Overview
- The request totals about $1.5 trillion for national defense in fiscal 2027, which PolitiFact says is roughly a 44% jump from 2026.
- The plan sets about $1.1 trillion for base needs and adds $350 billion to scale munitions output and the defense industrial base, including factories and key supply chains.
- Priority buys include $65.8 billion for Navy shipbuilding, $17.5 billion for a space-based missile shield called Golden Dome, next‑generation aircraft such as the F‑47, AI, and drone systems.
- Troops would see a 5% to 7% pay raise, while nondefense programs face about a 10% cut, foreign aid would drop about 30%, and a new $5 billion fund would help partners buy U.S. weapons.
- Officials are preparing a separate war supplemental tied to operations in Iran, and experts cited by PolitiFact say this would be the largest inflation‑adjusted defense increase since World War II.