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Intelligence Systems
Budget Figures
- FY24
- $205.3M
- FY26
- $227.3M
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Program dossier
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What it is
- Intelligence Systems is a procurement program run by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) that buys and rapidly fields intelligence equipment for Special Operations Forces (SOF). It aims to eliminate gaps in delivering timely intelligence to deployed forces, focusing on intelligence dissemination, sensor systems, threat warning to SOF platforms, and tactical exploitation of national systems. This line item is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP).
- The program funds a portfolio of named systems, including the Tactical Video System/Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (TVS/RSTA); the Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN); the Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis and Threat Evaluation System (SOCRATES); Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE); SOF Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Silent Dagger; small Uncrewed Multidomain Systems (sUMS); and Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (MTUAS).
- TVS/RSTA gives SOF special reconnaissance equipment to visually and electronically acquire people, objects, and activities, providing actionable intelligence for SOF planners and commanders. The FY 2026 base request funds procurement of 12 uncrewed ground sensors, 24 reconnaissance kits, 21 remote observation posts, 8 austere-location force-protection kits, and 1 uncrewed maritime sensor.
- The small Uncrewed Multidomain Systems (sUMS) effort provides Group 1 and Group 2 small uncrewed aerial and ground systems plus specialized payloads to give SOF operators intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability, emphasizing stealthy, autonomous, and AI-enabled systems that can operate in denied environments.
- The Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (MTUAS) procures Group 3 uncrewed aerial systems for SOF organic ISR, including mission kits, payloads, air vehicles, training systems, and ground control stations, and sustains nine legacy MQ-27B aircraft.
- The program is spread across unclassified and classified elements of the Military Intelligence Program. In FY 2026, the unclassified MIP portion totals $109.855 million and the classified MIP portion totals $117.468 million.
Why it matters
- The FY 2026 request for Intelligence Systems totals $227.323 million (about $227.3 million), combining $227.073 million of discretionary funding and $0.250 million of mandatory (reconciliation) funding.
- The FY 2026 total of $227,323 thousand (about $227.3 million) is confirmed in the P-1 procurement exhibit for SOCOM under Procurement, Defense-Wide.
- Actual spending in FY 2024 was $205,316 thousand (about $205.3 million), meaning the FY 2026 request represents an increase over the most recent completed year.
- For FY 2025, the enacted amount was $178,184 thousand (about $178.2 million), so the FY 2026 request marks a rebound after a lower year.
- The largest single-program change year over year is MTUAS, which rises by $40.074 million from FY 2025 to FY 2026 to support emerging Group 3 UAS needs, after funds had been realigned to the sUMS program in FY 2025.
- By contrast, sUMS shows a net decrease of $4.146 million from FY 2025 to FY 2026, reflecting a realignment of funds from the MTUAS program to support Group 1 and Group 2 uncrewed aerial system requirements.
- The line item received a $5.000 million FY 2024 congressional add for a family of unmanned ground systems, showing lawmakers have directed extra money into this portfolio.
Key players
- The program is owned and executed by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), funded through the Procurement, Defense-Wide account.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY24 Actuals | $205.3M |
| Procurement, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY25 Enacted | $178.2M |
| Procurement, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY26 Disc. Request | $227.1M |
| Procurement, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY26 Reconciliation | $250.0K |
| Procurement, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY26 Total | $227.3M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $2.48B | $205.3M | $178.2M | $225.1M | $227.1M |
Program Narratives
Description— INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
This P-1 Line Item is part of the Military Intelligence Program. This Line Item provides for the identification, procurement, and rapid fielding of Special Operations Forces (SOF) intelligence equipment to identify and eliminate deficiencies in providing timely intelligence to deployed forces. Programs address the primary areas of intelligence dissemination, sensor systems, integrated threat warning to SOF mission platforms, and tactical exploitation of national system capabilities. The systems procured in this Line Item include: Special Operations Tactical Video System/Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (TVS/RSTA); Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN); Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis and Threat Evaluation System (SOCRATES); Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE); Special Operations Forces Planning, Rehearsal, and Execution Preparation (SOFPREP); SOF Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (PED) Silent Dagger (SD), small Uncrewed Multidomain Systems (sUMS)), and Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (MTUAS) programs. The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed an overall strategy to ensure that command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems; sUMS and MTUAS continue to provide SOF with the required capabilities into the 21st century. The USSOCOM C4I program is composed of an integrated network of systems providing positive command and control and the timely exchange of intelligence and threat warning to all organizational echelons. The C4I systems that support this architecture employ the latest standards and technology by transitioning from separate systems to full integration with the SOF Information Environment (SIE). The SIE allows SOF elements to operate with any force combination in multiple environments. This Line Item received FY 2024 Congressional Add funding ($5.000 million) for family of unmanned ground systems. Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Overseas Operations Costs accounted for in the Base budget total $1.957 million. FY 2024 includes $11.489 million in OOC execution. FY 2025 includes $9.076 million in OOC Enactment. FY 2026 includes $1.957 million for the OOC Budget Estimate. ELEMENT FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 MIP Unclassified $84.367 $74.236 $109.855 MIP Classified $120.949 $103.948 $117.468 TOTAL $205.316 $178.184 $227.323
