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Directed Energy Prototyping
Budget figures
No FY2026 R-1/P-1 request line for this program element. The FY2026 President's Budget request workbook carries no FY2026 line for it; its last workbook figure is FY2025. The PB2026 J-book detail below does carry an FY2026 row for this line, recorded as zero. A workbook blank and a documented zero are different records, and this page shows both. An absent line is not by itself an ending — PB2026 renumbered program elements at scale across the services and defense agencies, so this work may continue under a different number. No successor is linked for this line: this site's program-lineage layer holds no keyed edge pointing forward from here. That is an absence in this site's lineage layer, not a finding about the program: if the J-book narrative on this page describes a realignment, it is quoted below in the document's own words, and this note does not restate it.
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 | $1.25MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $1.31MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $0J-book detail · 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 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $48.3M | $42.4M | $19.0M | $15.5M | $4.20M | $1.25M | |
| Enacted | – | $50.0M | $44.0M | $19.4M | $15.8M | $4.27M | $1.25M | $1.31M |
| Request | – | – | $10.0M | $21.0M | $10.8M | $4.27M | $1.25M | $3.71M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $10.0M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reported $42.4M as actual total obligation authority — $32.4M above the request. 42.4 − 10.0 = 32.4 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 — DE Prototyping
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture and Integration Directorate Directed Energy Prototyping Program develops, acquires and evaluates prototype high energy laser, high power microwave and/or other electromagnetic radiation or particle beam technologies as a future integral component of Air Force missions. The Directed Energy Prototyping Program bridges the gap between lab based technology demonstration under a controlled environment, and demonstration of a system in realistic environments with the intent of establishing successful acquisition, and operation or operational capability implementation. This prototyping effort enables the ability to integrate the directed energy prototype systems with other operational systems required for the mission (e.g. radar, command and control, etc.), conduct test and evaluation activities, and mature emerging directed energy technology systems based on prototyping activities to enable rapid fielding to the warfighter. The Directed Energy Prototyping Program allows acquisition program managers (capability developers) and warfighters (capability recipients and end users) to prototype, integrate, evaluate, and demonstrate candidate weapon technologies and assess them in an operational environment with the intent of iteratively maturing directed energy technologies to a production representative design. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In Prior Year 2023, 1.046M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in CY 2024 1.023M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. 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)
Directed Energy Capabilities
Prototypes and evaluates Directed energy weapon technologies for Airbase Defense against unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles, Precision Strike against electronic and conventional targets and Aircraft Defense against incoming threats.
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 | $1.25M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $1.31M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $1.31M |
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 | $1.25M | $1.31M | $0 | $0 |
| 640200: DE Prototyping | $0 | $1.25M | $1.31M | $0 | $0 |
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
18 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
National Defense Authorization Act, 2027 (HR 8800/S 4784); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air…
National Defense Authorization Act, 2027 (HR XXXX/S XXXX); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air…
DPA TItle III funding FY27 NDAA FY27 Defense Appropriations Act Issues realted to Army Aviation & combat vehicles; Air…
Production Act Title III funding FY27 National Defense Authorization Act FY27 Defense Appropriations FY27 MilCon-VA…
Production Act Title III funding S4783/H.R.8800, FY27 National Defense Authorization Act FY27 Defense Appropriations…
Defense Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Sensors Directed Energy Missile Defense Systems, Space/ Satellite…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296/H.R.3838) FY26 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2296/H.R.3838)(S.1071) FY26 Defense…
Production Act Title III funding FY26 National Defense Authorization Act FY26 Defense Appropriations Department of…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
HR 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Title II, including issues related to aircraft, space programs, intelligence…
HR 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Title II, including issues related to aircraft, space programs, intelligence…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
Production Act Title III funding FY24 and FY25 National Defense Authorization Act FY24 and FY25 Defense Appropriations…
S 2226/HR 2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 including issues related to aircraft…
S (not yet introduced)/HR 8774 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft…
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 Directed Energy Prototyping. 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 · J545
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J549
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 · J570
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 · J532
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 · J524
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 · J519
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 · J527
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
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