Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/0207247F/ — built September 26, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
AF TENCAP
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 | $30.6M |
| FY25 | $50.3M |
| FY26 | $52.5M |
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 | $6.97M | $37.5M | $28.4M | $0 | $0 | $22.1M | $21.6M | $23.7M | $28.8M | $30.6M | ||
| Enacted | $31.4M | $28.4M | $0 | $0 | $21.4M | $18.8M | $23.7M | $25.6M | $25.7M | $50.3M | ||
| Request | $28.4M | $0 | $0 | $21.4M | $21.6M | $23.7M | $23.3M | $25.7M | $50.3M | $52.5M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $23.3M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $28.8M as actual total obligation authority — $5.50M above the request. 28.8 − 23.3 = 5.5 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
Mission — Air Force TENCAP
Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) increases warfighter effectiveness through the exploitation of national capabilities and promotes cross- domain integration of these capabilities into military operations/training and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) activities. In FY 2026, AF TENCAP exploits existing National, global, and Non-Traditional ISR in air, space, and cyber domains for operational and tactical applications by rapidly prototyping and providing capability demonstrations. The program consists of multiple small projects supporting the Air Force warfighter. Projects are designed to transition to warfighters or national intelligence agencies for operational use and to appropriate acquisition Programs of Record for sustainment and further development. AF TENCAP projects influence the design and operation of current and future National, global, and Non-Traditional systems in air, space, and cyber while providing situational awareness to warfighters and intelligence organizations. AF TENCAP requirements and existing resources may be rapidly re-prioritized in response to emerging warfighter needs. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's 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, $0.000M was expected to expend for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025, $0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program element received $4.9M Ukraine Supplemental Funds in FY 2024. 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.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
Exploitation Applications
Exploiting existing National, global, and Non-Traditional ISR in air, space, and cyber for operational and tactical applications by rapidly prototyping and demonstrating capabilities. National capabilities are exploited to deliver rapid, cost-effective and innovative warfighting solutions. Project activities support Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance requirements and the application of combat effects; Battlespace Awareness and Command and Control; support to Space; and support to Special Operations Forces and Advanced Capabilities. Activities also influence the design and operation of future National, global, and non-Traditional ISR systems in air, space, and cyber for tactical users.
Moving Target Engagement
A portfolio to provide capabilities in support of the long range kill chain (LRKC) by providing moving target engagement (MTE) at scale through the identification, tracking, and engagement of numerous moving or mobile targets in a highly contested, time-compressed, multi-domain environment. Initiative development will provide rapid, effective processing of key adversary signals of interest (SOIs) and optimize data flows to provide actionable data to the warfighter. The MTE portfolio includes three lines of effort (LOEs) to provide rapid, effective processing of signals of interest and to optimize data flows to provide actionable data to the warfighter. LOE 1 focuses on the data acquisition and data conditioning of the signals of interest. LOE 2 focuses on enhancing data processing capabilities by identifying and developing supporting technologies and processes. LOE 3 focuses on defining and enhancing the necessary infrastructure to support the MTE portfolio efforts. MTE focuses on enhancing Enterprise capabilities and infrastructure.
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 | $30.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $50.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $50.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $52.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $52.5M |
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 | $30.6M | $50.3M | $52.5M | $52.5M |
| 670001: Air Force TENCAP | $0 | $30.6M | $50.3M | $52.5M | $52.5M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium 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 AF TENCAP. 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 · J687
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 · J593
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 · J674
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 · J697
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 · J696
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 · J718
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 · J683
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 · J655
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 · J647
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 · J667
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 20