Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum said the Navy is developing unmanned aircraft with the federal science ministry and national research institutions, while the Army is building its own in-house.
• She reaffirmed that the Defense Secretariat manufactures military materiel and is the sole Mexican authority authorized to purchase weapons from abroad for domestic forces.
• The administration is centering its security approach on a unified intelligence-and-investigation system coordinating Defense, Navy and the National Intelligence Center.
• The government proposed 2026 budget shifts to channel more resources to science, education and culture by reallocating funds from the Judiciary and some autonomous bodies and by pursuing customs-law reforms and a health levy on sugary drinks.
• U.S. Ambassador Ron Johnson described the security posture as a bold, very abrupt change from the prior ‘abrazos, no balazos’ policy.