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Minuteman Squadrons
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Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $41.7M |
| FY25 | $59.3M |
| FY26 | $106.0M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $116.3M | $128.5M | $173.7M | $204.2M | $185.6M | $90.6M | $63.5M | $111.8M | $71.3M | $41.7M | ||
| Enacted | $166.7M | $183.0M | $210.8M | $154.7M | $104.2M | $89.3M | $113.6M | $73.7M | $33.2M | $59.3M | ||
| Request | $183.0M | $210.8M | $156.0M | $129.0M | $116.6M | $113.6M | $69.7M | $33.2M | $62.5M | $106.0M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2021 book requested $116.6M for FY2021; the PB2023 book reported $63.5M as actual total obligation authority — $53.0M below the request. 63.54 − 116.57 = -53.03 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — Minuteman Squadrons
The Minuteman (MM) Ground and Communication Equipment program replaces obsolete/unsupportable ground-based weapon system equipment located at 45 Launch Control Centers (LCCs) and 450 Launch Facilities (LFs) necessary to continue Minuteman III (MM III) operations until replaced by Sentinel. Current efforts include development, qualification, integration, and testing of replacement equipment for the LGM-30G Fast Rising B-Plug Energy Storage System-Replacement (FRBP ESS-R). MM III Baseline Support program replaces or upgrades obsolete/unsupportable flight test unique equipment installed on the missile during flight test, used to test MM III systems on the ground, or located at test facilities to collect, process, and analyze test data. Flight test equipment supports test and evaluation of MM III capabilities and MM III Operational Test Launches (OTLs) to determine ICBM force readiness, reliability, and capability shortfalls. Efforts include development, qualification, integration, and testing of replacement equipment such as: LGM-30G Flight Test, Telemetry, and Termination System (FT3); LGM-30G Higher Authority Communication Test System (HACTS) 2.0; LGM-30G Stage 1 Battery Replacement (SOBR); LGM-30G Depot Reentry Support Equipment Replacement Program (DRSERP); Arm/Disarm Switch Replacement (ADSR); and Little Mountain Test Facility (LMTF). These programs will also implement processes, procedures, and data systems to mitigate the transition risk from MM III to Sentinel. As other similar equipment is identified for replacement, it will be added to this program. MM III Baseline Support also provides for other MM III unique government costs, studies of system performance, contract closeout costs, cost trades and acquisition planning activities, up to and including proposal preparation, to meet Capability Development Document requirements in an evolving threat landscape by leveraging advanced technologies. Efforts also include any minor needs required to prepare for full acquisition purposes. MM Support Equipment program designs, develops, and tests replacement of obsolete/non-serviceable weapon system support equipment. These programs will also implement processes, procedures, and data systems to mitigate the transition risk from MM III to Sentinel. Efforts include design, development, and testing of support equipment such as MM III Acquisition of Transportation and Handling (MATH), MM III Acquisition of Transportation and Handling Support Equipment (MATH SE) effort, and Missile Transporter Acquisition Program (MTAP). MM Crypto Mods executes United States Strategic Command, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Air Force Safety Center requirements by implementing the KS-60 capabilities and addresses Nuclear Weapon System Safety Group Operational Safety Review requirements 98-2, 00-1, and 02-2. It also incorporates continuous signal lockout capabilities to prevent the widespread loss of status monitoring. These features will greatly increase security during code changes by reducing the frequency of open sites by 75 days annually and will reduce associated resource costs for 450 LFs and 45 LCCs. MM III also includes unforeseen costs arising for various reasons for programs from prior President's Budgets. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY2024, 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses. 0.000M is forecasted in FY2025 for civilian pay expenses. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.864 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.” This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Mission — MM Ground and Comm Equipment
The MM Ground and Comm Equipment program replaces obsolete/unsupportable ground-based weapon system equipment located at Launch Control Centers (LCCs) and Launch Facilities (LFs) necessary to continue Minuteman III operations until replaced by Sentinel. Current efforts include development, qualification, integration, and testing of replacement equipment such as the LGM-30G Fast Rising B-Plug Energy Storage System-Replacement (FRBP ESS-R). MM Ground and Comm Equipment also includes unforeseen costs arising for various reasons on programs from prior President's Budgets. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY2024, 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses. 0.000M is forecasted in FY2025 for civilian pay expenses.
