Unmanned ISR

SOCOMProcurementPartial Reconciliation0201UMNISR

What it is

Unmanned ISR (0201UMNISR) is a SOCOM procurement line funded in the Procurement, Defense-Wide account.

What changed

-$27.1M FY25→26 P-1 TOA · PB2026

Who gets it

No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals

$29.5MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Enacted

$33.9MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY26 Request

$6.86MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25→26 Change

-$27.1MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →

Budget Trajectory

The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$29.5M
FY25	$33.9M
FY26	$6.86M

All series figures: P-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

5 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line falls across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.

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.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
Series	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Actuals	$65.0M	$43.7M	$29.5M
Enacted	–	$43.7M	$27.0M	$33.9M
Request	–	–	$27.0M	$41.7M	$6.86M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $27.0M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $29.5M as actual total obligation authority — $2.50M above the request. 29.5 − 27.0 = 2.5 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

Description — UNMANNED ISR

This P-1 Line Item is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has been designated as the Department of the Defense (DoD) lead for planning, synchronizing, and as directed, executing global operations against terrorist networks and targets. The USSOCOM requires the capability to find, fix, and finish time-sensitive high-value fixed and fleeting targets at the unit and team level without placing personnel and units in harm's way. These targets can often only be identified with patient collection of information and require rapid, decisive action during the short periods in which they present themselves. This Line Item addresses the primary areas of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and targeting capabilities for Special Operations Forces (SOF). This P-1 Line Item procures various expendable Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and related sensor payloads for ISR, which allows for remotely controlled system emplacement and data exfiltration. These systems are procured from an approved resource list in order to provide for rapid fielding of proven capability. It also funds the acquisition and support of SO-peculiar (SO-p) mission kits, mission payloads, weaponization, and modifications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Ground Control Stations (GCS), and training systems. The USSOCOM aims to standardize payload interfaces for SOF Group 1-5 UAS to accelerate the procurement and fielding of much needed capability in order to reduce the time and cost to develop, field, and sustain SOF Group 1-5 UAV future payload enhancements. This will allow users in the field to quickly change out payloads on the same platform and reduce time between sorties. FY 2024 includes $2.949 million in Overseas Operations Costs (OOC) execution. FY 2025 includes $1.750 million in OOC Enactment. FY 2026 includes $0.00 for the OOC Budget Estimate.

Justification

Justification — UNMANNED ISR

1. Group 4 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are large systems that weigh more than 1,320 pounds and fly less than 18,000 feet above sea level. The MQ-1 UAS, Program Number, 781 funds the acquisition and support of SO-p mission kits, mission payloads, weapons, and modifications on MQ-1C UAS, Ground Control Stations (GCS), and training systems as part of the Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical (MALET) program. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Procures weapon launchers, Tactical Mission Networking, Airborne Mission Networking, Situational Awareness Payload Integration, and Expeditionary Capabilities. FY 2025 to FY 2026 decrease of $2.351 million due to adjusted procurement of weapon launchers and hardware required to meet Basis of Issue in FY 2026 for Airborne/Tactical Mission Networking and a decrease in anticipated cost for Expeditionary Trailers. 2. The Long Endurance aircraft (LEA) UAS, Program Number 4GD, funds the acquisition and support of SO-p mission kits, mission payloads, weapons, and modifications on the LEA Family of Systems aircraft, turrets, and GCSs in support of the USSOCOM ISR multi-Intelligence capacity. FY 2025 to FY 2026 decrease of $24.708 million defers procurement of additional air vehicles, sensor payloads, and Ground Control Stations as current inventory levels are sufficient to support ongoing operational airborne intelligence requirements.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit P-1

Account	Org	Type	Amount
Procurement, Defense-Wide	SOCOM	FY24 Actuals	$29.5M
Procurement, Defense-Wide	SOCOM	FY25 Enacted	$33.9M
Procurement, Defense-Wide	SOCOM	FY26 Disc. Request	$6.86M
Procurement, Defense-Wide	SOCOM	FY26 Total	$6.86M

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	$433.7M	$29.5M	$33.9M	$6.86M	$6.86M

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 programs). why coverage is partial? →

Awards

No awards are linked to this program element at high confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.

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 Unmanned ISR — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →