Topline Report

Defense budgets, programs and contracts.

Topline NumbersFrom Brief No. 001, filed

FY2027 request (base + reconciliation)
$1.5T
Not enacted [6]
FY2026 baseline under the CR
$838.5B
Through Dec. 11 [6]
Navy shipbuilding anomaly (Sec. 126)
$2.61B
Prior-year cost growth only [1]
National Security Systems anomaly (Sec. 127)
$2.853B
Procurement, Defense-Wide [1]
Iran war supplemental, defense share
$67B
Requested, not enacted [4]

Latest briefs

1 filed

  1. No.001

    $1.5T

    FY2027 request (base + reconciliation)

    continuing resolutiondefense appropriationsFY2027 NDAAnew starts

    $838.5B baseline vs. a $1.5T ask: the Dec. 11 CR deadline sets the lame-duck defense money fight

    The Pentagon is running on FY2026 rates under a stopgap that bars new starts and production increases. With five legislative weeks left after the midterms, contractors face a shutdown risk, a likely second CR and a smaller FY2027 topline than the administration requested.

    BLUF The Defense Department is spending at fiscal 2026 rates under a continuing resolution (CR) that expires Dec. 11, 2026, and that bars new starts, production-rate increases and new multiyear buys. Congress returns from the midterms with five legislative weeks left in the year.

    5 figures · 9 sources · 1,317 words