New budget documents quietly sent to Capitol Hill today show Pentagon procurement -- especially for Navy shipbuilding -- is slated to take a heavy hit in fiscal year 2026 if the Republican majority in Congress cannot pass its controversial "Big, Beautiful Bill." According to an FY-26 budget document obtained by Inside Defense , the Defense Department’s total procurement request is $205.2 billion. However, that figure includes nearly $52 billion that would need to be injected into DOD via the GOP’s...
