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ICBM Reentry Vehicles
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Budget figures
$259.6M discretionary + $100.0M one-time reconciliation. Discretionary change vs FY2025 enacted: -33.8%.
Two official figures, one label— reconciled below
Fiscal Receipts uses P-1/R-1 workbook total obligation authority (TOA) as the headline figure sitewide. The workbook TOA includes budget rows that the R-2/P-40 J-book program line excludes — advance procurement in an ordinary year, and in FY2026 the one-time reconciliation appropriation as well. Each row below names the one it is. How the two bases relate →
FY26 Request · $359.6M TOA − $259.6M J-book line = 100.0M (359.6 − 259.6 = 100.0) — $100.0M of one-time FY2026 reconciliation money accounts for this gap — not advance procurement
Figures in the sentence are rounded for reading; the parenthesised arithmetic is the same subtraction in USD millions, at the precision where it closes.
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 | $452.3M |
| FY25 | $392.4M |
| FY26 | $359.6M |
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 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $13.7M | $63.5M | $108.6M | $100.5M | $112.3M | $452.3M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $14.2M | $65.7M | $112.5M | $96.3M | $115.6M | $475.4M | $392.4M | |
| Request | – | – | $18.4M | $75.6M | $112.8M | $96.3M | $118.6M | $475.4M | $629.9M | $359.6M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $475.4M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $452.3M as actual total obligation authority — $23.1M below the request. 452.3 − 475.4 = -23.1 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 — ICBM Reentry Vehicles
The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Reentry Vehicles (RVs) activity will design, develop, produce, and deploy advanced countermeasures and integrated RV systems capable of delivering the W87-1 warhead and future warheads when released from ICBM weapon systems. The Mk21A program will meet the requirements laid out in the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system Capability Development Document (CDD) as directed by Air Force Global Strike Command and will provide needed performance and security enhancements over the Mk21 RV to meet the upgraded requirements for the Department of Energy (DOE)/ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) W87-1 warhead. The Mk21A RV includes: shape-stable nose tip; high-impulse transducer; arming and fuzing subsystem (AFS); aeroshell forward section, body section, and rear cover; radio frequency subsystem with antennas; RV spin subsystem; in-flight disconnect cable; and other electrical cables. The Next Generation Reentry Capabilities (NGRC) program will ensure ICBM weapon systems continue to meet reentry performance requirements in an evolving threat landscape by leveraging advanced technologies matured by the Research & Development (R&D) and ICBM Demonstration/Validation communities in support of the Air Force's Reentry Vehicle Strategy. Future NGRC solutions will include acquisition and integration of complementary advanced countermeasures and Next Generation Reentry Vehicle (NGRV). The FY 2026 request for ICBM Reentry Vehicles includes 259,605 thousand of discretionary and 100,000 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of 359,605 thousand. The mandatory funds continue advancing major RV acquisition activities. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20008 (Nuclear) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. 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 elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024 1.249M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 5.104M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. All FY 2024 and 2025 civilian pay expenses will be executed in BPAC 675920 - Next Generation Reentry Capabilities. This program element utilized FY24 4.325M for a Rapid Acquisition Authority requirement. 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 — Mk21A Reentry Vehicle
The Mk21A Reentry Vehicle (RV) program will design, develop, produce, and deploy an integrated RV capable of delivering the W87-1 warhead when released from the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system. The Mk21A program will provide needed performance and security enhancements over the Mk21 RV to meet the upgraded requirements for the Department of Energy (DOE)/ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) W87-1 warhead, while ensuring the time certain delivery of both the W87-1 and Mk21A programs. The Mk21A will also meet the requirements laid out in the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system Capability Development Document (CDD) as directed by Air Force Global Strike Command. The Mk21A RV includes: shape-stable nose tip; high-impulse transducer; arming and fuzing subsystem (AFS); aeroshell forward section, body section, and rear cover; radio frequency subsystem with antennas; RV spin subsystem; in-flight disconnect cable; and other electrical cables. During the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, the Mk21A program will include prime contractor development of a critical RV design, applicable support equipment, data, flight test hardware, infrastructure, and training materials while examining and mitigating weapon system integration risks, nuclear surety, hardness and certification, and system vulnerability assessments. Additionally, the program, in conjunction with the DOE/NNSA, will develop test assets to ensure the integration and qualification of the Mk21A and W87-1 on the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system. IAW 10 USC 4252, this program has not yet fully satisfied the certification requirement that the heatshield technology has been demonstrated in a relevant environment as required prior to Milestone B approval. The Mk21A uses similar materials and process as currently fielded and the program performed a successful flight test in 3QFY24. The program provided a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) update to SAF/AQR in April 2025 after analysis of flight test data was completed; final decision anticipated 3QFY25. 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 elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this budget program activity code (BPAC), and in FY 2025 0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this BPAC.
Mission — Next Generation Reentry Capabilities
The Next Generation Reentry Capabilities (NGRC) program will design, develop, produce, and deploy new payload system suites (reentry vehicles and/or countermeasures) and integrate them into ICBM weapon systems. Key next generation payload attributes include enhancements in accuracy and lethality. Next Generation Reentry Vehicle (NGRV) and advanced countermeasure capabilities are based on emerging threats, warfighter priorities, and development capacity. Program activities will also include the employment of digital acquisitions through the application of digital engineering, agile software development, and open systems architectures. The NGRC program will leverage investments by the ICBM Demonstration/Validation program, the Science & Technology community, and Navy reentry systems application program. FY2026 funding supports early acquisition activities that lead to competitive contract awards. NGRC will continue its early concept, acquisition and integration studies to strengthen the atrophied industrial base, posturing the nation and to counter adversary threats both projected and unforeseen. This strategy enables a diverse pool of vendors to contribute in the development of materiel solutions which support mission requirements that combat future and immediate threats to drive ultimate effectiveness requirements for the weapon system. This funding includes program management support, operational concept exploration, technology trade studies, operational and system architecture development, maturation and risk reduction of RV/countermeasure-related technologies, including weapons system and integrated system concept development/demonstration. 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 FY 2024 1.249M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this budget program activity code (BPAC), and in FY 2025 5.104M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this BPAC.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
Mk21A Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD)
The objectives of EMD for Mk21A are as follows: (1) Develop and build a Mk21A RV capable of delivering DOE/NNSA W87-1 (2) Incorporate a modular, open systems architecture (3) Implement Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) enabling the government to own the technical baseline (4) Demonstrate performance of weapon system capabilities through modeling, simulation, and testing of the EMD design (5) Integrate the Mk21A/W87-1 into the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system
NGRC Acquisition Activities
NGRV and countermeasure assessments and personnel requirements are critical to sufficiently standup the program management team and execute risk-reduction acquisition activities to avoid significant schedule risk. The NGRC Program Management Team will continue early concept, acquisition and integration studies.
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 | $452.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $392.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $392.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $259.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Reconciliation | $100.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $359.6M |
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 | $414.4M | $452.3M | $392.4M | $259.6M | $259.6M |
| 674920: Mk21A Reentry Vehicle | $414.4M | $436.8M | $376.3M | $209.7M | $209.7M |
| 675920: Next Generation Reentry Capabilities | $0 | $15.5M | $16.1M | $49.9M | $49.9M |
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.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| PA-05 | $959.2M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | FA821920C0001 | high |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | FA821924C0001 | high |
| ATA ENGINEERING, INC. | FA820420C0004 | medium |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
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 ICBM Reentry Vehicles. 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 · J667
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J682
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J682
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J702
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 · J664
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 · J636
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 · J627
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 · J647
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_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
PDF page 19