Shanahan: Next Pentagon Budget May Trade New Weapons Development for Readiness
By: Megan Eckstein
October 26, 2018 6:58 PM
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Fiscal Year 2020 budget may slow down modernization efforts and research into next-generation weapons, like hypersonic missiles, but will still invest in growing the military force and boosting readiness for aircraft such as the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the deputy secretary of defense told reporters today.
Patrick Shanahan said the Office of Budget and Management told the Pentagon last week to prepare a $700-billion national security budget for FY 2020, whereas the Defense Department had previously been given a $733-billion topline.
As a result, Pentagon comptroller David Norquist “is building two budgets†even as the services are moving forward with a single budget request to submit to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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