The Defense Department is requesting $177 billion for weapon systems modernization in fiscal year 2016, which includes $107.7 billion for procurement and $69.8 billion for research, development, test and evaluation, according DOD budget documents released Monday. A statistical breakdown shows that aircraft systems saw the largest portion of the request at $48.8 billion, followed by mission support and activities at $47.4 billion, shipbuilding and maritime systems at $25.6 billion, RDT&E science and technology funding at $12.3 billion, missiles and munitions...
