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Pentagon Scrutinizes Golden Dome Missile Shield Amid $500B+ Cost Uncertainty

As 2025 defense budget talks get underway, the Pentagon is reviewing the Trump administration’s Golden Dome plan—a layered missile defense network designed to counter hypersonic, cruise and space-based threats—while Space Force officials warn cost estimates remain fluid and likely top $500 billion.

2025-05-15T11:34:25.781870-07:00

Payload

Trump’s “Skinny” Space Budget: Winners and Losers

2025-05-05T06:11:16.880958-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Space Force Chief Saltzman Flags Funding Gaps as Missions Outpace Resources

2025-05-06T15:00:24.007336-07:00

FlightGlobal

Korean Air Consortium Secures $673 Million Contract for Black Hawk Helicopter Upgrades

2025-04-22T21:19:55.922275-07:00

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Aviation Today

Pentagon Civilian Cuts Could Stall U.S. Avionics Edge The Trump administration’s proposed 8% reduction in DoD civilian personnel, beginning with 5,400 job eliminations next week, has set off alarms across avionics supply chains. Aircraft Value News warns the cuts could delay procurement, R&D and sustainment schedules critical to U.S. military electronics leadership.

2025-05-15T14:12:04.414257-07:00

Pentagon Civilian Cuts Could Stall U.S. Avionics Edge

Air & Space Forces Mag

Pentagon Scrutinizes Golden Dome Missile Shield Amid $500B+ Cost Uncertainty As 2025 defense budget talks get underway, the Pentagon is reviewing the Trump administration’s Golden Dome plan—a layered missile defense network designed to counter hypersonic, cruise and space-based threats—while Space Force officials warn cost estimates remain fluid and likely top $500 billion.

2025-05-15T11:34:25.781870-07:00

Pentagon Scrutinizes Golden Dome Missile Shield Amid $500B+ Cost Uncertainty

Air & Space Forces Mag

US Lawmakers Slam White House Over Opaque Defense Budget Process Senior U.S. lawmakers on the appropriations and armed services committees are voicing frustration at being sidelined in President Trump’s defense budget planning, accusing the administration of withholding detailed spending allocations and curbing congressional oversight. They warn this lack of transparency could delay funding authorizations for critical military programs.

2025-05-14T17:38:16.313310-07:00

US Lawmakers Slam White House Over Opaque Defense Budget Process

Air & Space Forces Mag

US Lawmakers Frustrated with Lack of President Trump’s Defense Budget Details

2025-05-14T17:38:16.313310-07:00

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Aviation Week

Army’s ITEP Future Hinges on FY-26 Budget Deliberations The U.S. Army has not officially canceled the Improved Turbine Engine Program and its continuation now rests on a tight fiscal year 2026 budget allocation. Approval of funds could keep GE Aerospace’s advanced T901 development alive amid competing modernization priorities.

2025-05-14T15:16:40.607384-07:00

Army’s ITEP Future Hinges on FY-26 Budget Deliberations

Breaking Defense

Pentagon draft FY25 budget shifts $1B from Sentinel ICBM to Collaborative Combat drone wingmen A draft Pentagon proposal for fiscal 2025 rescales Air Force priorities, cutting roughly $1 billion in Sentinel ICBM funding while boosting allocations by several hundred million dollars for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone “wingmen” initiative. The shift underscores growing emphasis on autonomous unmanned teaming over legacy deterrent programs.

2025-05-14T08:51:53.384408-07:00

Pentagon draft FY25 budget shifts $1B from Sentinel ICBM to Collaborative Combat drone wingmen

Aviation Week

US Air Force Integrated Capabilities Command Begins Multi-Year Budget Planning The U.S. Air Force’s Integrated Capabilities Command has begun drafting its first multi-year spending blueprint, concentrating on command-and-control networks and other joint warfighting systems. The initiative, part of the Air Force’s broader modernization drive, aims to align future budgets with emerging digital and space-domain requirements.

2025-05-13T16:09:44.558636-07:00

US Air Force Integrated Capabilities Command Begins Multi-Year Budget Planning

Breaking Defense

Op-ed: Space Force needs a quarter of DoD budget to match China’s ambitions In an op-ed, Christopher Stone argues that with China increasingly viewing space as the pivotal warfighting domain, the US must dedicate at least 25% of the DoD budget to the Space Force. He contends that only a quarter of spending can provide the capabilities needed to deter and outpace Beijing’s ambitions.

2025-05-13T10:28:17.745041-07:00

Op-ed: Space Force needs a quarter of DoD budget to match China’s ambitions

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