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Policy R&D Programs
Budget Figures
- FY24
- $6.08M
- FY25
- $6.22M
- FY26
- $6.04M
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 →
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 326 programs, ranked by FY2026 requested dollars. why →
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY24 Actuals | $6.08M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY25 Enacted | $6.22M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY25 Total | $6.22M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY26 Disc. Request | $6.04M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY26 Total | $6.04M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $69.6M | $6.08M | $6.22M | $6.04M | $6.04M |
| 186: Policy R&D Programs | $69.6M | $6.08M | $6.22M | $6.04M | $6.04M |
Program Narratives
Mission— Policy R&D Programs
The Policy R&D Program supports the interim National Defense Strategy by providing analysis to overcome military security challenges. The global security environment is dynamic and complex. Continuous research and analysis is necessary for understanding foreign military structures and capabilities, as well as for developing mid- to long-term anticipatory and strategic perspectives on security issues. These perspectives can then guide necessary changes to policies, strategies, processes, and capabilities that advance U.S. and interests. This program blends multiple research disciplines including policy, sciences, and engineering to better understand matters affecting strategy, planning, management of international alliances and partnerships, crisis preparedness and response, budgetary and operational oversight, cyber and space challenges, special operations, homeland defense, nuclear and missile defense, and other emerging threats to the national security of the US. The program also supports statutorily directed requirements related to OUSD Policy mission areas.
Mission— Policy R&D Programs
The Policy R&D Program supports the interim National Defense Strategy by providing analysis to overcome military security challenges. The global security environment is dynamic and complex. Continuous research and analysis is necessary for understanding foreign military structures and capabilities, as well as for developing mid- to long-term anticipatory and strategic perspectives on security issues. These perspectives can then guide necessary changes to policies, strategies, processes, and capabilities that advance U.S. and interests. This program blends multiple research disciplines including policy, sciences, and engineering to better understand matters affecting strategy, planning, management of international alliances and partnerships, crisis preparedness and response, budgetary and operational oversight, cyber and space challenges, special operations, homeland defense, nuclear and missile defense, and other emerging threats to the national security of the US. The program also supports statutorily directed requirements related to OUSD Policy mission areas.
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
Defense Planning Scenarios Activities
This program is classified.
Long Term Competitions (LTC) Program
Request supports the Long Term Competitions (LTC) program which is an analytical effort chartered to provide the DoD senior leadership with an understanding of key long-term developments and dynamics in specific areas of the global security environment, and to develop competitive strategies for their consideration as the Department seeks to address these long term challenges. The LTC Program will provide rigorously analyzed competitive strategy recommendations to these senior DoD leaders, and will require the support of organizations and experts outside of government to deliver the highest quality analysis, concepts and recommendations. Funding for the LTC program will be used to: bring outside experts into Task Force working groups and strategy review teams; contract studies; support wargaming and workshops; conduct analytical studies of key developments and dynamics, and their impact on the future security environment and U.S. military capabilities in that environment; and explore new approaches to addressing key analytical requirements. Assessments of the ability of future forces to achieve objectives at the campaign level. These assessments include wargaming, qualitative, and quantitative analytic methods. They will both inform and be informed by the Support for Strategic Analysis (SSA) defense planning scenarios (DPS). They will identify risk and potential trade-space among force structure, capabilities, and readiness to inform senior leader decision-making.
Future Security Challenges
Provides program management oversight and technical support to identify current and emerging future security challenges to the Department, and for international cooperation activities with Allies and international partners to confront these challenges. Anticipates exploitation of technology, including available and advanced capabilities, and work with the international commercial sector and academia concerning adversary’s application of technology. Program explores processes and policy to integrate international capabilities across the spectrum of security challenges.
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 326 programs). why →