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Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology

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What it is
Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology — a research & development program run by Army.
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
FY25 Total
FY26 Request
$7.77M
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 FY26 available).

Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY26FY26

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

SeriesFY26
Request$7.77M

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 Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Sys (C-sUAS) Adv

This Project develops, matures, and demonstrates novel capabilities that aid in the detection, tracking, identification, mitigation, and/or defeat of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) groups 1-3. Matures, demonstrates, and transitions interceptor capabilities to deliver physical effects that enable faster intercept, greater standoff ranges, increased magazine depth, survivability, affordability, and/or decrease in size, weight, and power requirements. Develops capabilities to track and predict UAS flight paths, airspace situational awareness, and/or location of UAS operators to increase defeat and force protection capabilities. Matures and demonstrates algorithms to enable threat prioritization, airspace control, coordinated response, and resource management of CsUAS capabilities. Matures technical solutions to defeat sUAS capabilities, including target acquisition, navigation, and control, in addition to identifying and exploiting weaknesses in sUAS system design and operation. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) and Armaments Center (AC).

Mission Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology

This Program Element (PE) develops, matures, and demonstrates novel capabilities that aid in the detection, tracking, identification, mitigation, and/or defeat of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) groups 1-3. Develops and matures counter-small UAS (C-SUAS) detection capabilities in radar, radio frequency (RF), electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic signature regimes. Develops capabilities to track and predict UAS flight paths, airspace situational awareness, and/or location of UAS operators to increase defeat and force protection capabilities. Matures identification methods to discern aerial systems and payloads. Matures and demonstrates algorithms to enable threat prioritization, airspace control, coordinated response, and resource management of C-SUAS capabilities. Mature, demonstrate, and transition interceptor capabilities to deliver physical effects that enable faster intercept, greater standoff ranges, increased magazine depth, survivability, affordability, and/or decrease in size, weight, and/or power requirements. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Mission Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology

This Program Element (PE) develops, matures, and demonstrates novel capabilities that aid in the detection, tracking, identification, mitigation, and/or defeat of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) groups 1-3. Develops and matures counter-small UAS (C-SUAS) detection capabilities in radar, radio frequency (RF), electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic signature regimes. Develops capabilities to track and predict UAS flight paths, airspace situational awareness, and/or location of UAS operators to increase defeat and force protection capabilities. Matures identification methods to discern aerial systems and payloads. Matures and demonstrates algorithms to enable threat prioritization, airspace control, coordinated response, and resource management of C-SUAS capabilities. Mature, demonstrate, and transition interceptor capabilities to deliver physical effects that enable faster intercept, greater standoff ranges, increased magazine depth, survivability, affordability, and/or decrease in size, weight, and/or power requirements. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Mission Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Sys (C-sUAS) Adv

This Project develops, matures, and demonstrates novel capabilities that aid in the detection, tracking, identification, mitigation, and/or defeat of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) groups 1-3. Matures, demonstrates, and transitions interceptor capabilities to deliver physical effects that enable faster intercept, greater standoff ranges, increased magazine depth, survivability, affordability, and/or decrease in size, weight, and power requirements. Develops capabilities to track and predict UAS flight paths, airspace situational awareness, and/or location of UAS operators to increase defeat and force protection capabilities. Matures and demonstrates algorithms to enable threat prioritization, airspace control, coordinated response, and resource management of CsUAS capabilities. Matures technical solutions to defeat sUAS capabilities, including target acquisition, navigation, and control, in addition to identifying and exploiting weaknesses in sUAS system design and operation. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) and Armaments Center (AC).

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)

Counter Swarm Kinetic Integrated Defeat

This effort will mature and demonstrate integrated, networked counter-swarm kinetic defeat armament systems and techniques for detecting, tracking, identifying/characterizing, and defeating swarming unmanned systems. Integrates a combined arms/multi-mission approach of armament weapons, munitions, fire control and countermeasure technologies for integrated layered defense, counter-swarm system of systems capability across distributed formation platforms.

Extended Range C-sUAS (XRC) Adv Tech

This effort matures concepts and component technology development to increase range, reduce reaction time, increase lethality, improve reliability, and reduce reload time for C-sUAS kinetic interceptor capabilities for the maneuver forces fixed site and mobile C-sUAS configurations.

Counter Swarm Kinetic Integrated Defeat

This effort will mature and demonstrate integrated, networked counter-swarm kinetic defeat armament systems and techniques for detecting, tracking, identifying/characterizing, and defeating swarming unmanned systems. Integrates a combined arms/multi-mission approach of armament weapons, munitions, fire control and countermeasure technologies for integrated layered defense, counter-swarm system of systems capability across distributed formation platforms.

Extended Range C-sUAS (XRC) Adv Tech

This effort matures concepts and component technology development to increase range, reduce reaction time, increase lethality, improve reliability, and reduce reload time for C-sUAS kinetic interceptor capabilities for the maneuver forces fixed site and mobile C-sUAS configurations.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$7.77M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$7.77M

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

ProjectFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$7.77M$7.77M
A32: Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Sys (C-sUAS) Adv$7.77M$7.77M

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? →