The Defense Department is requesting $574.5 billion in base spending for fiscal year 2018 and $64.5 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding, which in total include $208.6 billion in acquisition spending on major weapon systems, according to documents released by the Pentagon. The FY-18 budget request is $52 billion, or 9.8 percent, above the cap imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act, though, to the chagrin of some Republicans, it is only 3 percent higher than the Obama administration's plan...