Mission — MM III Baseline Support
Minuteman III (MM III) Baseline Support program replaces or upgrades obsolete/unsupportable flight test unique equipment installed on the missile during flight test, used to test MM III systems on the ground, or located at test facilities to collect, process, and analyze test data. Flight test equipment supports test and evaluation of MM III capabilities, and MM III Operational Test Launches (OTLs) to determine ICBM force readiness, reliability, and capability shortfalls. Efforts include development, qualification, integration and testing of replacement equipment such as LGM-30G Flight Test, Telemetry, and Termination System (FT3); LGM-30G Higher Authority Command Test System (HACTS) 2.0; LGM-30G Little Mountain Test Facility (LMTF), and LGM-30G Depot Reentry Support Equipment Replacement Program (DRSERP). As other similar equipment is identified for replacement, it will be added to this program. MM III Baseline Support also provides for other MM III unique government costs, studies of system performance, contract closeout costs, cost trades and acquisition planning activities, up to and including proposal preparation, to meet Capability Development Document requirements in an evolving threat landscape by leveraging advanced technologies. MM III Baseline Support also includes unforeseen costs arising for various reasons for programs from prior President's Budgets. The FY2026 request was reduced by $1.864 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.” This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY2024, 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses. 0.000M is forecasted in FY2025 for civilian pay expenses.
Mission — MM Support Equip
Minuteman (MM) III Support Equipment program designs, develops, and tests replacement of obsolete/non-serviceable weapon system support equipment. These programs will also implement processes, procedures, and data systems to mitigate the transition risk from MM III to Sentinel. Efforts include design, development, and testing of support equipment such as LGM-30G MM III Acquisition of Transportation & Handling (MATH), MM III Acquisition of Transportation & Handling Support Equipment (MATH SE) effort, and Missile Transporter Acquisition Procurement (MTAP) efforts. MM Support Equipment also includes unforeseen costs arising for various reasons for programs from prior President's Budgets. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY2024, 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses. 0.000M is forecasted in FY2025 for civilian pay expenses.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (10)
LGM-30G Fast Rising B-Plug Energy Storage System-Replacement (FRBP ESS-R)
The Fast-Rising B-Plug Energy Storage System Replacement (FRBP ESS-R) Program replaces current energy storage cabinet, which powers hardware used to raise/lower B-plug, securing Minuteman III Launch Facilities (LFs) This effort includes critical hardware modifications to address high obsolescence risk and reliability issues affecting the operational wings. FY25 Plan with FY24 Funding System Requirements Review for Support Equipment and Test Stand, Preliminary and Critical Design Preparation.
Little Mountain Test Facility (LMTF)
To fund test activities, equipment development, integration, and purchases along with associated indirect costs in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) portfolio, Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs, and other partners. The LMTF requires test capability modernization and updates to meet increasing nuclear hardness test customer needs. Equipment is outdated and has exceeded useful life. Growing nuclear enterprise requirements are driving required updates to test capabilities such as restoration and expanded infrastructure and prompt gamma testing equipment development and procurement. LMTF requires test capability modernization to ensure test capabilities and facilities meet sustainment, modernization, and mission requirements. 14MeV requirements have been delayed based on primary customer delays. FY 2025 New Start authorized through Full-Year Continuing Appropriation and Extensions Act, 2025 with work now beginning in FY 2026 given delay in EMD contract award.
Stage 1 Battery Replacement (SOBR)
The current Stage 1 (SE-13G) battery has exceeded its projected shelf life and recent aging surveillance testing shows adverse impacts to reliability and availability. As a result, the batteries are not expected to last for the extended MM III lifespan. This program will replace the aging silver zinc Stage 1 battery utilizing newer technologies to develop and produce a thermal battery to extend the MM III lifespan through the transition period to Sentinel.
LGM-30G Flight Test Telemetry and Termination System (FT3)
The FT3 Program replaces the Mod 7 Instrumentation Wafer and associated Signal Conditioner Monitor Group, and All Ordnance Destruct System (AODS) with a flight test kit. In addition, a replacement of the Launch Support System (LSS) is required to deploy the flight test kit. The flight test kit consists of the Flight Destruct System (FDS) and an Integrated Instrumentation System (IIS). In addition, replacement of the IIS is necessary to meet Space Launch Delta 30th Space Wing Range Safety and Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) requirements and resolve obsolescence concerns/issues. The AODS, Mod 7 Instrumentation Wafer, and LSS include components that are not economically available, are no longer compliant with applicable range safety requirements, or are in need of technical modernization. Replacement of the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) flight test unique equipment is necessary to sustain future AFGSC Operational Test Launches (OTL), which support US Strategic Command requirements starting in FY22. The OTLs are critical to validating the continued accuracy and reliability of the MM III weapons system until the Sentinel is fielded by providing valuable data to ensure a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent. The FT3 systems will perform the same function as the existing systems with upgraded design features in order to comply with U.S. Space Force Range Safety User Requirements, Range Commander's Council (RCC) 319, Flight Termination Systems Commonality Standard, and RCC 324, Global Positioning and Inertial Measurements Range Safety Tracking Systems' commonality standard. In February 2020, the FT3 program began executing a rapid fielding plan to meet a requirement to be first launch ready, September 2022. A successful first flight (GT 244) occurred on 7 September 2022. Rapid Fielding execution increased concurrency of technical milestones, delaying some noncritical activities to be completed after the first flight.
