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Fiscal Receipts

NATO Research and Development

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What it is
NATO Research and Development — a research & development program run by Air Force.
What changed
+$2.30M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$2.21M
FY25 Total
$2.30M
FY26 Request
$4.59M
FY25→26 Change
$2.30M

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
FY24: $2.21MFY25: $2.30MFY26: $4.59MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$2.21M
FY25
$2.30M
FY26
$4.59M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY15FY26

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

SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$2.31M$4.57M$4.17M$3.71M$2.22M$4.77M$3.51M$4.11M$4.29M$2.21M
Enacted$4.74M$4.33M$3.85M$2.31M$4.96M$3.64M$4.11M$4.29M$2.21M$2.30M
Request$4.33M$3.85M$2.31M$4.96M$3.65M$4.11M$4.29M$2.21M$4.50M$4.59M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $4.96M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reports $4.77M actually spent — $181.0K 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 Nato Coop R&D

Funds are used for air, space, and cyber international cooperative research, and development (ICR&D) agreements with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states, major non-NATO allies and friendly foreign countries. Each of the approved ICR&D projects are required to have a concluded international agreement (IA), prior to funds being released, that implements the provisions of Title 10 U.S. Code, Section 2350a. This legislation (Title 10 U.S. Code, Section 2350a) authorizes funds to significantly improve U.S. and allied conventional defense capabilities by leveraging the best defense technologies, eliminating costly duplication of R&D efforts, accelerating the availability of defense systems, and promoting U.S. and allied interoperability or commonality. These funds will not be used for government civilian salaries, permanent construction, or spent overseas. This program element funds the implementation of DAF ICR&D agreements in (1) Basic Research (2) Applied Research (3) Advanced Technology Development (4) Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (5) System Development and Demonstration and (6) RDT&E Management Support. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

International Cooperative Research and Development

Supports bi- and multi-lateral international agreements that meet DAF RDT&E objectives and goals. Each of the projects receiving NATO R&D funding must meet 2 or more of the following requirements: enhance warfighter capabilities; increase coalition interoperability; accelerate the availability of defense systems; strengthen coalition partnerships; gain access to the best technologies, capabilities, techniques, and/or facilities/test ranges; build or sustain partnerships/influence with strategically important nations; and eliminate duplication of R&D efforts.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY24 Actuals$2.21M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY25 Enacted$2.30M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY25 Total$2.30M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY26 Disc. Request$4.59M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air ForceFFY26 Total$4.59M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
64NATO: Nato Coop R&D$0$2.21M$2.30M$4.59M$4.59M
Program Element$0$2.21M$2.30M$4.59M$4.59M

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? →