The US House of Representatives has approved a $US738 billion ($A1.08 trillion) bill setting policy for the US Department of Defence on everything from family leave to fighter jets and the creation of a Space Force.
The US House of Representatives has approved a $US738 billion bill setting policy for the US Department of Defence on everything from family leave to fighter jets and the creation of a Space Force.
Those had been included in a version of the NDAA the House passed in October, but not in the version passed by the Republican-controlled Senate. File photo from 2018: US President Donald Trump has signed off on a bill authorising significant investment in defence.The fiscal 2020 NDAA increases defence spending by about $US20 billion, or about 2.8 per cent, and creates a Space Force as a new branch of the US military, both Trump priorities.
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