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Trump just signed off on this:

The $1.3 trillion omnibus offers the most significant increase in defense funding in the past 15 years, including a pay hike for personnel.


The Department of Defense is set to gain $61 billion more than last year's enacted funding for a top line of $700 billion.
The funding will be spread over the Pentagon's base budget of $589.5 billion and $65.2 billion for the overseas contingency operations, or OCO, budget. The remainder of the $700 billion is appropriated to other defense-related programs outside the Department of Defense.
The omnibus allocates $144.3 billion for military equipment procurement, including big-ticket items such as:

• $23.8 billion for 14 Navy ships
• $10.2 billion for 90 F-35 fighter jets
• $1.8 billion for 24 F/A-18 fighter jets
• $9.5 billion for the Missile Defense Agency

The defense-friendly bill also provides $238 billion for operations and maintenance, $89.2 billion for research and development, and $137.7 billion for personnel pay – a 2.4 percent increase from fiscal year 2017