The $1 Trillion Black Box

The U.S. government appropriated $1 trillion for defense, with major spending items including $32.6 billion for “Other Procurement, Air Force” and $35.2 billion for "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide." Critics note that the system is not set up to be transparent, creating a 'black box' regarding military funding decisions, which ProPublica plans to investigate.