The Defense Department has revised the Military Intelligence Program top line budget request for Fiscal 2017, increasing it by nearly $2 billion, according to a Pentagon announcement. The new top line budget is $18.5 billion, including base budget and overseas contingency operations funding, up from the $16.8 billion announced in February 2016. “No other MIP budget figures or program details will be released, as they remain classified for national security reasons,” according to the release.
The Senate Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces heard testimony from the Defense Department’s top missile defense leaders and demanded to know why the Missile Defense Agency's proposed $9.6 billion fiscal 2023 budget will not yield more reliable defense against hypersonic weapons already being fielded by adversaries, including Russia on…