Fiscal Year 2026 Top DoD Management and Performance Challenges

/ Published Nov. 25, 2025

The DoD OIG provides its annual statement on the Top DoD Management and Performance Challenges (TMPC) for Fiscal Year 2026.

The Fiscal Year 2026 TMPC are:

1: Strengthening Deterrence Through Strategic Capabilities

2: Manning the Force

3: Maintaining and Improving Materiel Readiness

4: Ensuring Responsive and Responsible Modernization and Procurement

5: Securing and Sustaining Defense Critical Infrastructure

6: Supporting Quality of Life for Military Service Members and Their Families

7: Achieving and Sustaining a Clean Financial Audit