Overview
- The Pentagon, which on Tuesday detailed the plan, set a $1.5 trillion topline split between $1.15 trillion in base funding and $350 billion routed through reconciliation in a 42% year-over-year jump.
- Officials introduced a new presidential priorities track that elevates the Golden Dome homeland missile defense, drone dominance, artificial intelligence and data systems, and the defense industrial base.
- The proposal makes a record drone push with about $53.6 billion for autonomous platforms and $21 billion for munitions and counter‑drone systems as DAWG funding climbs from roughly $226 million to about $54 billion.
- Shipbuilding would receive $65.8 billion to buy 18 warships and 16 support ships under the Golden Fleet initiative, which the Pentagon says is the largest shipbuilding request since 1962.
- Operational costs for the Iran conflict are not in the request and officials said a separate supplemental will follow, with the amount not yet specified.