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Fiscal Receipts

Dragon U-2

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What it is
Dragon U-2 — a research & development program run by Air Force.
What changed
No FY25→26 comparison — trajectory data incomplete for this line.
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$16.8M
FY25 Total
FY26 Request
FY25→26 Change

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

Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).

Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 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 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY15FY24

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

SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24
Actuals$5.51M$34.5M$37.2M$34.5M$87.6M$36.4M$36.6M$40.7M$35.2M$16.8M
Enacted$34.5M$37.2M$34.5M$87.6M$36.4M$36.6M$35.8M$20.2M$16.8M
Request$37.2M$34.5M$70.6M$38.9M$18.7M$17.1M$20.2M$16.8M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $17.1M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reports $40.7M actually spent — $23.6M 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 Sensor Development

The U-2S Dragon Lady platform is a high-demand/low-density aircraft equipped with modular sensor and data link systems providing flexibility and mission essential Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) to the Combatant Commands, Joint and Combined forces, and the Intelligence Community in peacetime and wartime. The program supports core missions such as Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations (outlined in CJCSI 3250.01) supporting the National Defense Strategy, in addition to other missions that include execution of CCMD OPLANs and CONPLANs, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response (HADR), Counter Violent Extremist Organizations, and third-party treaty verification/monitoring via the OLIVE HARVEST mission. The FY 2025 budget year is the final year that the Air Force has budgeted for the operational capability of the U-2 platform. Previously programmed funds in PE 35202F have been shifted to PE 35206F to support ASARS-2C test/eval and fielding, which will enable vastly improved collection against emerging threats through the remainder of scheduled U-2 operations. This capability and any enhancements will transferable to the broader enterprise. Additionally, the U-2 program will continue to support emergent and/or experimental RDT&E efforts in support of Joint All-Domain Command and Control [JADC2] and Advanced Battle Management System [ABMS] as a platform surrogate for risk reduction in support of SECAF's Operational Imperative-2 as well as surrogate test for RCO capabilities and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations technology development. 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)

U-2 Payload Update Block 20.1

Aircraft payload development supports sustainment and/or enhancement development includes activities such as, but not limited to: trade studies, analysis, preliminary system engineering, system and subsystem testing or demonstrations, sensor specification development, Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System [ASARS] development and test, SIGINT and multi-spectral sensor technical refresh integration and test, defensive systems, sensor range improvements, strategic and tactical data link [L-16, IBS, IFDL, MADL, etc.] design and integration.

U-2 Aircraft Update Block 20.1

Aircraft and/or sensor enhancement efforts may include activities such as, but not limited to: trade studies, analysis, preliminary system engineering, system and subsystem testing or demonstrations, sensor specification development, avionics system upgrades, mission planning system software and infrastructure migration, advanced and agile systems, Open Mission Systems and Unmanned Aerospace Systems Command and Control Standard Initiative [OMS/UCI] standards compliance and integration, quick reaction capability [QRC] development, enhanced communications/SIGINT system sustainability and modernization, and tactical data-link [L-16, IBS, IFDL, MADL, etc.] efforts to meet operational requirements for the Air Force.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY24 Actuals$16.8M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
674820: Sensor Development$0$16.8M$0$0$0
Program Element$0$16.8M$0$0$0

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? →