Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/0603605F/ — data as of July 28, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
Advanced Weapons Technology
Budget Figures
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? →
- FY24
- $96.2M
- FY25
- $25.1M
- FY26
- $4.43M
● 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 reports $29.1M actually spent — $29.1M above the request.
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 — 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.
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.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
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.
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.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
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)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $96.2M | $25.1M | $4.43M | $4.43M |
| 633152: High Power Microwave Development and Integration | $0 | $76.9M | $25.1M | $4.43M | $4.43M |
| 633151: High Power Solid State Laser Technology | $0 | $19.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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? →