The Pentagon's weapon system modernization accounts are poised for a slight boost in fiscal year 2010 but projected to decline steadily through FY-13, according to newly disclosed details from the Defense Department's investment blueprint. Late Friday afternoon, the Pentagon's comptroller office posted on its Web site the "National Defense Budget Estimate for FY 2009," a 217-page document that summarizes the FY-09 budget request submitted to Congress in February and details for the first time overall budget plans by service and...
