FY2026 Senate Marked-Up Defense Budget Bill Documents
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Portfolio Management under OUSD(A&S)
Overview of the OUSD(A&S) portfolios, summarizing the roles of Strategic, Space & Intelligence; Platform & Weapons; Air Platforms & Weapons; Electronic Warfare; Surface Warfare; Cyber Warfare; and Acquisition & Contracting Policy divisions.
Defense Pulse: Senate Unveils $852B FY26 Defense Bill with Major Boosts for Munitions and Shipbuilding
The Senate Appropriations Committee rewrote the Pentagon’s budget, adding over $21 billion and investing heavily in missile stockpiles, sixth-generation fighters, shipbuilding and security assistance. Here’s the breakdown.
Defense Pulse
House Passes FY26 Defense Bill as Senate Prepares its Markup
House passes $831.5 billion defense bill; Senate aims to raise the topline above $870 billion at the July 31 markup. Quality‑of‑life boosts and industrial‑base upgrades dominate the debate.
acquisition
Potential Unforced Errors Due To Jettisoning In Push to Reduce Government Weight
FedSIM is, was, an indispensable contract method and acquisition manager for the biggest, broadest, bloated contract actions across Defense
russia
Russia Flexes Naval Muscle
The future Maritime OE does not offer acccess and is a highway of robots and things like a future flying car metropolis scene
policy
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.
essays
When I was an advisor in Iraq in 2012, I was implementing a fairy tale policy while Iraq was drifting toward civil war
I deployed to Iraq in 2012. On the way over, I was 27 years old and eager to fight. I headed into the international zone in the center of Baghdad. My mission to advise the Iraqi Special Operators to help them adjust to an environment in which they did not
Future of ADVANA data platform unclear as Pentagon halts AI contract
Another ID/IQ bites the dust as contracting teams are sparse in the DOD
congress
Lawmakers Press Pentagon to Prove It Can Buy Weapons at ‘the Speed of Relevance’
A rare bipartisan hearing put defense acquisition culture—and a $833 billion budget—under the microscope.