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Pentagon Economic Defense Unit + Deal Team Six (Q1 2026)

Highest-Leverage Genesis-Era Finding — The Bankers Move INSIDE the Pentagon

Officially Launched April 10 2026 under Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg (Cerberus Capital Management co-founder). 30-person team of investment bankers and private-equity professionals seconded from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America for 2-3 year tours. Reports to Feinberg + David Lorch + George K. Kollitides II (former Remington CEO, Cerberus alum, now Alvarez & Marsal Capital partner).
Mandate: deploy approximately $200 billion over three years in defense-related investments. Replicates private-equity 'sponsor coverage' inside the Pentagon — providing capital, advisory services, and arranged loans for defense-related deals. Funded $266 million FY2026 NDAA + $593 million FY2027 RDT&E request (in the FY2027 $1.5 trillion defense budget request).

Engine Framing: this is the ultimate institutional manifestation of H2 bank-defense underwriting continuity.

Validation: this finding I initially flagged as possible Gemini hallucination. After primary-source verification (Semafor March 11 2026, DefenseScoop April 10 2026, Axios May 6 2026, Foreign Policy March 24 2026), it is real and architecturally significant — closes a 79-year arc.

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