By Mike Stone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s report peacetime nationwide protection finances request of $886 billion boasts a 5.2% pay increase for troops and the most important analysis and improvement finances in historical past, as Russian aggression in Ukraine spurs demand for extra navy spending on munitions.
Biden’s request earmarks $842 billion for the Pentagon with a further $44 billion earmarked for defense-related applications on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Division of Power and different companies, bringing the nationwide safety finances to $886 billion, up from $858 billion enacted final yr.
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a looming China, Congress has signaled it would enhance protection spending over Biden’s request throughout the months-long finances course of that this request kicks off.
“This topline request serves as a helpful place to begin,” U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Senate Armed Companies Committee, stated when the finances figures had been unveiled on Thursday.
This finances would be the first to acquire missiles and different munitions with multi-year contracts, one thing that’s routine for planes and ships, because the Pentagon indicators enduring demand to high munitions makers like Raytheon Applied sciences Corp, Lockheed Martin Corp and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.
(Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington;Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama)