HEADLINE NEWS

  • CBO Projects Modest Army Acquisition Growth

    A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts just modest increases in the Army acquisition budget.

    In a February forecast of future defense spending, CBO calculates Army long-range acquisition costs will grow from about $33 billion in 2023 to $37 billion in 2032 and settle at about $36 billion in 2033.

  • Army Concedes Problems With Debt Collection

    The Army will overhaul the process for recovering overpayments to soldiers following a Government Accountability Office report that found problems with the clarity, accuracy and procedures used in debt collection. 

  • Army Reform Frees Time, Money, Manpower

    Army reform has a three-pronged objective: freeing up time, money and manpower, according to Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper.

  • 2020 Budget Delayed Until March

    The delayed 2020 federal budget will be released in March in two phases, starting with highlights and toplines for federal agencies on the 11th and the rest of the details the week of the 18th, according to guidance from the White House Office of Management and Budget.

  • ILW Focuses on Politics Behind Tactical Nukes

    A new paper from the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare looks at how politics in the 1950s influenced Army doctrine, particularly the shift to nuclear weapons.

  • Trump Hints at Bigger 2020 Defense Budget

    President Donald Trump hinted Jan. 17 that defense spending would not be cut in the 2020 budget request he’ll submit to Congress in early February.

  • Brookings: Army Needs Quality Over Size

    A Brookings Institution report on national security strategy supports a bigger defense budget but says the money is needed to improve capabilities rather than increase the size of the force.

  • Secretary Mattis Backs Bigger Defense Budget

    Cutting the defense budget “would be a disservice to troops and the American people they serve and protect,” Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said during Dec. 1 remarks at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California.

  • Parallel 2020 Defense Budgets Being Prepared

    Two parallel 2020 defense budgets are being prepared inside the Pentagon, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said Oct. 26.

  • Passage of On-Time Budget Draws AUSA Praise

    Following final passage by Congress of the fiscal year 2019 defense budget, marking the first time in a decade for lawmakers to pass the full year budget before the start of the fiscal year, retired Gen. Carter F. Ham, the Association of the U.S. Army’s president and CEO, issued the following statement: