Follow the money

Two rivers, deliberately kept apart: what the Pentagon asked for and what it actually put on contract. They use different units, different years, and different source systems — the chart bridges them only where the award crosswalk can defend the link. Click any block for its citation.

Budget river: USD thousands — FY2026 President's Budget (R-1 + P-1).

Spend river: USD — DoD prime contract obligations for the selected fiscal year (FY2017–FY2026; FY2026 is a partial year).

Budget→contractor links are drawn for 10 of 24 crosswalked PEs — 98.7% of the FY2026 request is not yet crosswalked: an honest gap, not an absence of contractors. why is so little bridged? →