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U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has played a significant role in advancing the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) through the Senate. The bill passed with a vote of 77 to 20 and totals $924 billion, marking an increase of nearly $46 billion over the previous baseline.

Senator Sullivan contributed 53 provisions and amendments to the legislation, many aimed at expanding the U.S. military presence in Alaska. The NDAA authorizes more than $283 million in new military construction for Alaska and includes major investments in missile defense systems based in the state.

“My work on the Armed Services Committee in each successive national defense authorization is always guided by three overriding priorities: taking care of our troops, advancing a policy of ‘Peace Through Strength,’ and continuing to build up our Alaska-based military,” said Sen. Sullivan. “The FY 2026 NDAA delivers on all three of these fronts and is chock full of wins for Alaska, for our military, and for our warfighters and their families. I pressed to secure close to $300 million in military construction projects specifically for Alaska, recognizing our state’s unrivaled strategic location and the escalating aggression from the Russians and Chinese in the North Pacific and Arctic. This figure is in addition to the NDAA’s major investments in the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system, building on the $25 billion down payment in the One Big Beautiful Bill and incorporating approximately 75 percent of my recently introduced GOLDEN DOME Act. These provisions will undoubtedly benefit Alaska, the cornerstone America’s homeland missile defense system. I was also able to include provisions focused on a number of key priorities: securing America’s critical minerals supply chains, strengthening America’s defense industrial base, supporting America’s allies and partners, addressing the crisis in U.S. Navy shipbuilding, and investing robustly in our warfighters and warfighting capabilities to deter our adversaries around the world. I will be working with my Senate and House colleagues to preserve all of these vital provisions and expeditiously deliver this important legislation to President Trump’s desk.”

The NDAA also incorporates much of Senator Sullivan's GOLDEN DOME missile defense legislation and authorizes significant funds for projects that reinforce Alaska's role as a central part of America's homeland missile defense system. Other priorities addressed by Senator Sullivan within this bill include efforts to secure critical minerals supply chains, support for America's allies and partners, strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base, addressing issues within Navy shipbuilding programs, and further investment in U.S. warfighters' capabilities.