Pentagon to continue to draft its FY-27 budget despite lapse in FY-26 appropriations

Pentagon to continue to draft its FY-27 budget despite lapse in FY-26 appropriations

The Defense Department will carry on with activities to develop the fiscal year 2027 budget request in the background of the federal government shutdown, a Pentagon official told Inside Defense. The lapse in government appropriations comes after a deadlocked Congress failed to reach an agreement on FY-26 funding before the clock struck midnight last night. Activities related to FY-27 budget development are considered “excepted,” the DOD official…