#Pentagon budget

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Defense companies are telling investors that bipartisan support for munitions should outlast near-term budget uncertainty.
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 request includes $1.15 trillion in base spending and $350 billion in reconciliation funding.
RTX said framework agreements for Tomahawk and AMRAAM are not yet reflected in backlog or financial expectations.
Contractors are also working to strengthen supply chains and reduce single-source component risks.

DT Editorial Team·Aug 5, 2026·via breakingdefense.com

The Pentagon wants 85 F-35s in fiscal 2027, up from 47 in fiscal 2026, but only 32 are funded in the base budget.
The remaining 53 aircraft depend on a separate reconciliation package that has not yet been introduced.
The request also includes funding to accelerate Block 4 upgrade kits and address readiness after the fleet’s roughly 50% mission-capable rate in fiscal 2024.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 29, 2026·via defensenews.com

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request allocates more than $8 billion for space-based moving target indicator systems.
Ground moving target indication is further along and is being developed with the National Reconnaissance Office in low Earth orbit.
Air moving target indication is technically harder, but the Space Force has already awarded base contracts to nine vendors under a system-of-systems approach.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 29, 2026·via spacenews.com

The U.S. Space Force would rise to a proposed $71.2 billion in fiscal 2027, more than double 2026 enacted funding.
Nearly $50 billion is aimed at R&D and procurement, alongside 31 national security launches.
Part of the defense increase would rely on congressional reconciliation, an unusual path for military spending.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 22, 2026·via spacenews.com