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Analysis: Right to Repair Splits Defense Industry and Congress as FY27 NDAA Decision Looms
Both chambers back default government purpose rights for technical data. Both sides claim readiness is at stake. The trade-offs deserve a closer read.

Both chambers back default government purpose rights for technical data. Both sides claim readiness is at stake. The trade-offs deserve a closer read.

Defense budgets pass through two separate doors: authorization and appropriation. Here is how the cycle works and where programs stall.

The Stafford Act sets the triggers, the paperwork, and the money. Here is what a declaration does — and does not — unlock.

Hearings, testimony, and reports are the levers Congress uses to hold defense programs accountable. Here is how each one moves money and programs.