Army seeks to shift $10.4M from aerostats months after last year's $4.2B deal

Army seeks to shift $10.4M from aerostats months after last year's $4.2B deal

The Defense Department is looking to wind down procurement funding for the Army's aerostat program -- basically emptying a budget line established just two years ago with forecasted annual spending of $13 million across the five-year plan -- to divert $10.4 million appropriated in FY-26 to higher-priority needs. On June 29, the Pentagon comptroller asked for permission to move the funds as part of a broader budget reprogramming request, a move t…