LGM-30G Higher Authority Communication Test System (HACTS) 2.0
The MM III HACTS 2.0 program replaces obsolete/unsupportable communication system test equipment located at test facilities. HACTS laptops are past their vendor support life and require battery replacement. Due to its battery being non-user serviceable, the need for battery factory service makes the laptop units candidates for replacement. Although the HACTS laptop processor is "ruggedized”, its design life is only approximately four years. The replacement must be compatible with operating system updates as mandated by the Risk Management Framework. Incorporating the Weapons System Console Equipment Simulator into the HACTS enables a single hardware platform to execute both software functions, thus reducing the number of hardware devices the Government must maintain. The EMD phase will produce two refurbished units.
LGM-30G Depot Reentry Support Equipment Replacement Program (DRSERP)
The DRSERP program ensures the sustainment of MM III through end-of-life and transition to Sentinel. The current Reentry System/Reentry Vehicle (RS/RV) depot test suite will not sustain MM III through end-of-life; several items have obsolescence issues. This program will develop and procure a replacement for the Low Frequency Instrumentation Console (LFIC), Radio Frequency Instrumentation Console (RFIC), Test Control Station (TCS) and Interface Adapter Systems (IASs) with new Test Program Sets (TPSs).
LGM-30G Arm/Disarm Switch Replacement (ADSR)
The ADSR program designs, develops, fabricates and tests replacements for the aging Arm/Disarm (A/D) switches currently on the MM III Missile fleet. The A/D switch is responsible for completing or interrupting ordnance electrical circuits. A/D switches are placed at five key locations in the system: Interstage I-II, Stage II Liquid Injection Thrust Vector Control (LITVC) and Roll Control, Interstage II-III, PSRE Staging, and PSRE Isolation Valves. Aging and surveillance is an ongoing study to generate a trade-off curve between liability/availability and cost. Reliability/availability are monitored by periodic testing to discover unforeseen issues. Because not all existing A/D switches can be repaired/refurbished, the number in inventory will eventually be inadequate to meet the need of the programmed depot maintenance cycle. Supply is estimated to deplete by approximately FY24 with repair/refurbish mitigation. Repair/refurbish is a reliable mitigation plan to meet the ongoing needs of the fleet while a manufacturer is selected and the manufacturing system is selected to develop a replacement A/D switch that meets requirements and production quantities through 2036. EMD extended driven by failures experienced during qualification testing.
LGM-30G Baseline Support
This program provides for other MM III unique government costs, studies of system performance, contract closeout costs, cost trades, and acquisition planning activities, up to and including proposal preparation, for future capabilities.
LGM-30G MM III Missile Transporter Acquisitions Program (MTAP)
The MTAP effort modernizes the missile transporter (MT) fleet to address known obsolescence, update the Technical Data Package (TDP), procure new MT units, and provision spares where none exist. This modernization effort ensures that the MT fleet is poised to transport the LGM-30G downstage until the MM III weapon system reaches its projected end of life.
LGM-30G MM III Acquisition of Transportation and Handling and Support Equipment (MATH)
The MATH program ensures the sustainment of the MM III weapons system and concurrent transition to Sentinel without any disruption to the nuclear deterrence mission. The current transportation and handling (T&H) equipment will not sustain MM III through end of life. The current T&H TDP is out of date; several items have obsolescence issues. Engineering is needed to provide adequate and complete technical data to support acquisition of MM III T&H equipment. Items include the following: a. Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) semi-trailer (PST); b. PSRE tractor; c. Rocket Motor semi-trailer (RMS); d. Support Equipment (SE).
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $41.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $59.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $59.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $106.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $106.0M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $41.7M | $59.3M | $106.0M | $106.0M |
| 672983: MM Ground and Comm Equipment | $0 | $4.12M | $0 | $5.43M | $5.43M |
| 672984: MM III Baseline Support | $0 | $28.6M | $48.5M | $79.7M | $79.7M |
| 672985: MM Support Equip | $0 | $9.00M | $10.8M | $20.9M | $20.9M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. | FA821424C0003 | high |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | FA820420F0077 | high |
| THE BOEING COMPANY | FA821415C0001 | high |
| ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS LLC | FA821914C0001 | medium |
| BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC. | FA821413C0001 | medium |
| BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC | FA820414F0004 | medium |
| DRS ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS INC | FA820413C0010 | medium |
Contractor concentration
High-confidence award links only, pooled across ingested years. The index uses positive obligations; program obligations are net of deobligations. The figures over every published link, including medium-confidence ones, are in the downloadable warehouse, not on this page — why.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Minuteman Squadrons. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J664
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J573
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J653
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J678
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J699
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J661
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J633
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J623
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J643
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J678
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
FY2026 Air Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
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