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How Congress Is Reshaping the Pentagon’s FY27 Spending Plans

August 10, 2026August 19, 2026 - by Shaun McDougall

The start of the 2027 fiscal year is now less than two months away, and in typical fashion, the fate of the annual defense budget is in limbo. Three out …

Budget Data / Featured / North America / U.S. Defense Programs & Policy

Analyzing the Final FY26 Defense Appropriations Bill

February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 - by Shaun McDougall

The FY26 defense appropriations bill signed into law earlier this month included a significant injection of new resources from Congress to support a mix of core capabilities and advanced technology …

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Budget Data / North America / US Defense

U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Programs Impacted by Continuing Resolution

October 17, 2023 - by Shaun McDougall

The Department of Defense once again finds itself operating at reduced funding levels due to a continuing resolution (CR) enacted at the start of the 2024 fiscal year. A CR …

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Forecast International’s International Military Markets service provides a country-by-country examination of the military capabilities, equipment requirements, and inventories of over 120 nations. The individual country reports are structured to condense a vast range of information into concise segments. Governmental and political structures, political and economic trends, national and defense budgets, force structures, military planning requirements, recent and future procurements, the security environment, threat assessments, and military postures – all are detailed in these six services broken out by region (click each title for more details).

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