Congress Wants More Insight into Golden Dome Budget

Lawmakers told Pentagon leaders they want more details about how the Defense Department plans to spend the $23 billion Congress provide to support Golden Dome in last year’s reconciliation deal. In a report accompanying the House and Senate’s compromise fiscal 2026 defense spending bill, lawmakers said the Pentagon has yet to provide them details such as the cost, schedule, performance metrics, and a finalized architecture for the project, which the White House has estimated will cost $175 billion over the next three years. “Due to insufficient budgetary information, the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees were unable to effectively assess resources available to specific program elements and to conduct oversight of planned programs and projects for fiscal year 2026 Golden Dome ef