Latest "defense spending" stories

Sweden’s stalled NATO bid disrupts Nordic defense planning

A Nordic cluster within NATO remains the goal, but questions remain about the alignment to North America or Europe when it comes to the High North.

By Gerard O'Dwyer

4 months ago

A soldier fires a machine gun from a Leopard 2 tank at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Global military spending up to an all-time high

A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.

5 months ago

Jon Stewart blasts ‘corruption’ in Pentagon spending priorities

Jon Stewart talks with the Defense Department's second-highest official, calls the lack of adequate focus on military family support shameful.

By Leo Shane III

6 months ago

Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin

The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.

7 months ago

Pentagon budget aims to max munitions production, make multiyear buys

Pentagon officials say they will maximize production lines for top priority munitions as part of its $170 billion procurement budget proposal for FY24.

By Joe Gould and Stephen Losey

7 months ago

Lawmakers draw battle lines for FY23 defense spending ahead of White House budget release

The president's budget plan for fiscal 2023 is set to be unveiled on March 28.

By Leo Shane III

19 months ago