This story originally appeared in Politico Pro’s Morning Defense Newsletter.

FIRST IN MORNING D: A new report from Taxpayers for Common Sense, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the Stimson Center outlines more than $60 billion in potential Pentagon cuts, including targeting costly major weapons systems. The groups are seizing on DOGE and the Trump administration’s push to reduce waste and inefficiency.

“With the Pentagon budget closing in on $1 trillion per year, we cannot afford to ignore it.” the report, obtained by Connor, argues.

Weaponizing cuts: The report suggests canceling or cutting spending on “dysfunctional or unnecessary” weapons, especially the F-35. It argues that halting spending on the new jets could save $12 billion a year while aircraft such as the F-16, F/A-18 and drones could more cheaply perform air missions.

The report also floats billions in savings by halting procurement of new aircraft carriers, scrapping a planned six-generation fighter, canceling the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile replacement and curtailing spending on long-range missile defense.

Improving processes: Recommendations include requiring contractors to provide more detailed cost and pricing data, strengthening reviews of programs that experience major cost growth and eliminating the military services’ unfunded budget priorities lists.

Bureaucracy and base closures: The report argues reining in spending on private contractors by 15 percent for a projected savings of up to $26 billion per year. The groups also say the Pentagon should conduct a new base realignment and closure round to save money on unneeded infrastructure, which they project could save $3 billion to $5 billion annually.

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