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Advanced Weapons Technology
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 | $96.2M |
| FY25 | $25.1M |
| FY26 | $4.43M |
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 | $33.7M | $37.3M | $47.4M | $42.3M | $39.4M | $32.6M | $29.1M | $29.6M | $81.0M | $96.2M | ||
| Enacted | $35.2M | $39.1M | $45.5M | $43.4M | $37.4M | $31.4M | $31.9M | $89.0M | $103.0M | $25.1M | ||
| Request | $39.1M | $45.5M | $43.4M | $37.4M | $0 | $28.3M | $98.5M | $103.0M | $25.1M | $4.43M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2021 book requested $0 for FY2021; the PB2023 book reported $29.1M as actual total obligation authority — $29.1M above the request. 29.1 − 0.0 = 29.1 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 — Advanced Weapons Technology
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is focused on high-impact, multi-domain science & technology (S&T) solutions that drive innovation now while laying the groundwork for the Air and Space Force to win the future fight. 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. This program develops and demonstrates integrated, state of the art, high energy laser (HEL) and high power electromagnetic (HPEM) directed energy (DE) weapon demonstrator systems to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements in areas including: counter adversary unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS), counter adversary intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (c-ISR), counter adversary missiles (c-Missile), counter adversary electronics (c-Electronic), and other mission objectives. Efforts in this program have been coordinated through the Department of Defense Science and Technology Executive Committee process to harmonize efforts and eliminate duplication. Technologies developed under PE 0602605F (Directed Energy Technology), 624867 (Advanced Weapons & Survivability Technology) and 625173 (Laser Technology), feed directly into this program. In order to manage, execute, and deliver science and technology capabilities, this program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses; expenses to support the operation and maintenance of facilities; as well as expenses related to travel, supplies, IT hardware, software and support, administrative contractor services, etc. This program element may include necessary expenses to support the operation and maintenance of facilities to manage, execute, and deliver science and technology capabilities. This program is in Budget Activity 3, Advanced Technology Development because this budget activity includes development of subsystems and components and efforts to integrate subsystems and components into system prototypes for field experiments and/or tests in a simulated environment.
Mission — High Power Solid State Laser Technology
This project develops and demonstrates integrated, state of the art, high energy laser (HEL) weapon demonstrator systems to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements in areas including, counter adversary unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS), counter adversary intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (c-ISR), and counter adversary missiles (c-Missile) for High Value Airborne Asset (HVAA) protection and point defense. Technologies developed under PE 0602605F (Directed Energy Technology), 625173 (Laser Technology), feed directly into this project.
Mission — High Power Microwave Development and Integration
This project develops and demonstrates high power microwave and other unconventional electromagnetic field generation and transmission technologies that can be integrated into future weapon systems to support a wide range of the Department of the Air Force missions such as air base defense or the damage/destruction of an adversary's electronic infrastructure. It also provides inputs to the susceptibility, vulnerability, and lethality databases used across the Department of Defense to understand thresholds for scalable effects of directed energy weapons.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
High Energy Laser/Beam Control
Develop and demonstrate integrated high energy laser (HEL) weapon demonstrators to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements including, counter adversary unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS), counter-adversary intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (c-ISR), and counter-adversary missiles (c-Missile) for high value airborne asset (HVAA) protection and point defense mission objectives. This project will integrate advancements made in laser sources, optical beam combination techniques, optical beam control technologies, and optical beam propagation methodologies realized under PE 0602605F (Directed Energy Technology), 625173 (Laser Technology), onto ground-mobile and airborne platforms and demonstrate capabilities against threats of interest.
High Power Microwave Technologies
This project develops and demonstrates integrated, state of the art, high power microwave (HPM) weapon demonstrator systems to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements in areas including, counter-adversary unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS), counter-adversary intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (c-ISR), counter-adversary missiles (c-Missile), counter-adversary electronics (c-Electronic) and point defense.
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 | FY24 Actuals | $96.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $25.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $25.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $4.43M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $4.43M |
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 | $96.2M | $25.1M | $4.43M | $4.43M |
| 633151: High Power Solid State Laser Technology | $0 | $19.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 633152: High Power Microwave Development and Integration | $0 | $76.9M | $25.1M | $4.43M | $4.43M |
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 Advanced Weapons Technology. 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 · J527
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 · J475
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 · J509
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 · J527
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J537
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J555
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 · J518
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 · J510
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 · J500
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 · J508
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.
FY2026 Air Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 475