Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recommending that the incoming administration spend $50 billion more on defense than President Joe Biden requested.

Austin’s five-year spending plan includes a projection to spend as much as $1 trillion on defense as soon as 2028. Meanwhile, Biden increased the 2025 budget by just 1%.

In a letter dated Nov. 27, Austin asked the Office of Management and Budget to consider his plan of increasing defense spending every year through 2030, according to Bloomberg. Austin asked for $926.5 billion for 2026 instead of the projected $876.8 billion.

“I have not wavered in my assessment that meeting the demands of our strategy requires real growth” above inflation “and sustained new investments in fiscal years 2026-2030,” Austin wrote.

This proposal is just the Pentagon’s budget and does not feature future military aid to Israel or Ukraine. Last week, Biden offered what will likely be his last aid package to Ukraine at $500 million. This is in addition to the total $59 billion given by the United States. Biden also supported the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which allotted $26.38 billion to Israel.

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The U.S. is spending just 3.6% of GDP, or $866 billion, on defense spending, according to a budget analysis from Princeton Policy Advisors.

President-elect Donald Trump has floated a requirement that NATO countries spend at least 5% of GDP on defense to remain in the alliance. Meanwhile, only 23 of the 32 allies meet the current 2% benchmark. Another five allies were over 3%.