July 7, 2026 · 13 min read
The FY2027 budget cut combat-medicine research 59 percent and moved the work into an autonomy account growing toward a reported $55 billion. The machines that account funds read a wounded soldier's vitals off a drone and write them into a de-identified research file. The federal office that owns record modernization has not been tasked with the record the battlefield now generates.
May 29, 2026 · 16 min read
On April 20, 2026, the Defense Health Agency replaced thirty years of how it buys medical capability. A new portfolio-based acquisition model, a requirements process built to kill 'bring me a rock,' and an FY2027 budget that already voted on where the money goes. Here is what changed, who runs it, and how it shows up in live contracts.
May 8, 2026 · 14 min read
The Pentagon's proposed COMP and PSCP accounts split the Defense Health Program in two. The Defense Health Agency already buys 65 percent of military health care from the private sector. The line item is finally on the page. The policy that was supposed to bend that line is not.
April 18, 2026 · 13 min read
USUHS delivered the most comprehensive single-day MHS performance assessment in years on April 13. The evidence runs against several assumptions built into the budget Congress is now marking up.
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