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Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

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Sixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List

Artist rendering of F-47 NGAD. (Image: U.S. Air Force)

The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, the Navy seeks funding to “invest in priority munitions to maximize production lines and replenish inventories expended in recent conflicts,” according to the document obtained by Defense Daily. The vast majority of this part of the funding request is $694 million to maximize production of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles…

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