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The Booming FY27 Defense Budget
Unpacking the Detailed Changes Driving the Numbers
 • Matt MacGregor and Pete Modigliani
Trillion Five Topline
Deterrence is Cheaper Than Defeat- Why $1.5T Makes Fiscal and Strategic Sense
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
FY26 Defense Appropriations Within Sight
Money Directed to High-Value Areas, But Major PPBE Reforms Missing
 • Matt MacGregor and Pete Modigliani
The State of Defense Appropriations
DoW and Appropriators Align in Some Areas But Key Differences Remain
 • Matt MacGregor and Pete Modigliani
FY26 Defense Budget Deep Dive
Reconciliation a Boom for Defense
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
FY26 Defense Budget: Topline Taking Shape
Unpacking The Different Paths to Funding
 • Matt MacGregor and Pete Modigliani
New Defense Budget Structure
Restructuring the DoD’s $850B annual budget into broad capability areas to manage RDT&E, Procurement, and O&M via dynamic portfolios to acquire…
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
The Senate Brings the Cash
Emergency Funding to the Rescue - Maybe
 • Matt MacGregor
FY25 Defense Budget Analysis
A deeper dive into the defense budget.
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
FY24 Defense Appropriation Summary
Congress passes appropriation a year after budget request submitted and six months into the fiscal year.
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
PPBE Reform Commission Assessment
The Commission's Final Report and DoD's Implementation Plan
 • Matt MacGregor and Pete Modigliani
Top Charts from the FY25 Defense Budget with Quick Summary
The Fiscal Responsibility Act Strangles the Defense Budget
 • Pete Modigliani and Matt MacGregor
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