Defense to get historically high share of research budget
by Roll Call - John M. Donnelly · August 4, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and other security agencies’ outsize consumption of federal research money would grow further under Republican plans, while non-defense research spending would drop, sometimes dramatically, a new congressional report shows.
The Defense Department’s research and development budget would consume 56 percent of the federal R&D total in President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal, according to the Congressional Research Service report. That’s an 18 percent increase above the fiscal 2016 enacted level. When military research at the National Nuclear Security Administration and other agencies is included, the defense share of the federal research budget is closer to 61 percent.
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