# Topline Report

> Defense budgets, programs and contracts.

Topline Report tracks the defense budget, the NDAA, major acquisition programs and Pentagon contract awards for the companies that compete for them.

Coverage: Defense budget and contracting (NDAA, defense appropriations, DoD contract awards, acquisition policy). Written for defense contractors, capture and business development teams, procurement professionals.

## About

- [About Topline Report](https://toplinereport.com/about/): who we cover, who we write for and how briefs are built
- [Brief index](https://toplinereport.com/archive/): every brief by number, newest first

## Recent articles

- [$838.5B baseline vs. a $1.5T ask: the Dec. 11 CR deadline sets the lame-duck defense money fight](https://toplinereport.com/briefs/1-dec-11-cr-deadline-lame-duck-defense-money/): The Pentagon is running on FY2026 rates under a stopgap that bars new starts and production increases. With five legislative weeks left after the midterms, contractors face a shutdown risk, a likely second CR and a smaller FY2027 topline than the administration requested.