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Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Technology Development
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
- $15.3M
- FY25
- $16.2M
- FY26
- $6.56M
● 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 | $11.2M | $12.4M | $12.8M | $13.1M | $13.0M | $12.9M | $12.9M | $13.0M | $13.7M | $15.3M | ||
| Enacted | $12.7M | $13.1M | $13.4M | $13.3M | $13.3M | $13.2M | $13.4M | $14.0M | $15.6M | $16.2M | ||
| Request | $13.1M | $13.4M | $13.3M | $13.3M | $13.3M | $13.4M | $14.0M | $15.6M | $16.2M | $6.56M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2021 book requested $13.3M for FY2021; the PB2023 book reports $12.9M actually spent — $419.0K below 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 — JT Non-Lethal Wpns Tech Dev
The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program was established by the FY96 National Defense Authorization Act. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) designated the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) as the DoD NLW Executive Agent (EA). The EA exercises centralized responsibility for joint research and development of non-lethal weapons and technology through the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP). The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) serves as the OSD Principal Staff Assistant and oversees, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the DoD NLW Executive Agent. The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) reflect science and technology (S&T) investment decisions by the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) Integrated Product Team, a multi-service flag level corporate board that provides executive oversight and management for the JNLWP for the CMC. This direction is based on the requirements and capabilities sought by the Services and the Coast Guard, as identified in the DoD's Non-Lethal Weapons Joint Capabilities Based Assessment Document. This coordinated joint S&T development approach addresses mutual capability gaps and assures the most relevant non-lethal technologies, capabilities and equipment are provided to the operating forces while eliminating duplicative service S&T investment. These advanced technology development initiatives feed non-lethal capabilities which directly support the National Defense Strategy (NDS) objective of strategic competition by providing options to the Joint Force in pursuit of national objectives in legal or policy constrained scenarios, as well as complementing the use of lethal effects in complex combat scenarios, for example, in urban environments with large civilian populations. Ongoing NLW studies, analyses and exercise efforts with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Allies also support NDS objectives to strengthen alliances and partnerships. Resulting capabilities will facilitate a fully integrated non-lethal competency as a complement to lethal firepower, providing force application options for below lethal threshold engagements. This program funds Advanced Technology Development of next-generation non-lethal capabilities and include performing analysis, technology development efforts, and modeling and simulation necessary to ensure optimum weaponization and use of these capabilities. Investment areas include research and development of next-generation NLW Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFCs) such as: non-lethal directed energy weapons (lasers, millimeter wave and high-power microwave) for counter-personnel and counter-materiel missions; non-lethal counter-personnel technologies (acoustic, optical, and human electro-muscular disruption technologies), and advanced non-lethal materials (including materials for vehicle/vessel stopping and counter-facility applications). Next generation non-lethal systems focus on long-range localized non-lethal effects to identified threat individuals (or groups of individuals) and/or their threat weapons systems operating in complicated environments such as urban areas, crowds, buildings, vehicles, vessels, and in close proximity to high-value civilian facilities. This Program Element (PE) funds Advanced Technology Development (ATD) that 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. Efforts in this PE generally have Technology Readiness Levels TRL) of 4 (component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment.), 5 (component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment.), or 6 (system/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment). Due to the number of efforts in this PE, the programs described herein are representative of the work included in this PE.
Mission — Joint Non Lethal Weapons
This project funds the research and development of next-generation Non-Lethal Weapons and includes performing analysis, technical development efforts, and modeling and simulation necessary to ensure optimum weaponization and use of these NLW. Investment areas include research and development of next-generation Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) such as: non-lethal directed energy weapons (lasers, millimeter wave and high-power microwave) for counter-personnel and counter-materiel missions; non-lethal counter-personnel technologies (acoustic, optical, and human electro-muscular disruption technologies), and advanced non-lethal materials (including materials for vehicle/vessel stopping and counter-facility applications). Next-generation Non-Lethal Weapons systems focus on long-range localized Non-Lethal effects to identified threat individuals (or groups of individuals) and/or their threat weapons systems operating in complicated environments such as urban areas, crowds, buildings, vehicles, vessels, and also in close proximity to high-value civilian facilities.
Justification
No accomplishments or planned-program narratives in this line's J-book detail — some exhibits carry figures without per-project prose.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $15.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $16.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $16.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $6.56M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $6.56M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3022: Joint Non Lethal Weapons | $0 | $15.3M | $16.2M | $6.56M | $6.56M |
| Program Element | $0 | $15.3M | $16.2M | $6.56M | $6.56M |
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? →