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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