US EditionAir Force Budget Focuses on Stealth Bomber, ICBMs and New Fighter, Limits New F-35s, Retires A-10s
UNITED STATES, JUN 26 – The $892.6 billion budget shifts funds from legacy fighter jets and warships to drones, long-range missiles, and troop pay raises to address modern threats, Pentagon says.
- President Donald Trump proposed the fiscal 2026 defense budget on June 26, 2025, emphasizing missiles and drones while reducing fighter jets and warships.
- This budget request follows the 2025 Biden administration plan but cuts F-35 orders from 68 to 47 units and limits the Navy to three warships.
- The plan includes a 3.8% military pay raise, decommissions aging ships and planes, reduces 7,286 Navy civilian jobs, and boosts funding for small drones informed by Ukraine lessons.
- The $892.6 billion budget is designed to counter China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region and strengthen the nation’s defense manufacturing sector, while a separate $150 billion package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocates funding for Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system.
- House appropriators have suggested raising the F-35 purchase to 69 jets, fueling discussions on Capitol Hill as the defense budget shifts focus to missile defense programs and investments in drone technology.
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Trump wants more missiles, drones
US President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops and more high-tech missiles and drones in next year's defense budget, while cutting Navy jobs and buying fewer ships and fighter jets, according to budget materials posted on Wednesday. At $892.6 billion, the defense and national security budget request for fiscal 2026 is flat compared with this year. The budget, which also includes nuclear weapons-related activities carried out by the Depar…
US President Donald Trump wants to increase wages for the military and more rockets and high-tech drones in the budget for the next year's defence, ever reducing jobs in the Navy and buying fewer ships and planes for hunters, according to the released Wednesday's budget materials, Reuters.
Air Force budget focuses on stealth bomber, ICBMs and new fighter, limits new F-35s, retires A-10s
A new strategic stealth bomber, modernized ICBM missiles, and a sixth-generation fighter are President Donald Trump’s top priorities in the Air Force budget proposal for fiscal 2026 released by the Pentagon on Thursday.
Trump Wants More Drones, Missiles, Fewer F-35s in $893B Defense Request
According to budget materials posted Wednesday, President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops, more high-tech missiles and drones in next year's defense budget, while cutting Navy jobs, and buying fewer ships and fighter jets to save money.
Trump's Defense Budget Shifts Focus To Missiles, Drones: F-35 Orders Cut By 31% - Huntington Ingalls Indus (NYSE:HII), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD)
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2026 defense budget request signals a strategic pivot toward advanced missile systems and drones.
Trump's 2026 Defence Plan: More Drones, Fewer Ships And F-35s
US President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops, more high-tech missiles and drones in next year's defense budget, while cutting Navy jobs, and buying fewer ships and fighter jets to save money, according to budget materials posted Wednesday.
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