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The FY-2026 NDAA: A broad reset for the Pentagon
Senate’s FY‑2026 defense bill focuses on AI, cyber, space, software, and sea power.
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FY2026 Defense Budget Thread – Status Update #2
Yesterday's hearing were a mix of firebrands and cold shoulders as Congress and the Executive's crisis in communication continues with mixed results - but in a new cardinal direction from year's past
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FY 2026 Defense Budget Thread – Status Update
Initial progress but gaps remain as the executive and legislative branches struggle to communicate
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Indo-Pacific equities in the FY26 HACD bill
EXPERIENCE, NOT OPINION $833B INDO-PACIFIC DETERRENCE FY2025 House Appropriations Committee Defense Report - Comprehensive Analysis $50B+ Direct Indo-Pacific Investment $11B INDOPACOM Unfunded Priorities 42% Of All Unfunded Requirements The House Appropriations Committee Defense FY2025 report (H.Rept. 118-557) authorizes $833.053 billion in total defense appropriations, with Indo-
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Some early analysis on HAC-D markup technology investments
Technology Focus Defense Technology Investments FY2026 Partial Analysis of DoD Technology Programs from HACD Report Overview AI/ML Cyber Space Tech Autonomous Systems Hypersonics Innovation Programs Advanced Manufacturing Networks & Comms Emerging Tech Defense Technology Investment Overview FY2026 Research & Development Total RDT&E Investment $144.5B+ Across all
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Pentagon FY26 Offsets: A Briefing on All 17 Protected Categories
Executive Summary: The $50 Billion Realignment Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's February 18, 2025 directive to reallocate $50 billion (8%) from the Biden administration's FY26 defense budget marks the most significant Pentagon budget restructuring since sequestration. The review targets "low-impact Biden-legacy programs"
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Major Force Programs in the American military
How the US Military is resourced by a chart of accounts defined by missions
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A codified software budget activity can't come soon enough
The DOD budget and the PPBE process reform has been rattling around in a bottle of rhetoric for many years now - this is the first admin who might do something about it because we need Defense revenue to mean more to win the second Cold War