Trump touts a $1 trillion defense budget, a $1,776 troop bonus and a tougher stance on Iran in his 2026 State of the Union.

The Trump administration for months ignored Congress’s demand for a plan on how the Defense Department would spend the money ...

Washington remains the world’s largest military spender, at 36% of global spending last year, a new report found. But real-terms expenditure was down 7.1% in 2025. Meanwhile, Europe’s share rose from ...

Congress added billions of dollars beyond the Pentagon’s budget request for research and procurement projects that receive little scrutiny.

European defense spending increased at a record pace in 2025, outpacing Russian military outlays, according to a new assessment.

A British think tank says global defense spending in 2025 has reached a record 2.63 trillion dollars, up 2.5 percent from the ...

WASHINGTON — Funding for the U.S. Space Force this fiscal year approaches $42 billion when mandatory and discretionary ...

The Pentagon will nearly double its innovation arm, expand the industrial base for cheap maritime and aerial drones, and ...

Shares in the UK defense giant rose on Wednesday after it reported strong full-year earnings.

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Germany's defense spending is set to surge this year, but the country may not execute on its "ambitious" budget target, Goldman's analyst said.

Russian defense spending could potentially fall this year from "a very, very high point," said Fenella McGerthy, an expert on defense economics at IISS.