Overview
- The administration has outlined a roughly $1.5 trillion FY2027 defense request built around a $1.15 trillion base budget plus $350 billion routed through reconciliation to bypass a Senate filibuster.
- A separate supplemental near $98 billion tied to the Iran war is being readied with about $40 billion for operations and maintenance and roughly $24 billion to expand production of missiles like Patriot interceptors and Tomahawks after heavy wartime use drained stocks.
- To help pay for the surge, the plan would cut about $73 billion from non‑defense programs, slashing NSF and EPA funding, trimming NIH and NASA, eliminating LIHEAP, Job Corps, CDBG and HOME, and reducing WIC by 17 percent.
- The defense package steers $17.5 billion to a new “Golden Dome” missile shield, $65.8 billion to build 34 ships, and added funds for fighters, AI and hypersonics, while also raising troop pay and repairing barracks and family housing.
- Lawmakers in both parties signal steep opposition to the scale and tradeoffs, and officials are weighing whether to bundle the supplemental with disaster relief or aviation upgrades to draw more votes.