Service Chiefs Detail $13.6 Billion in Unfunded Requirements for FY-06 (updated)

By Jason Sherman / March 2, 2005 at 5:00 AM
This story was updated on March 7 to reflect the Air Force's final list. The military's top brass have tallied up nearly $13.6 billion worth of combat hardware they need but is not paid for in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2006 spending request now before Congress. The service chiefs have sent to Congress over the last two weeks lists detailing a wide range of programs that still require funding, from combat radios, to unmanned aerial vehicles, to a big-deck amphibious...

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