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Nuclear Delivery Systems Tech Exploration
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 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $4.97MR-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
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY26 |
|---|---|
| Request | $4.97M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
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 — Technology Exploration
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is focused on high-impact, multi-domain science and technology (S&T) solutions that drive innovation now while laying the groundwork for the Air and Space Forces to win the future fight. The AFRL effectively synchronizes the Department of the Air Force (DAF) S&T enterprise and workforce to align towards the most consequential DAF priorities and accelerate the delivery of game-changing S&T. The Nuclear Delivery Systems Technology Exploration program establishes the foundational computational tools necessary to conduct nuclear forensics, perform potential strategic surveillance, and predict future nuclear re-entry system environmental effects and responses. Program activities aid investigations and analyses of national strategic and nuclear deterrence operations; foreign low yield or evasive underground nuclear tests; and multi-physics algorithms to accurately simulate untested environmental effects and responses in support of nuclear reentry systems development activities in Program Element 0603273F (Science & Technology for Nuclear Reentry Systems). This program provides applied Science & Technology to reestablish nuclear deterrence operations by reestablishing specialized expertise and modernizing the infrastructure and technologies necessary to address, and respond to, current and emerging multi-peer-contested nuclear environments. This program further supports the requisite DAF Science & Engineering mission enabling civilian workforce with the necessary technical competencies to develop, manage, and deliver Science & Technology capabilities. The use of program funds in this Program Element is aligned with the civilian pay expenses budgeted for in the following program elements: 1206601SF, 0601102F, 0602020F, 0602102F, 0602202F, 0602203F, 0602204F, 0602298F, 0602602F, 0602605F, 0602788F, and 0603680F. In FY 2026, $1.615 million is budgeted in this program for 8 direct Full-Time Equivalent civilians. The Air Force Research Laboratory references statutory language under 10 USC 4091 ("Authorities for certain positions at Science & Technology reinvention laboratories”) to manage the workforce strength, structure, positions, and compensation. This program element may include necessary expenses to support operation and maintenance activities to manage, execute, and deliver science and technology capabilities. This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research because this budget activity includes studies, investigations, and non-system specific technology efforts directed toward general military needs with a view toward developing and evaluating the feasibility and practicality of proposed solutions and determining their parameters.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Nuclear Technologies
Develop the foundational computational technologies, tools, and capabilities necessary to support the investigation and analyses of national strategic and nuclear deterrence operations; multi-physics algorithms to accurately simulate untested environmental effects and responses that future nuclear re-entry systems will experience; and potential foreign low-yield or evasive underground nuclear tests.
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, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $4.97M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $4.97M |
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 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.97M | $4.97M |
| 623360: Technology Exploration | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4.97M | $4.97M |
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
2 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
Issues related to public readiness and emergency preparedness Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act…
Issues related to public readiness and emergency preparedness Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act…
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 Nuclear Delivery Systems Tech Exploration. 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 · P512
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_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.
FY2026 Air Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 287