Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget: Three Conditions for Munitions Acceleration : Center for a New American Security (CNAS) , October 7 , 2026
October 7, 2026
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
From the report: "The war with Iran has taken a tremendous toll on the American military’s munitions stockpile. Over half its inventory of high-end missile interceptors has been expended during the conflict, and it has burned through expensive land-attack weapons, like the Tomahawk missile, targeting Iranian missile and drone facilities. This puts the Joint Force in a tough position. It is expending munitions faster than it can replace them, and currently lacks the magazine depth it needs to win a war with a peer adversary like China.
The Department of War’s (DoW’s) fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget aims to address the munitions challenge with a historic increase in munitions procurement. Across the 10 offensive strike weapons and defensive interceptors analyzed in this report, the DoW requested $49.5 billion in procurement funding, which is over eight times the average annual procurement funding enacted for these munitions from FY16–26 (in constant FY27 dollars). This budget request complements simultaneous efforts to expedite munitions acquisition that target contracting, supply chains, and production. The budget delivers notable increases in the munitions requested and targets those munitions that have been expended most heavily against Iran and will be in highest demand in a future fight with a peer enemy."
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