House Appropriations Committee Releases $1 Trillion FY2027 Defense Bill

The bill adds back funding for the E-7 Wedgetail program after the Air Force had planned on cancelling it again in FY27. Pentagon leaders have since reversed course and signaled plans to ask for a budget amendment. 6 billion for E-7 Wedgetail development.

6 billion. 2 billion for B-21 Raider procurement and $977 million for procurement of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The bill fully funds the Compass Call program with $660 million for three aircraft and includes $300 million for additional C-130Js for the Air National Guard.

8 billion for further development of the B-21. The bill includes $355 million to procure the Air Force’s Family of Affordable Mass Missile systems. 7 billion for 21 ships, funding 11 battle force ships including one Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, two Virginia-class fast attack submarines, one FF(X) Frigate, one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, one Amphibious Assault Ship, one Amphibious Transport Dock, two oilers, one AS(X) submarine tender, and one T-AGOS SURTASS ship.

The bill includes $828 million for the submarine industrial base. 3 billion for productivity enhancements at private nuclear shipyards and $471 million for wage enhancements at private nuclear shipyards. 1 billion for six E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes for the Navy and $771 million for three MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drones.

6 billion for 11 KC-130Js for the Marine Corps and Navy Reserve. The bill provides $915 million for the Navy’s Next Generation Fighter F/A-XX and $156 million to procure low-cost hypersonic strike systems for the Navy. 9 million for two Global Positioning System III Follow On spacecraft.

7 million for commercial space services. It provides $493 million for additional UH/HH-60M Army Black Hawk helicopters and $456 million for additional CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters. 2 million for M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzers and M992A3 Field Artillery Ammunition Support vehicles.

1 billion for Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle procurement. 1 billion for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (MV-75). It provides $155 million for the Improved Turbine Engine Program and $325 million to procure low-cost hypersonic strike systems for the Army.