Justification— INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 request for Intelligence Systems includes $227.073 million of discretionary and $0.250 million of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $227.323 million. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20010 (Readiness) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. request is provided in the Reconciliation Exhibit. The mandatory funds procure an effort with details provided under separate cover. 1. Tactical Video System/Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (TVS/RSTA), Program Number 833, Major Capability Acquisition (MCA) program (ACAT III) at Milestone C. Provides SOF with critical special reconnaissance equipment that directly supports the planning and execution of SOF missions. This capability allows the SOF warfighter to meet the United States Special Operations Command mission requirements to find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate information of adversary's movement, construct, identification, location, and associated things and activities. The TVS/RSTA provides Geographic Combatant Commanders and SOF operators with an immediate capability to visually and electronically acquire people, things, and activities and provides actionable intelligence for SOF planners and Commanders. The TVS/RSTA program consists of a Family of Systems (FoS) that employs an evolutionary acquisition strategy for Evolutionary Technology Insertion (ETI) (supplemented with commodity procurement) to enhance the performance of specific kits. These ETI modifications vary in both cost and quantity. The FoS consists of interoperable equipment to capture and transfer near-real-time ground-based, tactical day/night/reduced visibility, imagery, video, and electronic proximity and movement sensing, all capable of dissemination through SOF organic, global Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, and commercial communications infrastructures. Kits are type designated as RSTA or TVS Mission Kits. RSTA Kits are operationally configured as Sensor Kits; Tactical Reconnaissance (RECCE) Kit; Remote Observation Post (ROP); Unmanned Ground Sensors/Unmanned Maritime Sensors (UGS/UMS); and Austere Location Force Protection Kits (ALFPK). TVS/RSTA directly supports the interim 2025 National Defense Strategy priority of integrated deterrence with a focus on defending the homeland with procurement of economical surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for SOF. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Procures 12 UGS, 24 RECCE, 21 ROP, 8 ALFPK, and 1 UMS. FY 2025 to FY 2026 decrease of $0.200 million is due to a transfer of Procurement funding from Intelligence Systems P-1# 65 to Operation & Maintenance, 1PLU Intelligence Sub Activity Group to support Uncrewed Ground Sensors, Uncrewed Maritime Sensors, and Wide Area Surveillance Program (WASP) capability efforts, along with support to Theater Special Operation Commands. 2. Tactical Local Area Network, Program Number 745, MCA program (ACAT III) in Operations and Support. Provides SOF operational commanders and forward deployed forces advanced automated data processing and display capabilities, facilitating the interchange of classified and unclassified information to support situational awareness, mission planning, rehearsal, execution, and C2 of forces in tactical environments. The program consists of information technology hardware, software and ancillary equipment, including network servers, routers, switches, storage and computing end user devices, as well as common and specialized user applications. The family of systems are mobile, modular and size configurable to suit peculiar mission needs that support SOF users from the individual to the Special Operation Task Force echelon. The TACLAN supports the three major goals of the 2025 National Defense Strategy Guidance by providing a computational platform that connects multiple warfighting domains, theaters, and spectrum of conflict while transporting critical information through the SDN. The data collected at these vast locations help synchronize and inform broader Department efforts while improving our ability to share information with our Allies. The TACLAN-Heavy modular network suites include Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) enclaves which are funded with MIP dollars. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Provides Information Technology equipment required to extend SOF Information Environment (SIE) services to the tactical edge while employing enterprise like capabilities in the warfighting environment. Capital Equipment Replacement Program (CERP) of 6 Heavy and 19 Medium suites to include ancillary items and system integration, plus 21 Light suites for Engineering Asset. FY 2025 to FY 2026 increase of $0.195 million supports life cycle replacement of 11 TACLAN suites. 3. Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis and Threat Evaluation System (SOCRATES), Program Number 750, transitioned from the Middle Tier of Acquisition pathway and was redesignated as a Support Program, subcategory Mission Support, within the Acquisition Workload Master List. SOCRATES is a Support Program providing Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Information Technology (IT) hardware and software in support of various Military Information Support Operations (MISO). The SOCRATES focus area is "deterring aggression, while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary" by providing the capabilities to securely exercise command and control; perform intelligence planning, collection, collaboration, data processing; video mapping; and a wide range of tools for automated intelligence analysis, intelligence dissemination, imagery tools and applications, secondary imagery dissemination, news consumption, and message traffic transmission/receipt. The system is composed of state-of-the-art networking devices, servers, storage devices, a video teleconferencing system, secure voice capability, workstations, associated peripherals, and government-off-the-shelf/commercial-off-the-shelf software. SOCRATES allows SOF to be more lethal, resilient, survivable, agile, and responsive by providing a secure environment for SOF mission planning and intelligence preparation of the battle space. