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How much does the US spend on the military?

The Department of Defense obligated $354.3 billion on federal awards in fiscal year 2026, of which $345.7 billion was contracts. Exactly, $354,341,811,813.

Answer current as of

Where this comes from

The figure is the result of a checked-in query, agencies_by_obligations.sql, run against the published data. Every number on this page can be traced to it.