The agency tasked with recovering America’s missing war dead has not received funding because congressional gridlock has left DPAA and the rest of the Defense Department operating under fiscal year 2023 levels.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the U.S. Army launched the "Big Five" procurement programs to regain technological edge and enhance conventional forces post-Vietnam War. These included the M1A1 Abrams tank, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, Patriot air-defense system, AH-64 Apache, and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.