Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget includes $750 billion for ships, jets and Golden Dome

Pentagon Lays Out Record $1.5 Trillion Budget Request: 6 Takeaways

The Pentagon, on April 21, shared details about President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion military and defense budget for fiscal year 2027. The new budget request amounts to a 42 percent increase over military spending for fiscal year 2026, which covered approximately $1.03 trillion in defense-related spending. Through this requested leap in funding, the administration is seeking to address several priority areas, including shipbuilding, drone tech…

F-35, B-21 & advanced drones: Trump’s $1.5 trillion defence budget prioritises $750 billion for ships, jets, ‘Golden Dome’

A key feature of the budget is $65.8 billion allocated to shipbuilding, funding 18 battle force ships and 16 non-battle force ships made by General Dynamics and Huntington ​Ingalls Industries.

Pentagon details record $1.5 trillion budget request

The nearly 50 percent jump in spending would fund many of President Donald Trump’s new military projects, but the request has to get through a skeptical Congress.

Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget: What taxpayers are getting

(The Center Square) – The Pentagon's top budget official said Tuesday that the agency's failure to pass eight consecutive audits shouldn't stop Congress from approving the largest military budget in American history, a $1.5 trillion request that represents a 42%…

Pentagon wants a record $1.5 trillion. Cost of Iran war is not included

The cost of damage and weapons expenditures during the war could add billions to that total.

Golden Dome, drones and warships: Trump sets US$1.5 trillion defence spending plan

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled more details of President Donald Trump’s US$1.5 trillion defence budget request for fiscal year 2027, by far the largest year-over-year increase in defence spending in the post-World War Two era.