Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/0219AD0500/ — data as of July 28, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS)
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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $710.1M | $299.8M | $628.1M | |
| Enacted | – | $299.8M | $365.4M | $288.4M |
| Request | – | – | $365.4M | $280.1M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $365.4M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reports $628.1M actually spent — $262.7M above 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
Description — COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS)
SSN AD0514 / DIRECTED ENERGY (DE) is a new start within the COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) program in FY 2026 This line has no funding for FY 2026. FY 2026 funding was realigned from Budget Activity (BA) 2, AD0500 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) to BA 6, I24000 COUNTER-SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) in support of Agile Portfolio Management. Advances in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology and ease of accessibility increase the potential use of UAS as weapons and intelligence-gathering mechanisms against U.S. forces and Department of Defense (DoD) facilities. Funds support the procurement, training, and equipping of fixed, semi-fixed, mounted, dismounted, and handheld counter-UAS capabilities for U.S. forces and strategically-important DoD facilities worldwide. Planned counter-UAS capability procurements provide a layered defense construct against UAS threats and include a mix of electronic warfare capabilities, command and control, and kinetic and non-kinetic effectors. The Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) system-of-systems was initiated in JUN 2016 in response to Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) CC-0558, to detect, track, classify, evaluate, and defeat Groups 1 and 2 UAS threats. On 19 NOV 2021, the Army Requirements Oversight Council approved C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) Increment 1 for a C-sUAS capability at Operational Divisions (now C-UAS Batteries). On 1 FEB 2022, the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) accelerated C-sUAS procurement into FY 2022 (from FY 2023) and specified the systems and quantities for each battery. This CSA guidance was documented in a 2 FEB 2022 Department of the Army Military Operations Fires Division (DAMO-Fires) memorandum. In a 30 MAR 2022 Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), the Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) authorized use of the Major Capability Acquisition (MCA) pathway for five separate Acquisition Category III programs: Fixed Site-Low, slow, small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS); Mobile-Low, slow, small UAS Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS); Ku-band Radio Frequency System (KuRFS) Family of Radars; Coyote Launchers/Interceptors; and Handheld/Dismounted Systems. Following an 8 MAY 2024 program initiation briefing to the Milestone Decision Authority, the C-sUAS programs were approved for entry into the MCA pathway at post-Full Rate Production (FRP). Enduring programs are required to develop, test, evaluate, and continuously integrate solutions, to address a rapidly-emerging UAS threat that continues to grow in sophistication, range, lethality, and numbers. Both Joint and Army RDTE will develop Joint and Army-unique solutions that will be procured under this budget line. Prior C-UAS procurement funding resides in line item 0173BZ0501 Indirect Fire Protection Family of Systems.
Justification
Justification — COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS)
FY 2026 funding was realigned from Budget Activity (BA) 2, AD0500 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) to BA 6, I24000 COUNTER-SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) in support of Agile Portfolio Management: AD0511 C-SUAS FIXED transferred to I24013 C-SUAS FIXED SITE AD0512 C-SUAS OPERATIONAL transferred to I24014 C-SUAS OPERATIONS AD0513 C-SUAS GROUND READINESS transferred to I24015 C-SUAS GRND READINESS
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $628.1M |
| Other Procurement, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $288.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $1.01B | $628.1M | $288.4M |
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? →