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White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget With Big Bets on Missiles, Ships, and Drones

The request steers mandatory money to lock in missile defense funding, signaling a push to remake the defense industrial base through rapid factory growth.

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The B-21 Raider is unveiled during a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, December 2, 2022.
Soldiers with Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment, 194th Armored Brigade, conduct tank gunnery training with the M1 Abrams tank July 09, 2025, at Brooks Range, on Fort Benning, Georgia. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Marble)

Overview

  • The White House budget, released Monday, seeks $1.5 trillion for FY2027, with about $1.1 trillion in base funds and $350 billion set as mandatory spending through reconciliation.
  • OMB disclosed another $17.1 billion for the Golden Dome missile shield, lifting total funding to about $38.9 billion so far, with reports of a plan to protect more than $37 billion in that program through mandatory accounts.
  • The plan requests $65.8 billion to buy 34 Navy ships and to speed buys of 12 key munitions, with a separate roughly $200 billion war supplemental for Iran operations still under discussion.
  • Budget documents outline $54.6 billion to scale the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group for drones and about $30 billion under the Defense Production Act, a law used to fund new factory lines and suppliers.
  • Democrats blasted the proposal and a few Republicans raised cost concerns, while GOP defense chairs backed it and analysts warned it tilts to pricey next‑gen weapons over cheap mass systems as most contract dollars stay with incumbent primes.