The Department of Defense is looking to shift approximately $3.8B in funds allocated for several weapons programs toward the counter-drug account that has been used by the current administration to construct the border wall, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.
Shipbuilding initiatives including the Expeditionary Fast Transport program and amphibious assault ship replacement effort would lose $900M in funds, according to DoD’s budget request for fiscal 2021 obtained by the publication.
The Pentagon also intends to shift funds from the U.S. Navy’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, V-22 Osprey program, Light Attack Aircraft program and the National Guard Humvee modernization initiative, according to the report.
