The Pentagon plans to pump an additional $1.7 billion -- a 75% increase over last year's plan between fiscal years 2025 and 2028 -- into the secretive shop that prototypes new and surprising ways of using existing technology to bolster conventional deterrence against China and Russia. The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2025 budget request includes a dramatic increase in planned spending for the Strategic Capabilities Office's advanced component and prototype development funding across the new five-year spending plan compared to...
