The Hill: Pentagon unveils $583B budget
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled a $582.7 billion budget that increases spending on combat readiness, but reduces planned purchases of aircraft, ships and other systems.
The massive budget aims to strike a balance between funding the administration's current efforts in Afghanistan and against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria while also setting aside funds to prepare for far-off future conflicts.
Overall, the request includes $524 billion for the base budget and $59 billion for war and other contingency funding.
It includes a $300 million increase in spending for military personnel and a $6.5 billion increase in operations and maintenance from last year.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 10, 2016
Defense Department's Budget Request Seeks More for R&D, ISIS Fight -- Defense news
Pentagon outlines budget request for 'unpredictable' environment -- CNN
Overnight Defense: Inside the Pentagon's $583B budget request -- The Hill
US Air Force Defers 45 F-35As Over Next Five Years -- Defense News
US Navy Absorbing $7 Billion Budget Cut -- Defense news
Navy to disband a carrier air wing in fiscal 2017 -- Defense News
US Army Budget To Build Force Size in Europe -- Defense News
Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace 'ancient' tech (Update) -- Phys.org
White House Wants to Revamp Cybersecurity In New $19B Plan -- Defense one
Pentagon seeks $583 billion budget for 2017; Republicans say not enough -- Reuters
GOP Lawmakers Rip DoD Budget Request -- Defense News
Overnight Defense: US Hawks ready for spending fight -- The Hill
Costs of Wars Are Lingering in Military Budget Plan -- New York Times
What to watch for in the new Pentagon budget -- Politico
In the Pentagon’s new budget, the Air Force won and the Navy and Army lost -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post
NATO may contribute AWACS to fight against Islamic State -- Stars and Stripes
Intel chiefs: Saudi, UAE ground troops unlikely to help against ISIS -- The Hill
At NATO, Pentagon chief says he needs more from allies in ISIS fight -- Washington Post
How Canada will expand its involvement in Iraq while halting its air war against the Islamic State -- Washington Post
U.S. officials: Russian airstrikes have changed ‘calculus completely’ in Syria -- Washington Post
Russia continues to push sales to South America -- IHS Jane's 360
Armored defense: Russia retains positions on world heavy armor market -- TASS
Russia Increasingly Using Robots for Reconnaissance, Bomb Defusing -- Sputnik
Russian envoy says US advanced weaponry deployment in outer space threatens security -- TASS
Deployment of Russia's armaments in Kaliningrad region limits NATO’s capabilities — expert -- TASS
NATO will continue deployment of Patriot batteries in Turkey — Stoltenberg -- TASS
American F-15s to join 1st Finland drill over ‘increased Russian activity’ -- RT
‘Focus on Baltic region’: UK bolsters anti-Russian NATO taskforce with 5 warships, troops -- RT
NATO Ramps Up Military Forces Near Russia to Cold War Levels -- Sputnik
NATO Weighs Mission to Monitor Mediterranean Refugee Flow -- Bloomberg
US National Intel: Russia,China Progress in Developing Counterspace Weapons -- Sputnik
Pentagon seeks funding for Libya, Africa military operations -- FOX News
U.S. to Send More Troops to Aid Afghan Forces Pressed by Taliban -- NYT
North Korea Nuclear Effort Seen as a Top Threat to the U.S. -- NYT
Pentagon: Troubled US F-35 Fighter Jet Needs More Engine Changes -- Sputnik
Will America Ever Build a Long-Range Strike Drone? -- Popular Mechanics
The Coming Dogfight Between the F-35 and the New Bomber -- Defense One
Pentagon considering ‘arsenal plane’ program to assist less-armed stealth planes -- RT
Northrop Grumman Seeks New Markets for Drone Helicopters, Radars in Asia -- Sputnik
‘We don’t have the gear': How the Pentagon is struggling with electronic warfare -- Washington Post
GOP senator wants North Korea links to Iran disclosed -- The Hill
Bergdahl case suspended in disagreement over classified documents -- Fay Observer
Spy chief: Waterboarding against American values -- The Hill