The Trump administration wants to boost NASA’s budget for fiscal year 2019 to $19.9 billion.

As Northrop’s next-generation B-21 “Raider” comes online later this decade, the Air Force wants to phase out the nuclear-capable B-2 and conventional B-1, according to two sources with knowledge of the budget discussions.

The Pentagon’s arms-buying operation has been split into two new groups: the undersecretaries of defense for acquisition and sustainment (A&S) and research and engineering (R&E).

The head of the U.S. NNSA has stepped down the same day the semi-autonomous branch of the DOE braced for a partial government shutdown.

As the blame game begins, government agencies including the U.S. Defense Department, FAA and NASA will begin furloughing staff and shutting down facilities.

Defense Secretary James Mattis says if the federal government shuts down maintenance on critical equipment, training for the reserve force, and intelligence operations around the world will cease, and over half of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce will be furloughed.

The NASA-led, 15-nation International Space Station’s operations will continue as usual even if there is a U.S. government shutdown Jan. 20.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has appealed for passage of a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown, or risk further harming a strained military.