Acting Under Secretary of Defence and Comptroller Jules Hurst III (left) and Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Space Force, Lt. Gen. Steven Whitney (right), discuss the Department of Defence’s FY27 Budget Request at the Pentagon on April 21, 2026.
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U.S. military officials on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) called for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defence systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war.
As part of President Donald Trump’s push to boost defence spending to $1.5 trillion in the 2027 budget, the Pentagon wants to triple spending on drones and related technology to more than $74 billion and invest over $30 billion into more critical munitions, including missile interceptors, whose stockpiles have become critically low during the Iran war.
Published – April 22, 2026 07:07 am IST
