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Fiscal Receipts

Advanced Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

NRDT&EPartial Reconciliation0304240M
What it is
Advanced Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System — a research & development program run by Navy.
What changed
-$682.0K FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$10.5M
FY25 Total
$3.50M
FY26 Request
$2.82M
FY25→26 Change
-$682.0K

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
FY24: $10.5MFY25: $3.50MFY26: $2.82MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$10.5M
FY25
$3.50M
FY26
$2.82M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY16FY26

● actuals (line)  ·  ○ enacted  ·  ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

SeriesFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$0$0$5.20M$17.6M$45.4M$28.1M$31.2M$11.7M$10.5M
Enacted$0$7.98M$17.6M$45.4M$28.1M$31.2M$11.7M$539.0K$3.50M
Request$7.98M$25.3M$21.2M$22.6M$16.2M$1.74M$539.0K$3.50M$2.82M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $21.2M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reports $45.4M actually spent — $24.3M 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

Mission Advanced Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System

Project 3135 - The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Expeditionary (MUX) Family of Systems (FoS) project provides funding to address requirements identified in the October 2016 MUX Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and April 2020 MUX Requirements Clarification document. This PE supports development, testing, experimentation, prototyping, concept refinement and risk reduction of advanced payloads, system architectures, mission control capabilities, ground control stations, advanced and interoperable networking and communications systems and infrastructure, and new unmanned aircraft systems Additionally this PE will develop CONOPS to integrate the MUX FoS into joint programs and operating concepts to mitigate technical risk through model-based systems engineering, analysis, simulation, test and evaluation, and partnership with industry. The MUX FoS provides Advanced Tactical UAS in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE), and Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) to provide advanced, unmanned, multi-mission capability for the MAGTF and Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR).

Mission USMC MUX

Project 3135 - The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Expeditionary (MUX) Family of Systems (FoS) project provides funding to address requirements identified in the October 2016 MUX Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and April 2020 MUX Requirements Clarification document. This PE supports development, testing, experimentation, prototyping, concept refinement and risk reduction of advanced payloads, system architectures, mission control capabilities, ground control stations, advanced and interoperable networking and communications systems and infrastructure, and new unmanned aircraft systems Additionally this PE will develop CONOPS to integrate the MUX FoS into joint programs and operating concepts to mitigate technical risk through model-based systems engineering, analysis, simulation, test and evaluation, and partnership with industry. The MUX FoS provides Advanced Tactical UAS in support of Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environments (LOCE), and Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) to provide advanced, unmanned, multi-mission capability for the MAGTF and Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR). MUX FoS within this Program Element will continue Mission System Payload development and assessment efforts for future system within and external to MALE program. Future Mission System Payloads will support Mission Sensors and other critical technologies that support future planned FoS capability.

Mission Congressional Adds

Project C365 - The Mobile Unmanned/Manned Distributed Lethality Airborne Network (MUDLAN) project provides development, testing, fleet experimentation, concept refinement and risk reduction of high-bandwidth, adaptable, resilient, and protected communications systems in support of future sensors and communications. These capabilities are needed for unmanned and manned operations in a distributed maritime operational environment, connecting and distributing data across multiple users and multiple domains in a common network architecture which enhances tactical edge situational awareness with a single user interface.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)

Mission System Development

Funding supports the development and integration of mission system payloads, software, and system upgrades and modifications supporting MUX Family of Systems (FoS) concepts identified within the MUX Initial Capabilities Document (ICD). Funding also supports studies, experimentation, demonstration and development of future MUX FoS systems.

MUX Program Support

Funding supports the development and integration of mission system payloads supporting MUX Family of Systems (FoS) concepts identified within the MUX Initial Capabilities Document (ICD). Funding support studies, experimentation, demonstration and development of future MUX FoS systems.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY24 Actuals$10.5M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY25 Enacted$3.50M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY25 Total$3.50M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY26 Disc. Request$2.82M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY26 Total$2.82M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
3135: USMC MUX$58.2M$539.0K$3.50M$2.82M$2.82M
9999: Congressional Adds$76.0M$10.0M$0$0$0
Program Element$134.2M$10.5M$3.50M$2.82M$2.82M

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? →