Tag: budget

Back in the early days of the F-35 program, the powers that be were full of excitement and optimism as they looked toward the future.  The plane they were developing would create jobs in nearly every state in the U.S., it would be the most advanced airframe ever to take to the skies, and it […]

Although President Donald Trump touted the idea of a 350 active ship Navy along the way to the White House, fiscal limitations coupled the government’s general inability to pass a defense budget has made that goal seem awfully unlikely – especially as some of the Navy’s largest, most powerful warships approach the end of their […]

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis released a force wide memo late last week, underscoring the importance of bringing America’s military back into a state of readiness, while also emphasizing the importance of alliance building and business reform in the Department of Defense. Mattis, who echoed these sentiments in a speech he delivered on Monday, […]

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke before the U.S. Army Exposition on Building Readiness in Washington, D.C. on Monday, taking the opportunity to address a number of concerns faced by America’s soldier and civilian populations alike. The storied former Marine general turned Defense Secretary began by emphasizing something that has been a common trend […]

Despite both Congress and the Senate passing their own versions of a new defense budget, one which calls for the establishment of a new space-based branch of the military and another that calls for an even larger influx of funding than President Trump requested, the Department of Defense officially began yet another fiscal year without […]

While NASA has had some big announcements to come out of its space enterprises in recent years, they have primarily come as the result of long-standing missions that were launched during an era when the organization was better funded, or perhaps better at using its limited funding, to get new experiments off the ground.  In […]

Previously unreported data from the Department of Defense released this summer shows that the average American taxpayer has spent $7,500 on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, since the beginning of the Global War on Terror in 2001. That means this fiscal year, your average taxpaying American citizen will spend about $289 on wars […]

When it comes to putting the best and latest gear in the hands of America’s war fighters, a common concern levied by those in the know pertains to the U.S.’s treacherously slow, expensive, and convoluted acquisitions programs.  With high-dollar defense systems like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the USS Gerald R. Ford super carrier […]

In a hearing set to determine the viability of serving another two years as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday, Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva addressed concerns about global threats, and about how budget restrictions effect America’s ability to counter them. The first issue the General was asked to […]

Earlier this year, President Trump inspired hope in many Americans that have long wished to see a resurgence in NASA’s manned space exploration endeavors, when he announced his goal to send human beings to Mars. The president was so passionate about a manned trip to mars, that during a teleconference with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson […]

In an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, doubled down on Defense Secretary James Mattis’ claims that the United States Congress must provide immediate and consistent funding to the American military in order to counter the negative effects of years […]

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis did not mince words with Congress on Monday as he testified before the House Armed Services Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 defense spending proposal.  According to the storied Marine General turned SECDEF, things have grown progressively worse for the men and women in uniform fighting in a […]