Defense to talk through congressional support for an Iran war supplemental and the FY27 budget.

Costs and delays on NNSA construction projects more than doubled since 2023: GAO report

"Management, vendor, and input costs all contributed to cost growth and delays," according to the Government Accountability Office.

To finance the $1.5T defense budget, push for $600B in reconciliation

A $600 billion increase to the budget in reconciliation will be needed to get to $1.5T in spending, say a pair of AEI analysts.

Pentagon preparing to pull $8 billion from ‘unobligated’ R&D coffers to pay troops

The unusual move comes nearly two weeks into the government shutdown.

Japan’s $60B defense budget request seeks funding for coastal defense network, more F-35s

The Japanese budget request for the coming fiscal year also includes several systems from the US, including KC-46 tankers.