Army aims to extend agile funding to all PAEs amid congressional pushback

By Dominic Minadeo / November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Army wants to expand its agile funding initiative to consolidate budget items across each of its newly announced portfolio acquisition executives (PAEs) -- teeing up potential tension with a Congress that has already pushed back on proposals for spending flexibility. The Army’s fiscal year 2026 budget request included an agile funding dry run that merged $2 billion worth of line-items focused around three capability areas -- unmanned aerial systems, counter-UAS and electronic warfare -- with the goal being to...

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