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Appropriators Don’t Grant Army’s Full Agile Funding Push, ‘Discourage’ Future Requests

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Appropriators Don’t Grant Army’s Full Agile Funding Push, ‘Discourage’ Future Requests
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll speaks to soldiers while visiting Fort Campbell, Ky., September 9, 2025. Driscoll met with soldiers and leaders of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) to observe how Transformation in Contact 2.0 is taking shape through real-world integration of the Next Generation Squad Weapon, evolving air assault tactics and deployment-ready readiness across multiple theaters. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)

Congressional appropriators did not grant the Army’s push for new agile funding authorities in the final defense spending bill, and said they “discourage” the Pentagon from pursuing similar requests in the future.  While the fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill includes more than a dozen budget line item consolidations the Army requested, the service will not receive the full flexibility it sought to move funds around its drones, counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) and electronic warfare portfolios.  “We have sort of…

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