<p><em>By Tony Capaccio</em></p><p>The Defense Department’s proposed $961 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 includes funding to purchase 24 F-35 fighters, 21 new model F-15 jets and two Virginia-class submarines, according to budget documents posted on the website of the department’s comptroller Wednesday evening.</p>.Troop deployment to Los Angeles to cost $134 million, says Pentagon.<p>The procurement request, which represents funds for weapons purchases, totals $205 billion or about $31 billion more than what Congress appropriated for this fiscal year.</p>.<p>Among the highlights of the 75-page procurement request:</p><p>- $4.7 billion for B-21 stealth bomber production</p><p>- 37 Thaad Missiles for $840 million</p><p>- 24 Air Force F-35 fighters for $3.5 billion</p><p>- 21 F-15EX Fighters for $2.4 billion</p><p>- 12 SM-3 Anti-Missile Interceptors for $444 million</p><p>- 2 Virginia-class submarines for $7.3 billion</p><p>- 1 Columbia-class submarine for $3.9 billion</p><p><em>Bloomberg News</em> previously reported that the request for 24 F-35s is down from the 48 warplanes forecast last year. The proposed cut is significant because the Air Force is the largest customer for the world’s biggest weapons program.</p><p>The scaling back of the F-35 request may reflect one way the service is revising its funding for fiscal 2026 to comply with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to reallocate projected US military spending by 8% over the next five years.</p>
<p><em>By Tony Capaccio</em></p><p>The Defense Department’s proposed $961 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 includes funding to purchase 24 F-35 fighters, 21 new model F-15 jets and two Virginia-class submarines, according to budget documents posted on the website of the department’s comptroller Wednesday evening.</p>.Troop deployment to Los Angeles to cost $134 million, says Pentagon.<p>The procurement request, which represents funds for weapons purchases, totals $205 billion or about $31 billion more than what Congress appropriated for this fiscal year.</p>.<p>Among the highlights of the 75-page procurement request:</p><p>- $4.7 billion for B-21 stealth bomber production</p><p>- 37 Thaad Missiles for $840 million</p><p>- 24 Air Force F-35 fighters for $3.5 billion</p><p>- 21 F-15EX Fighters for $2.4 billion</p><p>- 12 SM-3 Anti-Missile Interceptors for $444 million</p><p>- 2 Virginia-class submarines for $7.3 billion</p><p>- 1 Columbia-class submarine for $3.9 billion</p><p><em>Bloomberg News</em> previously reported that the request for 24 F-35s is down from the 48 warplanes forecast last year. The proposed cut is significant because the Air Force is the largest customer for the world’s biggest weapons program.</p><p>The scaling back of the F-35 request may reflect one way the service is revising its funding for fiscal 2026 to comply with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to reallocate projected US military spending by 8% over the next five years.</p>