Fiscal Receipts

Analysis Of Alternatives

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What it is
Analysis Of Alternatives — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
-$1.37M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$10.7M
FY25 Total
$11.2M
FY26 Request
$9.87M
FY25→26 Change
-$1.37M

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: $10.7MFY25: $11.2MFY26: $9.87MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$10.7M
FY25
$11.2M
FY26
$9.87M
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$9.69M$7.53M$6.35M$7.31M$9.40M$9.81M$9.71M$9.72M$10.3M$10.7M
Enacted$9.80M$6.61M$9.92M$9.75M$10.0M$9.71M$10.1M$10.7M$11.1M$11.2M
Request$6.61M$9.92M$9.77M$10.0M$10.1M$10.1M$10.7M$11.1M$11.2M$9.87M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2018 book requested $9.92M for FY2018; the PB2020 book reports $7.31M actually spent — $2.61M 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 — Analysis Of Alternatives

This Project provides funding for analytical support of Analysis of Alternatives. Analyses of Alternatives are statutory requirements for Major Defense Acquisition Programs and regulatory for all other programs. Based on Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, Analyses of Alternatives are required to be completed for a new start program prior to its first Milestone Decision. The Project provides analytical capability for Pre-Milestone A programs that emerge outside the normal budget or POM cycles. Normally these programs are without program managers and require analysis to support Congressional, Defense and Army Senior Leader's requirement and acquisition needs and priorities. The Analyses of Alternatives support the preparation of the Capability Development Document, Key Performance Parameters and Thresholds values and tradeoff analysis. The cited work is consistent with the Army Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy and Guidance. The Army is projecting to start work on multiple Analyses of Alternatives beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, and will assess and fund the highest Congressional, Defense and Army Senior Leader's priorities during the year of execution.

Mission — Analysis Of Alternatives

This Program Element (PE) provides funding for analytical support of Analysis of Alternatives. Analyses of Alternatives are statutory requirements for Major Defense Acquisition Programs and regulatory for all other programs. Based on Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.02, Analyses of Alternatives are required to be completed for a new start program prior to its first Milestone Decision. The PE provides analytical capability for Pre-Milestone A programs that emerge outside the normal budget or POM cycles. Normally these programs are without program managers and require analysis to support Congressional, Defense and Army Senior Leader's requirement and acquisition needs and priorities. The Analyses of Alternatives support the preparation of the Capability Development Document, Key Performance Parameters and Thresholds values and tradeoff analysis. The cited work is consistent with the Army Science and Technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy and Guidance. The Army is projecting to start work on multiple Analyses of Alternatives and will assess and fund the highest Congressional, Defense and Army Senior Leader's priorities during the year of execution. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.393 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.058 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)

Analysis of Alternatives - DEVCOM Analysis Center

The project conducts engineering mission effectiveness, engineering performance analyses, and provides cost-benefit trade-offs for defined alternative systems, items and components; These analyses support decisions for high priority AFC S&T programs and other critical Army studies.

Analysis of Alternatives

This Project provides funding for analytical support for efforts such as: Long Range Precision Munition, Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, Vehicle Protection Systems, Common Tactical Truck, and Ship to Shore Logistics Vessel. In addition, several Analyses of Alternatives started in FY 2023 and scheduled for FY 2024 will continue into FY 2025 will require analysis funding to include XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, Integrated Tactical Network, Maneuver Support Vessel - Heavy, Next Generation Main Battle Tank, Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, and Project Convergence.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$10.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$11.2M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$11.2M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$9.87M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$9.87M

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

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
EC7: Analysis Of Alternatives$10.7M$11.2M$9.87M$9.87M
Program Element$10.7M$11.2M$9.87M$9.87M

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.

Oversight

GAO oversight: DOD — 5 high-risk areas

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? →

Primary Sources