Army's FY-20 topline almost $183B; Pentagon adds $9B for MILCON

By Ashley Tressel / March 12, 2019 at 8:48 AM
The Army is requesting about $183 billion in fiscal year 2020, and the Defense Department is adding to that request $9 billion in military construction funding that could potentially finance construction of a southern border wall, according to a service official. The official told Inside Defense ahead of the formal budget rollout that DOD is including the $9 billion in the Army's budget request because the Army Corps of Engineers, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security, is managing...

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