The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark for the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill would largely preserve the Pentagon’s requested topline while shifting billions of dollars internally toward procurement and modernization priorities. The proposal, released today by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), is aligned with the administration’s request, authorizing $1.141 trillion overall for national defense. The full committee is scheduled to mark up the bill in a marathon meeting on June 4 that annually stretches into...