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Joint Tactical Ground System
Budget Figures
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? →
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).
● 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $10.2M | $28.0M | $12.6M | – | $0 | $0 | $9.51M | $11.4M | $8.81M | $477.0K |
| Enacted | $20.5M | $12.6M | $0 | – | $0 | $9.51M | $13.4M | $8.81M | $203.0K | |
| Request | $12.6M | $0 | $0 | – | $9.51M | $13.4M | $8.81M | $203.0K |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $13.4M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reports $11.4M actually spent — $2.00M below the request.
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 — Joint Tactical Ground System
JTAGS transitioned to US Space Force in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024). The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) is a post-production, Acquisition Category (ACAT) III program. JTAGS provides missile warning message data for the Air and Missile Defense (AMD) architecture and improves performance for Integrated Air and Missile Defense Fire Control Systems/Composite Army Air and Missile Defense Brigades. JTAGS disseminates near real time warning, alerting, and cueing information on ballistic missile launches and other tactical events of interest throughout the theater using existing communication networks, providing critical support to Combatant Commanders in their Areas of Responsibility (AOR). Four outside the continental United States (OCONUS) deployed JTAGS units, which are deployed in three theaters (United States Pacific Command (PACOM), United States Central Command (CENTCOM), United States European Command (EUCOM)), constitute DoD's only in-theater system providing space-based missile warning. The fifth CONUS system is used as an institutional trainer but is available as a deployable asset. JTAGS is designated as the in-theater element of the United States Strategic Command's Theater Event System (TES), supporting all Theater Missile Defense pillars, affording the shortest sensor-to-shooter connectivity. On 14 January 2016, the Army Acquisition Executive designated the JTAGS Pre-Planned Product Improvement (JTAGS P3I) program as a separate ACAT III modification program. The JTAGS Program Element (PE) supports development and testing of the JTAGS Block II Preplanned Product Improvements (P3I) program based on the JTAGS Operational Requirements Document (ORD), additive Joint Requirements Oversight Council - Memorandum (JROC-M) requirements, and the formal JTAGS Block II Capability Development Document (CDD) thresholds. P3I upgraded JTAGS to a Block II configuration for operation with the next generation of Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites, and improved warning tactical parameters and timeliness. The JTAGS Block II P3I program based on the 2009 JTAGS ORD is on contract as a two-phase development effort. JTAGS Block II P3I Phase 1 is complete. The final developmental efforts of JTAGS Block II P3I Phase 2 to achieve 2009 ORD requirements completed in FY2022. Follow-on Test and Evaluation (FOTE) completed in FY2022 with Materiel Release efforts to be conducted in FY2023. The JTAGS Block II CDD addresses evolving User-driven needs such as emerging threats and interface efforts that were not known at the time the JTAGS ORD was validated. There is no funding in this line in FY26.
Mission — Joint Tact Grd Station-P3I
JTAGS transitioned to US Space Force in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024). The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) is a post-production, Acquisition Category (ACAT) III program. JTAGS provides missile warning message data for the Air and Missile Defense (AMD) architecture and improves performance for Integrated Air and Missile Defense Fire Control Systems/Composite Army Air and Missile Defense Brigades. JTAGS disseminates near real time warning, alerting, and cueing information on ballistic missile launches and other tactical events of interest throughout the theater using existing communication networks, providing critical support to Combatant Commanders in their Areas of Responsibility (AOR). Four OCONUS deployed JTAGS units, which are deployed in three theaters (United States Pacific Command (PACOM), United States Central Command (CENTCOM), United States European Command (EUCOM)), constitute DoD's only in-theater system providing space-based missile warning. The fifth CONUS system is used as an institutional trainer but is available as a deployable asset. JTAGS is designated as the in-theater element of the United States Strategic Command's Theater Event System (TES), supporting all Theater Missile Defense pillars, affording the shortest sensor-to-shooter connectivity. On 14 January 2016, the Army Acquisition Executive designated the JTAGS Pre-Planned Product Improvement (JTAGS P3I) program as a separate ACAT III modification program. The JTAGS Program Element (PE) supports development and testing of the JTAGS Block II Preplanned Product Improvements (P3I) program based on the JTAGS Operational Requirements Document (ORD), additive Joint Requirements Oversight Council - Memorandum (JROC-M) requirements, and the formal JTAGS Block II Capability Development Document (CDD) thresholds. P3I upgraded JTAGS to a Block II configuration for operation with the next generation of Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites, and improved warning tactical parameters and timeliness. The JTAGS Block II P3I program based on the 2009 JTAGS ORD is on contract as a two-phase development effort. JTAGS Block II P3I Phase 1 is complete. The final developmental efforts of JTAGS Block II P3I Phase 2 to achieve 2009 ORD requirements completed in FY2022. Follow-on Test and Evaluation (FOTE) completed in FY2022 with Materiel Release efforts to be conducted in FY2023. The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) transitioned to US Space Force in FY2024. There is no funding requested in FY2026 in this PE.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Development and Test of Block II CDD requirements
JTAGS Block II program continues to focus on development/integration of evolving cyber hardening advances, defense against emerging threats, and JTAGS Capability Development Document (CDD) threshold requirements. JROC-Memos 197-12, 113-13, and 042-19 and PL 111-383 (Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for FY2011) require fielding of these capabilities as soon as possible.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $477.0K |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $477.0K | $0 |
| 635: Joint Tact Grd Station-P3I | $477.0K | — |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 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.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →