US EditionTrump's $1.5 trillion defense budget includes $750 billion for ships, jets and Golden Dome
The request shifts roughly $750 billion into missile defense, drones and artificial intelligence while aiming to expand production and add 44,000 troops.
- On Tuesday, the Pentagon unveiled a record $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal 2027, marking the largest year-over-year increase in post-World War II spending.
- Pentagon acting chief financial officer Jules Hurst III said the budget was formulated before the Iran conflict, excluding operational war costs and requiring separate supplemental funding for replenishment.
- The proposal allocates over $65 billion for 18 warships and 16 support ships—the "Golden Fleet"—alongside $102 billion for aircraft procurement and $18 billion for the "Golden Dome" missile defense system.
- Senate Democrat Jack Reed called the plan a "bloated, undisciplined budget," while Sen. Roger Wicker justified the request as essential to confront growing global threats.
- Congress faces pressure to approve up to $100 billion in separate supplemental funding for Iran operations, though White House budget director Russell Vought said officials are still finalizing cost estimates.
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Trump's Golden Dome Makes Headway
The Golden Dome for America (GDA) project is ahead of schedule and on budget, according to officials involved in its development. “Golden Dome is the decisive response to a new era of threats,” said Gen. Mike Guetlein, the Director of Golden Dome for America. “We are moving with purpose and urgency to forge a shield that is layered, integrated, and automated. The progress on display today is tangible proof that this is not a future concept, but …
Golden Dome first look: Army gear (mostly), no Navy, no cities covered yet
The Pentagon offered the public its first hands-on look Thursday at the hardware likely to form the initial instantiation of Golden Dome, a collection of mostly Army-built radars, interceptors and command systems that the program's director, Gen. Michael Guetlein, invited visitors to inspect on the apron of a Navy base in Norfolk, VA. The gathering at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Ft. Story, was the first major public engagement dedicat…
Leaders of Golden Dome project tout progress at Fort Story
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The head honchos in charge of the Golden Dome for America project came to Fort Story to talk about how things are going with this missile defense system. More than one year after the executive order from President Trump, leaders of the initiative said they now have a blueprint for [...]
The U.S. Military Now Wants a $1,500,000,000,000 Defense Budget. Breaking the Bank Won’t Make America Safe
President Donald Trump has approved a United States defense budget of approximately $1.5 trillion, representing the largest defense spending increase in American history. Senior National Security Editor Brandon Weichert argues that additional Pentagon funding cannot solve the structural problems facing the American defense industrial base, including strained supply chains across munitions production, limited shipyard capacity at the two yards cu…
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