Today the White House unveiled its much anticipated yet highly unprecedented $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request for FY 2027.

The $1.5 trillion — a whopping 50% higher than the Pentagon’s current, already staggering $1 trillion budget — would include $1.15 trillion in the base request, where the White House Office of Management and Budget requests the remaining $350 billion be taken up separately through a reconciliation package later this year.

The proposal includes $17.5 billion for the prospective Golden Dome missile defense system. It requests 85 F-35 fighter jets, 32 of which would be funded through the base budget, and 53 via reconciliation — nearly doubling FY2026’s request of 47 F-35s. It also puts nearly $66 billion toward shipbuilding — including a Golden Fleet Navy modernization program, where some funds will go toward the Trump-class battleship and other next generation frigates.