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Robotics Development
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 | $2.91M |
| FY25 | $13.0M |
| FY26 | $35.1M |
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 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $38.1M | $70.7M | $80.9M | $92.4M | $78.3M | $27.4M | $2.91M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $39.6M | $74.4M | $84.4M | $95.4M | $80.5M | $26.6M | $3.02M | $13.0M | |
| Request | – | $39.6M | $95.7M | $115.2M | $121.2M | $87.2M | $26.6M | $3.02M | $3.04M | $35.1M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $115.2M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reported $80.9M as actual total obligation authority — $34.3M below the request. 80.9 − 115.2 = -34.3 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 — Robotics Development
FD9: Robotics Development improves the autonomous robotic systems portfolio by maturing cutting edge emergent commercial technology for transition, creating a virtual test capability to support evaluation, developmental test, system safety testing and operational force-on-force execution for Concept of Operations (CONOP) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) development, development of prototypes and to support infrastructure needs such as cloud-based tools for development and deployment of Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning (ML) software and tools to support automated testing in a Development, Security and Operations (DEVSECOPS) process. FD9 will also be used in support of developing Milestone Decision activities for emerging Programs.
Mission — Robotics Systems
Robotics Development funding is to demonstrate new capabilities to meet current and future military needs and to determine integration potential across the Army Ground Robotics portfolio by testing and evaluating a variety of emerging technologies. Robotics Development (RD) improves robotic and autonomous program acquisition schedules by supporting the development of integrated and synchronized capability documents (e.g. JCIDS, Department Directed, etc.) and by maturing / transitioning technology. Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funds enable support to capability development of emerging requirements. Activities include collaboration with industry and government, studies, assessments, and document development such as Technology Readiness Levels, Manufacturing Readiness Levels, Analysis of Alternatives / Letter of Sufficiency determinations, draft acquisition documents, and draft contract documents. RD also supports the Army modernization strategy of the current Ground Robotic fleets and current Army vehicles by investigating technology insertions including, but not limited to condition-based maintenance, vetronics, autonomous operations and other ground robotics technologies. FY 2026 Base RDTE funds in the amount of $35.082 million will continue to demonstrate and explore technologies that support the Army's Transformation Initiative published in 2025. Funding will also support expansion of the virtual test and evaluation capabilities for autonomous software and electronic warfare.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
Emerging Robotics Systems
Validation and verification of incremental system software capability upgrades for emerging robotic requirements through M&S Software-in-the-loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) allowing for transition into Program of Record.
Advanced Ground Robotics Systems Development
Procurement of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) or Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) hardware solutions to support emerging requirements and emerging technology for evaluation.
Advanced Ground Robotics Software/ Autonomy Development
Establish infrastructure to support cloud-based tools for development and deployment of AI/ML software, tools to support automated testing of Autonomy Software. Funding supports validation and verification of incremental system software capability upgrades for emerging robotic requirements through M&S Software-in-the-loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) allowing for transition into Program of Record.
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, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $2.91M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $13.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $13.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $35.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $35.1M |
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 | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $2.91M | $13.0M | $35.1M | $35.1M |
| FD9: Robotics Systems | $2.91M | $13.0M | $35.1M | $35.1M |
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 Robotics Development. 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 · J76
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J71
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 · J72
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 · J90
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 · J96
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 · J66
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 · J67
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 · J67
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 · J67
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.
RDTE - Vol 2 - Budget Activity 4A · www.asafm.army.mil
PDF page 348