High-End War Capabilities Sneak Into Army’s 2018 Budget

High-End War Capabilities Sneak Into Army’s 2018 Budget
High-End War Capabilities Sneak Into Army’s 2018 Budget

If Congress enacts the Trump administration’s 2018 budget request, many in the Army will be ecstatic. Weapons contractors, maybe not so much. The $137.2 billion request ($166.1 billion including overseas contingency operations funds) is up by 5 percent from a year ago. It would be the most money the Army has gotten since 2012. The budget…