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Appropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 22nd, 2026

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Appropriators Restore Funding For Several Of Army’s Planned Cuts, Rebuke JLTV Decision

AM General's JLTV A2 on display at the 2023 AUSA conference in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Congressional appropriators have restored funding in the final fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill for several of the programs the Army planned to cancel as part of its new transformation initiative, to include rebuking the service’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) cut. Senior Senate GOP staff said lawmakers specifically “raised some significant questions” on the Army’s decision to move on from the JLTV and the potential impact to the defense industrial base. “More fundamentally, it is a joint program and…

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