Department of Defense
Obligations in fiscal year 2026, reporting period 11 of 12, through August 31, 2026:
An obligation is money the agency commits to pay: a signed contract, a grant award, a benefit payment. The figure in full is copied from the official record. The rounded reading beside it is ours.
Year by year
Budgetary resources are the Treasury's figure for the money available to the agency in the year, new and carried over from earlier years. Obligations are money the agency commits to pay. Outlays are money paid out. Fiscal year 2026 figures run through August 31, 2026.
| Fiscal year | Budgetary resources | Obligations | Outlays | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2,617,506,434,639.06 | $1,468,976,620,557.11 | $1,283,091,272,160.17 | August 31, 2026 (period 11 of 12) |
| 2025 | $2,213,230,963,902.27 | $1,451,320,548,889.53 | $1,342,207,853,342.79 | September 30, 2025 |
| 2024 | $1,991,791,156,124.69 | $1,393,415,222,232.11 | $1,273,430,787,033.52 | September 30, 2024 |
| 2023 | $1,523,433,316,840.06 | $1,330,544,104,855.49 | $1,201,506,818,580.03 | September 30, 2023 |
| 2022 | $1,635,073,184,398.36 | $1,189,944,864,054.66 | $1,158,563,273,539.07 | September 30, 2022 |
| 2021 | $1,514,296,053,257.55 | $1,146,962,263,260.70 | $1,093,571,051,964.83 | September 30, 2021 |
| 2020 | $1,278,882,283,176.59 | $1,130,135,336,028.02 | $1,035,697,795,898.37 | September 30, 2020 |
| 2019 | $1,252,639,175,378.39 | $1,154,860,031,199.99 | $1,033,847,749,792.71 | September 30, 2019 |
| 2018 | $1,261,940,994,955.88 | $1,092,438,524,753.46 | $958,727,485,921.33 | September 30, 2018 |
| 2017 | $1,163,404,425,401.68 | $1,014,206,206,108.00 | $918,268,551,866.96 | September 30, 2017 |
Awards by type
Awards are contracts, grants, loans and direct payments. The Treasury gives award obligations and total obligations in two separate reports. It gives contracts and standing contracts as two figures. Fiscal year 2026, through August 31, 2026.
| Award type | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Contracts | $373,848,061,666.10 |
| Direct payments | $1,131,345.00 |
| Grants | $8,818,901,550.90 |
| Standing contracts that the agency places orders against (indefinite delivery vehicles, IDVs) | $0.00 |
| Loans | $0.00 |
| Other | $835,193,139.59 |
| Award obligations, the Treasury's total | $383,503,287,701.59 |
| Total obligations, from the Treasury's yearly figures | $1,468,976,620,557.11 |
Sub-agencies
The offices and bureaus inside this agency. Top 10 of 25 sub-agencies, by obligations.
| Sub-agency | Obligations | Transactions | New awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of the Navy USN | $120,184,380,477.88 | 133,211 | 37,897 |
| Department of the Army USA | $85,041,963,722.31 | 98,738 | 25,895 |
| Department of the Air Force USAF | $82,522,080,036.57 | 70,766 | 18,041 |
| Defense Logistics Agency DLA | $45,748,867,211.00 | 2,830,722 | 2,697,101 |
| Defense Health Agency DHA | $17,789,070,078.34 | 11,418 | 2,003 |
| Missile Defense Agency MDA | $10,934,159,306.00 | 9,934 | 5,044 |
| Defense Information Systems Agency DISA | $4,868,123,896.39 | 23,506 | 4,074 |
| U.S. Special Operations Command USSOCOM | $3,489,180,319.15 | 3,894 | 1,208 |
| Washington Headquarters Services WHS | $3,275,444,197.33 | 2,693 | 421 |
| USTRANSCOM | $3,023,652,854.12 | 3,623 | 2,189 |
Federal accounts
A federal account is one line of the agency's books at the Treasury. Top 10 of 153 federal accounts, by obligations.
