The Air Force requested $2.3 billion in the fiscal 2019 budget to continue development of the B-21 Raider, which is being built by Northrop Grumman. (U.S. Air Force)
Defense News: What’s on the US Air Force’s unfunded wish list? Classified programs you can’t see.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has sent a $1.9 billion wish list to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and the biggest chunk of that money would go to classified programs.
It won’t take long for an attentive reader to notice that the service’s fiscal 2019 unfunded priority list contains none of the big-ticket items usually included in prior years’ requests. For instance, there are no line items for additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, KC-46 tankers, drones or munitions.
Instead, the list — just a fraction of the FY18 lineup that contained $10.7 billion worth of items — concentrates its priorities among four areas:
* Classified systems
* Space systems
* Nuclear requirements and command and control
* Military construction
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WNU Editor: No specifics are detailed (f course) .... but one can only imagine .... SpaceX Rocket Launches X-37B Space Plane on Secret Mission (Space.com).
