According to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Defense plans to allocate an additional $12.6 billion to strengthen surveillance of Chinese military exercises, submarines, and satellites in response to what it calls “unprecedented military expansion by China” in Asia.
This funding, which has been approved by Congress outside of the regular budget process, aims to enhance the military readiness, cyber attack capabilities, and surveillance capabilities of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, it will help expand the operation of a classified Boeing aerospace vehicle.
The 85-page new document submitted to Congress earlier this month focuses on the U.S. military spending plan against China’s military expansion and outlines how the Department of Defense plans to allocate nearly $152 billion from the massive tax and spending act passed in 2025. This expenditure is separate from the official 2026 fiscal year defense spending bill of $893 billion approved by Congress in January 2026.
The new document states that the additional funds “will be used to enhance critical work at the Pentagon within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility to address China’s unprecedented military expansion in the region, as well as the growing threats to U.S. security interests and economic prosperity in the region.”
Furthermore, the $12.6 billion allocation spending document also includes a range of intelligence and surveillance improvement measures aimed at closely monitoring China’s increasingly complex military expansion.
Of this, $1 billion will be used to enhance classified “offensive cyber operations.” Another $1 billion will support Boeing’s classified X-37B “Orbital Test Vehicle” operations by the U.S. Space Force, a mission that is rarely publicly disclosed.
The document also lists $528 million for the expansion of the “Silent Barker” early warning satellite system. These satellites are designed to track Chinese or Russian spacecraft that could potentially cripple or damage U.S. orbital systems.
The new funding also includes $143 million for improving U.S. anti-submarine warfare technology. This is part of a comprehensive underwater surveillance system, including sensors placed on the seabed for continuous monitoring of hostile submarines.