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Procures Component and Theater Special Operations Command expansion equipment, Enterprise Modernization, and Zero Trust Initiatives in support of the FY 2026 Presidential Budget Request Focus Areas of "Special Operations Forces" and "C2, Data, Networks & Cyber." FY 2025 to FY 2026 net decrease of $0.740 million due to an extension of the SOCRATES expansion timeline, to account for current technical requirements. 4. Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE), Program Number 834, transitioned to a Major Capability Aquisition program (ACT III) and provides rapid and focused acquisition for the state-of-the-art forensic Identity Operation capabilities as a mission enabler for the five operational pillars of Irregular Warfare and supports Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze and Disseminate (F3EAD) cycle. Exploitation Analysis Capability (EAC) is a modular and scalable Special Operations peculiar (SO-p) forensic laboratory environment utilized for more in-depth exploitation of collected exploitable material (CEM). Biometrics enable the collection and transmission of unique and measurable human signatures that then are used to verify against or enroll into the DoD authoritative databases. Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) is a scalable, modular, and adaptable multi-disciplined capability that provides the means to identify, exploit, translate and produce reports on documents and electronic media of immediate tactical value. Forensic exploitation is a scalable, modular and adaptable multi-disciplined forensic science capability to recover, identify, and conduct analysis of chemistry based CEM. Supports the Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance; CEM sharing with foreign partners; provides intelligence to advance regional security goals and implement the higher level aims of integrated deterrence. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Procures 3 Exploitation Analysis Capability (EAC) and 210 Biometric / Forensic Devices. FY 2025 to FY 2026 increase of $0.074 million procures an additional seven (7) Biometric Devices. 5. SOF Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) Silent Dagger (SD), Program Number 835, MCA program (ACAT III). SIGINT PED SD is a family of products and services providing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and analytical capabilities at the Joint Task Force level and below through a combination of reach-back, forward support and collaboration. The program supports all Components and TSOCs with capability that interconnects warfighters, sensors, and analytic tools to "find and fix" enemy combatants in support of Strategic Competition and Counter Violent Extremist Organizations (VEO) missions while also providing information sharing across the USSOCOM Enterprise and the Department of Defense. SIGINT PED SD provides SIGINT exploitation capability in both garrison and deployed environments. These capabilities will be pursued via rapid fielding techniques when appropriate. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Funds the CERP of 42 SIGINT PED Kits. FY 2025 to FY 2026 increase of $0.112 million supports the CERP of SIGNT PED portion of the SD Kit relating to the growth in the general cost of the electronic components required in advanced computer and graphics processing units. 6. Small Uncrewed Multidomain Systems (sUMS), Program Number 847, MCA program (ACAT III). Provides Group 1 and Group 2 small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (sUAS), small Uncrewed Ground Systems (sUGS), and specialized payloads that empower Special Operations Forces (SOF) Operators with unparalleled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities that meet the unique demands of SOF missions across multiple domains in the most challenging environments. sUMS development focuses on a reduction in the operator cognitive workload through an integrated suite of stealthy, autonomous, and AI enabled systems that penetrate and persist in denied environments, provide continuous over-watch, rapidly pinpoint and prosecute time-sensitive targets and over-math our indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts are utilized for procurement of systems and equipment. FY 2026 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Procures various sUMS supporting SOF emergent and continuing equipment requirements. FY 2026 OOC JUSTIFICATION: Procures various sUMS supporting SOF emergent and continuing equipment requirements. FY 2025 to FY 2026 net decrease of $4.146 million due to realignment of funds from the MTUAS program to support emergent requirements for Group 1 and Group 2 uncrewed aerial systems. 7. Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (MTUAS), Program Number 836. MTUAS procures Group 3 Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to support SOF organic ISR capability. This program procures UAS, SO-p mission kits, mission payloads, air vehicles, training systems, and Ground Control Stations (GCS). Ancillary equipment includes baseline versions of payloads, GCS modifications, modular payloads, and legacy launch and recovery systems as required. The Capability Development Document (CDD) for MTUAS Increment 2 (Mi2) has been rescinded, dated 24 March 2025 as approved by USOCOM Vice Commander, thus divesting from Mi2 development. Procurement funding will support various production representative Group 3 UAS, previously planned for MTUAS, in support of Combat Mission Needs Statement (CMNS) objectives and address emerging requirements from Group 3 assessment. Additionally, the MTUAS program will provide for sustainment of nine legacy (MQ-27B) UAS, which includes associated systems and payloads repairs and replacement. Will provide for the sustainment of 1.0 fixed CONUS presence and 2.0 DFE, with annual operating hours estimated to be 14,400 hours. Training support will be retained either through OEM or USSOCOM organic training systems including associated repairs, replacement, and improved payload capability. FY26 BASE PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Supports emerging Group 3 UAS needs to include continued support to Combat Mission Needs Statement (CMNS) objectives and procurement of production-representative articles to enable transition of autonomy and GPS-denied navigation technologies and supports production-representative system to support SOF user assessments and risk reduction testing events. FY 2025 to FY 2026 increase of $40.074 million is due to realignment of funds in FY 2025 to sUMS program. The increase is in support of emerging Group 3 UAS needs including continued support to CMNS objectives and procurement of production-representative articles to integrate capabilities in autonomy and alternative navigation. 8. Classified Programs. Details provided under separate cover.
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