By Sarah Tully Click here to read this listicle in its entirety on BuzzFeed. This plane costs more than twice the number of people on the planet. And it doesn’t really work. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is on pace to be the world’s most expensive weapons system ever. It was designed to be the plane […]
A Side-by-Side Comparison of House and Senate Defense Authorization Bills
Department of Defense – Military, Base Budget (051) House Senate $496.1 billion $496.5 billion Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053) House Senate $18.9 billion $18.7 billion Overseas Contingency Operations House Senate $89.2 billion $88.9 billion TOTAL: National Defense (Budget Function 050) House Senate $604.2 billion $604.1 billion Sea-Based Deterrence Fund House […]
Major Amendments in the Senate to Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Authorization Bill
Read the latest analysis of amendments submitted and pending to the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016.
Summary of FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee
Committee Action On May 14, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-4 to report the National Defense Authorization bill authorizing $611.9 billion in defense spending. Overall totals $495.5 billion – Pentagon base budget $ 18.7 billion – Department of Energy base budget $ 88.9 billion – Overseas Contingency Operations fund $604.1 billion – Total, National Defense […]
U.S. Defense Spending Vs. Global Defense Spending
According to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database 2015, in 2014, the U.S. approved $609.9 billion in defense budget authority (fiscal year 2014 dollars). This figure includes funding for the Pentagon base budget, money allocated for the Pentagon in the Overseas Contingency Operations fund, and defense related activities in the 050 budget function. It also includes Department of Energy-administered atomic energy defense activities.
