Cyber Command significantly increases funding request for defense in Indo-Pacific region

U.S. Cyber Command is requesting a hefty increase of funds compared to previous plans to support Indo-Pacific Command’s network sensing and defense, data feeds and analytic resources, among other capabilities, according to newly released fiscal 2026 budget documents.

The command’s research-and-development budget proposal includes $117.2 million under a portfolio called “Data and Sensors.” In last year’s budget release, the command anticipated spending just $20.8 million in FY26 in the future years defense program for that same portfolio. The fiscal 2025 request for the portfolio was $21 million.

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