The U.S. Air Force marked an important first earlier this week when F-22 Raptors deployed to Clark Air Force Base, the first time U.S. fifth-generation fighters have ever deployed to the Philippines, the Air Force said. The F-22 deployment, which took place on March 13 ...
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At $886 billion, the Pentagon’s 2024 budget request is “first and foremost ... a procurement budget,” assistant defense secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said March 13—a shift from the first two budget requests of the Biden administration, which emphasized investments in research and development.
The Biden administration is requesting $259 billion for the Department of Air Force in its fiscal 2024 budget, an increase of more than $9 billion or about 4 percent over this year. Not all that money would go to the Air Force and Space Force, ...
Ahead of the release of Pentagon’s 2024 budget release in the coming weeks, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin touted “major investments” by the DOD across a broad array of portfolios, including the nuclear triad, space, and next-generation fighter aircraft—while promising “once-in-a-generation” expenditures for shipyards and munitions ...
China’s growing capabilities and recent boldness in the air domain represent “dangerous and destabilizing” behavior patterns, the Pentagon’s top official on the Indo-Pacific said March 2. Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, discussed how China continues to prod the U.S. and challenge ...
Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategies, plans and capabilities, reiterated the DOD’s focus on China as the primary military, economic, technological, and diplomatic competitor to the U.S. during a March 1 forum. Speaking at a Center for a New American Security (CNAS) event ...
Ukraine, China, technology, and drug trafficking emerge as top issues in House Intelligence Committee hearing with think tank leaders.
The U.S. believes the New START strategic arms treaty with Russia—which Moscow said it is “suspending” its participation in—can be saved, despite the grim relationship between the two countries, one of the State Department’s top arms control officials said.
The former commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe argued for integrating air defense and missile defense systems and network and enhancing the responsiveness of U.S., NATO, and partner defenses.