It is not certain that a large check from Congress is the solution, they have been issuing these for some time, which still does not prevent the planes from falling out of the sky, unaided, the ships from exploding or sinking of their own will
And the problem is not, essentially, money, or lack of money – it is an industry and a culture which has been sabotaged by the rich for their exclusive benefit, while failing to produce much of use to the rest
c.f this article on the Abrams, instead of designing a new tank in light of the failures apparent in the Ukraine, prolonging it’s life with yet another re design into very old age, exactly what Boeing did with the Max – current production is confined to ‘upgrades’
‘US produces 12 tanks a month in the ‘80’s it was 75’