WASHINGTON — The Defense Department intends to spend all $152 billion of the funding allocated though last year’s reconciliation bill in fiscal 2026, a departure from previous plans to spend $113 billion of that sum, the department said in an unclassified spending plan delivered to Congress.
The Pentagon also will spend an additional $1 billion through the Defense Production Act on key areas meant to bolster the resiliency of the defense industrial base through additional investments in solid rocket motors, advanced manufacturing for munitions and energetics and other priorities.
The department provided few details about why it’s chosen to expend all $152 billion in reconciliation funding throughout this fiscal year, rather than spreading it over the five years…
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