U.S. Defense Budget: Top Issues to Watch

By Chris Riback

Posted January 28, 2015 at 5:15am

Defense News offers “25 Issues To Watch In the Coming DoD Budget.”

The story notes that “on Feb. 2, the Pentagon will submit its fiscal 2016 budget request to Congress. Defense News reporters teamed up with budget analytics firm VisualDoD to highlight the most important issues to watch.” Issues include:

Cyber, IT spending
Tactical aviation changes
Missile defense
Navy shipbuilding and aircraft plans

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