The following charts present historical trends in U.S. military spending and analyze the forces that may drive it lower. These charts draw on data from the Stockholm International Peace Research ...

As the April 2025 pay chart revisions roll out, the military community will closely monitor the impact on financial security, ...

In the first group of 20 countries experiencing a high degree of conflict, spending has actually risen to a substantially higher level and has diverged from the global trend (Charts 3 and 4). This ...

Liang said China was directing most of its growing military budget toward increasing the combat readiness of its People's Liberation Army. "We are clearly seeing that trend because, if you look at ...

WATCH: House approves $895B defense bill that raises military pay, bans coverage of trans care for children of service members The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to ...