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Defense Technology Innovation
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $19.4M |
| FY25 | $28.5M |
| FY26 | $46.3M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● 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 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $9.99M | – | $0 | $0 | $17.1M | $17.1M | $18.5M | $19.4M | ||
| Enacted | $0 | $30.0M | $0 | – | $0 | $17.5M | $17.4M | $19.1M | $55.2M | $28.5M | ||
| Request | $30.0M | $0 | $0 | – | $35.0M | $22.9M | $20.6M | $55.2M | $38.5M | $46.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $55.2M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $19.4M as actual total obligation authority — $35.8M below the request. 19.4 − 55.2 = -35.8 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
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 — Defense Technology Innovation (Beyond 5G)
This program supports the Department's priorities to rebuild our military by matching capabilities to threats, and to reestablish deterrence by defending the Homeland. Today’s mobile and tactical communications are stove-piped and limit the force from fully executing Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) concepts of tomorrow. Warfighters require integrated network mission solutions utilizing 5G/FutureG technologies to support the future battle. Beyond 5G delivers unified solutions in mobile and tactical networks to give U.S. DoD an asymmetric advantage. Through strategically architected lines of effort in Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions (ROCS), Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), Expeditionary and Tactical Use (ETU), and Ubiquitous, Secure and Instant Access (USIA), this PE enables DoD to keep pace with warfighter capability requirements. The net benefit will be a reduction in the technical and tactical burden on DoD network operators via implementations of high performing mission solutions which are situationally aware and can rapidly and autonomously adapt to changing battlefield conditions. By maximizing the use of dual-use technologies as the foundation of more capable military solutions, this research and development enables a force to fight and win with agile spectrum operations where novel and asymmetric capabilities are matched to threats. To protect the Homeland, this PE continues critical research activities which enable the utilization of existing wireless infrastructure as a sensor for low flying threats to the Homeland. When integrated, this detection network becomes a key component of the Golden Dome for America initiative.
Mission — Defense Technology Innovation (Beyond 5G)
The Defense Technology Innovation (Beyond 5G) effort builds upon the technology foundation that underpins fifth-generation / future generation (5G/FutureG) cellular network systems as a basis to create the next generation of wireless cellular network and security technologies for military applications. Working in concert with other U.S. Government science and technology agencies, Beyond 5G is successfully conducting applied research to adopt, adapt, advance, and integrate technologies to create asymmetric advantages. Our approach is to replace cost-prohibitive, single-function stovepipes that limit the force from fully executing the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) concepts of tomorrow.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Beyond 5G
In the domain of fifth generation / future generation (5G/FutureG) wireless networks, the warfighter requires complex system-of-systems solutions equipped with features and attributes unique to battlefield challenges. These solutions must be developed with DoD mission-level capability requirements at the foundation of the developmental process. To address this need, Beyond 5G is: • Collaborating with wireless industry on dual-use solutions and driving the adoption of Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) interfaces and open software and standards. • Developing uses of spatially distributed and intelligent radio systems to complement and supplement essential DoD missions. • Identifying and developing methods, tools, and policies for military operations in complex spectral environments • Delivering high availability wireless systems with security assurance in all DoD operational settings Beyond 5G is driving targeted wireless innovations in open-source software, hardware, and standards to provide our soldiers a fully programmable network architecture. The resulting holistic end-to-end mission solution includes mobile end points, telecom base stations, tactical radios, network infrastructure and compute fabric for zero-touch deployments of fully automated DoD network systems. Under this approach, we enable the U.S. to regain leadership in future wireless technologies including sixth generation (6G) and beyond.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY24 Actuals | $19.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY25 Enacted | $28.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY25 Total | $28.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY26 Disc. Request | $46.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | OSD | FY26 Total | $46.3M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $35.5M | $19.4M | $28.5M | $46.3M | $46.3M |
| 230: Defense Technology Innovation (Beyond 5G) | $35.5M | $19.4M | $28.5M | $46.3M | $46.3M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium 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.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Defense Technology Innovation. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J867
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J687
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J795
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J822
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J879
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J855
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J831
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J824
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J845
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.