| Federal account | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense 097-4930 | $169,936,183,813.59 | $140,898,451,932.96 |
| Payments to Military Retirement Fund, Defense 097-0040 | $161,413,000,000.00 | $161,413,000,000.00 |
| Operation and Maintenance, Navy 017-1804 | $81,425,357,997.91 | $74,574,373,027.43 |
| Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund 097-8097 | $76,180,968,833.31 | $75,966,089,098.63 |
| Military Personnel, Army 021-2010 | $66,216,443,388.34 | $51,013,184,543.69 |
| Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 057-3400 | $65,575,093,027.72 | $61,185,719,395.70 |
| Operation and Maintenance, Army 021-2020 | $65,477,386,566.07 | $63,725,086,263.66 |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force 057-3600 | $57,481,317,721.24 | $49,830,828,407.34 |
| Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Defense 097-0100 | $54,347,967,869.86 | $32,756,420,091.37 |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide 097-0400 | $48,939,626,556.33 | $38,992,875,014.28 |
Budget functions
A budget function is the purpose the money serves. All 6 budget functions, by obligations.
| Budget function | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| National Defense | $1,379,451,109,711.51 | $1,194,226,651,001.18 |
| Income Security | $76,180,968,833.31 | $75,966,089,098.63 |
| Health | $12,802,761,068.47 | $12,538,838,527.62 |
| Veterans Benefits and Services | $469,330,665.35 | $298,908,003.23 |
| Natural Resources and Environment | $61,235,502.74 | $53,922,614.17 |
| International Affairs | $11,214,775.73 | $6,862,915.34 |
Object classes
An object class is the Treasury's name for a kind of spending: what the money buys, such as pay, rent or grants. Top 10 of 35 object classes, by obligations.
| Object class | Obligations | Outlays |
|---|---|---|
| Benefits for former personnel | $269,269,376,839.80 | $268,762,130,275.32 |
| Equipment | $189,295,936,750.84 | $140,238,755,591.50 |
| Supplies and materials | $161,727,062,131.52 | $127,093,793,158.76 |
| Research and development contracts | $121,632,026,700.18 | $96,045,253,956.68 |
| Military personnel | $98,949,258,619.46 | $75,998,353,168.64 |
| Military personnel benefits | $82,198,299,624.45 | $72,747,145,857.97 |
| Operation and maintenance of equipment | $78,419,511,057.60 | $57,901,111,857.45 |
| Other goods and services from Federal sources | $76,348,083,170.67 | $70,383,318,369.53 |
| Full-time permanent (pay of full-time permanent employees) | $70,925,160,241.07 | $115,892,122,484.80 |
| Advisory and assistance services | $54,014,719,235.38 | $40,379,596,322.70 |
Emergency-fund laws
The Treasury tags some dollars with the law that provides them. These are the tags on this agency's record, worded as the Treasury words them.
| Tag | Law, as the Treasury names it | Title, as the Treasury gives it | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Emergency P.L. 117-70 | Further Extending Government Funding Act | Public Law 117-70 |
| 3 | Emergency P.L. 117-103 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 | Public Law 117-103 |
| 6 | Emergency P.L. 117-128 | Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 | Public Law 117-128 |
| AAA | Emergency P.L. 117-180 | Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 | Public Law 117-180 |
| AAB | Emergency P.L. 117-328 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 | Public Law 117-328 |
| AAJ | Emergency P.L. 118-50 | An act making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. | Public Law 118-50 |
| AAK | Emergency P.L. 118-158 | American Relief Act, 2025 | Public Law 118-158 |
| C | Emergency P.L. 115-123 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 | Public Law 115-123 |
| E | Emergency P.L. 116-20 | Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 | Public Law 116-20 |
| G | Emergency P.L. 116-93 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 | Public Law 116-93 |
| N | Emergency P.L. 116-136 | Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act | Public Law 116-136 |
| V | Non-emergency P.L. 117-2 | American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | Public Law 117-2 |
| W | Emergency P.L. 117-31 | Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 | Public Law 117-31 |
| X | Emergency P.L. 117-43 | Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act | Public Law 117-43 |
Tag Q, “Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression”, is the Treasury's tag for dollars it does not mark as emergency, disaster or wildfire money under a named law.
15 tags.
Where this comes from
Source: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury. The dollar figures written in full on this page are copied from the saved official answers below.