The Department of War has announced the award of twenty-six Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) grants from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, totaling approximately $230 million in federal awards.
DCIP is a competitive program for states, territories, and communities to undertake infrastructure enhancements to support the mission assurance of a military installation, military family quality of life, installation resiliency, and/or the training of cadets at independent "covered educational institutions," that benefits their local installations.
On August 4, 2026, the Assistant Secretary of War for Energy, Installations, and Environment instructed the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to invite grant applications for projects based on a competitive ranking of all proposed projects in response to an April 17, 2026, DCIP Notice of Funding Opportunity.
These awards derive from Fiscal Year 2026 appropriated funding and leverage an additional $77 million in non-federal and $43 million in other funding, for a total investment of $350 million.
"The Fiscal Year 2026 awards deliver historic funding to the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, driving critical infrastructure upgrades that directly strengthen military installations nationwide," said Mr. Dale Marks, Assistant Secretary of War for Energy, Installations, and Environment. "This year's program includes $100 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, helping to secure key investments to support our national security, as well as the readiness and lethality of our warfighters."
The grants, listed in alphabetical order by state, include $18,492,378 to the City of Anniston, Alabama, for a $19,092,378 project to improve the primary runway at Anniston Regional Airport in support of Anniston Army Depot, and $10,800,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama, for a $16,212,400 transportation access project in support of Redstone Arsenal.
California received three awards: $8,540,886 to the City of Twentynine Palms for transportation access supporting Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms; $9,784,000 to the County of Monterey Department of Public Works, Facilities, and Parks for transportation access supporting U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett; and $10,948,971 to the Muroc Joint Unified School District for an educational facility supporting Edwards Air Force Base.
Colorado received $19,286,800 to the Denver Board of Water Commissioners dba Denver Water for a water supply project supporting Buckley Space Force Base, and $1,686,737 to Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. for a utility upgrade supporting Schriever Space Force Base.
Other awards include $9,594,409 to the Hawai'i State Department of Education for recreation and community-support infrastructure supporting Marine Corps Base Hawaii; $4,500,000 to the City of Mountain Home, Idaho, for wastewater capacity supporting Mountain Home Air Force Base; and $6,765,530 to the City of Burlington, Iowa, for a fire station supporting Iowa Army Ammunition Plant.
Maryland's Commissioners of St. Mary's County received $3,218,359 for pedestrian and transportation access supporting Naval Air Station Patuxent River, while the North Dakota Department of Transportation received $1,040,000 for transportation improvements supporting Minot Air Force Base.
Oklahoma received three grants: $10,000,000 to the City of Midwest City for a recreation facility supporting Tinker Air Force Base; $12,371,947 to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for rail improvement supporting McAlester Army Ammunition Plant; and $982,100 to the Oklahoma Industries for additional food access supporting Tinker Air Force Base.
Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority received $954,100 to rehabilitate water infrastructure supporting Harrisburg Air National Guard Base, and Douglas School District 51-1 in South Dakota received $20,000,000 for a new elementary school supporting Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Texas received three awards: $17,830,308 to the City of Corpus Christi to modernize a water line corridor supporting Naval Air Station Corpus Christi; $20,000,000 to the City of San Angelo for transportation and utility infrastructure improvements supporting Goodfellow Air Force Base; and $13,835,926 to San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District for an elementary school supporting Laughlin Air Force Base.
Utah's Davis County Government received $9,268,020 for transportation access supporting Hill Air Force Base. In Virginia, the City of Portsmouth received $3,003,000 to upgrade wastewater infrastructure supporting Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads; the County of York received $313,000 for a pedestrian crosswalk supporting Joint Base Langley-Eustis; and the Hampton Roads Sanitation District received $13,170,030 for sewer infrastructure improvements supporting Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads.
Washington state received $1,024,848 to the Selah Fire Department/Yakima County Fire District 2 for a firefighting training facility supporting Joint Base Lewis-McChord Yakima Training Center, and $2,236,500 to Spokane County for transportation access supporting Fairchild Air Force Base.
Groundbreaking on these projects may commence once all environmental requirements have been met. The Defense Community Infrastructure Program is authorized under 10 U.S. Code ยง 2391(d).