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Other Transaction Agreements let the Defense Department negotiate prototype and research deals outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation, a tool that has grown sharply since the mid-2010s but comes with its own oversight gaps.
Nils AndersenThe fiscal year ends September 30 with full-year appropriations unbuilt, and the FY2027 request's two-track structure — $1.15 trillion discretionary plus $350 billion in reconciliation — makes this year's deadline harder to manage than most.
Nils AndersenThe House takes up the fiscal 2027 defense authorization this month, keeping alive a July floor tradition that per CRS has anchored the bill's more-than-60-year enactment streak — with an amendment season that will test the reconciliation build-up.
Nils AndersenJune marks the start of subcommittee and full-committee markups on the fiscal 2027 defense authorization, the annual legislative sprint that per CRS reliably moves from committee in June to the House floor in July.
Nils AndersenThe Army's $253 billion fiscal 2027 budget request, per the department's war.gov budget page, banks a year of restructuring — shifting money from legacy systems toward long-range fires, air defense, and munitions depth.
Nils AndersenThe missile defense and defeat account nearly doubles from $43.3 billion to $85.8 billion in fiscal 2027, converting the January 2025 Golden Dome directive from concept paper into the budget's fastest-growing line.
Nils AndersenReleased April 3-4, 2026, the fiscal 2027 request pairs a $1.15 trillion discretionary ask with $350 billion in reconciliation funding, pushing defense toward 4.5 percent of GDP and up 44 percent versus FY2026 enacted levels.
Nils AndersenService chiefs take their annual seats before the Senate Armed Services and House Appropriations committees this month, beginning theWashington ritual that previews the fiscal 2027 defense budget before its April release.
Nils AndersenAn executive order made Department of War the department's secondary name in September 2025, but a full legal renaming requires an act of Congress — leaving the department operating in a two-name state.
Nils AndersenSigned into law in December 2025, the fiscal 2026 defense authorization sets policy and program direction — but money still depends on a separate appropriations process that remains unfinished.
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