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Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development

ARDT&EFully Reconciled0603345A
What it is
Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development — 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
$13.9M
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$13.9M

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 Air Launched Effects Advanced Technology

This Project develops and demonstrates the ability to launch Launched Effects (LE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) from Army manned or unmanned aircraft at tactical altitudes and from manned or unmanned ground platforms and to control the UAS from the cockpit or a crew station; and assesses the enabled capabilities and determine their relevance to current Army Aviation engagement and survivability portfolios. Work in this Project is fully coordinated with Program Element (PE) 0602345A (Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Applied Research) / Project A42 (Air Launched Effects Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

Mission Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates uncrewed air vehicles and mission system technologies as well as advanced teaming capabilities to enable unmanned aerial system modernization. Emphasis is on developing aviation platform and mission system technologies to enhance uncrewed air vehicle combat and combat support operations for attack, reconnaissance, air assault, survivability, logistics, and command and control missions. The PE will fund civilian salaries for in-house researchers/scientists and program managers. Work in this PE contributes to the Army Science and Technology (S&T) air systems portfolio and is fully coordinated with efforts in PE 0602148A (Future Verticle Lift Technology), PE 0602345A (Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Applied Research), and PE 0603043A (Air Platform Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Mission Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates uncrewed air vehicles and mission system technologies as well as advanced teaming capabilities to enable unmanned aerial system modernization. Emphasis is on developing aviation platform and mission system technologies to enhance uncrewed air vehicle combat and combat support operations for attack, reconnaissance, air assault, survivability, logistics, and command and control missions. The PE will fund civilian salaries for in-house researchers/scientists and program managers. Work in this PE contributes to the Army Science and Technology (S&T) air systems portfolio and is fully coordinated with efforts in PE 0602148A (Future Verticle Lift Technology), PE 0602345A (Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Applied Research), and PE 0603043A (Air Platform Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Mission Air Launched Effects Advanced Technology

This Project develops and demonstrates the ability to launch Launched Effects (LE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) from Army manned or unmanned aircraft at tactical altitudes and from manned or unmanned ground platforms and to control the UAS from the cockpit or a crew station; and assesses the enabled capabilities and determine their relevance to current Army Aviation engagement and survivability portfolios. Work in this Project is fully coordinated with Program Element (PE) 0602345A (Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Applied Research) / Project A42 (Air Launched Effects Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)

Versatile Launched Effects (VLE) Demonstration

Mature, integrate and demonstrate attritable future unmanned aircraft system (FUAS) capabilities suitable for contested multi- domain operations in urban, urban-fringe, and littoral environments. Demonstrate UAS family of systems that can be organically carried and launched from aircraft and surface vehicles to Find, Fix, Target, Track, Engage, and Assess (F2T2EA) targets and threats to achieve overmatch in complex Joint All-Domain Operational environments and inform the System Specifications for the LE Program of Record.

Versatile Launched Effects (VLE) Demonstration

Mature, integrate and demonstrate attritable future unmanned aircraft system (FUAS) capabilities suitable for contested multi- domain operations in urban, urban-fringe, and littoral environments. Demonstrate UAS family of systems that can be organically carried and launched from aircraft and surface vehicles to Find, Fix, Target, Track, Engage, and Assess (F2T2EA) targets and threats to achieve overmatch in complex Joint All-Domain Operational environments and inform the System Specifications for the LE Program of Record.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$13.9M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$13.9M

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

ProjectFY26 BaseFY26 Request
A45: Air Launched Effects Advanced Technology$13.9M$13.9M
Program Element$13.9M$13.9M

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? →