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Surface Mine Countermeasures
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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 | $15.5M |
| FY25 | $15.3M |
| FY26 | $18.5M |
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 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $12.5M | $14.8M | $18.1M | $18.1M | $11.9M | $12.5M | $15.5M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $15.5M | $18.7M | $18.7M | $12.5M | $13.0M | $16.1M | $15.3M | |
| Request | – | – | $18.2M | $18.7M | $18.8M | $13.7M | $13.0M | $16.1M | $15.3M | $18.5M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2019 book requested $18.2M for FY2019; the PB2021 book reported $14.8M as actual total obligation authority — $3.39M below the request. 14.8 − 18.2 = -3.4 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 — Surface Mine Countermeasures
The Surface Mine Countermeasures (SMCM) Program Element (PE) provides resources in support of development of mine countermeasures systems to provide minehunting and neutralization to counter known and projected mine threats. The mine countermeasures systems provide mobile, quick reaction forces capable of land or sea-based minehunting and neutralizing operations worldwide. Resources are for developing and deploying advanced minehunting and neutralization systems and the intelligence and oceanographic capabilities that will enable mine warfare superiority. Tactics and techniques used vary across a diversity of environments and a diversity of threats, including both asymmetric and emerging. Resources provide for systems and support of mine warfare systems, maritime systems, and expeditionary systems to allow for continuous operations of the Navy's warships and support vessels, other military vessels, and commercial vessels. Increased capability includes conducting minefield reconnaissance (mine density and location) at high area search rates; improving detection capability; decreasing sensor false alarm rates; reducing or eliminating post-mission analysis detect, classify, identify, decide time; improving neutralization time; improving network communications; automatic target recognition; and achieving in-stride detect-to-engage capability. The Surface Mine Countermeasures programs are in general platform independent and will provide detection, classification, localization, identification, neutralization, and influence clearance capabilities. Programs develop: (1) Unmanned minehunting capability for surface platforms; (2) the integration and improvement of new and existing systems (3) support for systems which detect, localize, classify, identify, and neutralize all mine types across MCM Avenger Class (MCM-1), Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Class and other platforms. 1) The AN/AQS-20 is a minehunting and identification system with sensors housed in an underwater towed body. The sensors are designed for the detection, classification and localization of bottom, close-tethered, and volume targets, and for the identification of bottom targets. The system can be deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as part of the MCM Mission Package or can be deployed from other Vessels of Opportunity (VOO). The MCM USV is the tow platform for the AN/AQS-20. 2) AN/SQQ-32(V)4 High-Frequency, Wide Band (HFWB) is a technology upgrade to the AN/SQQ-32 Towed Body which incorporated HFWB technology into the detection sonar to address performance deficiencies against new mine threats in the littorals. This upgrade was installed on MCM-1 Class ships. 3) AN/SLQ-60 Mine Neutralization System (MNS) Seafox on the MCM Class ships. MNS is the replacement to the existing AN/SLQ-48 Mine Neutralization System. 4) Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids Library (MEDAL) is the U.S. Navy's single Mine Warfare (MIW) tactical decision support system for integrated mission planning, evaluation, and situational awareness. MEDAL provides mine warfare planning and evaluation tools and databases to Maritime Component Commander and is employed at the unit level to perform mining and MCM planning and evaluation. The current MEDAL increment, known as MEDAL Enterprise Architecture (EA), is no longer dependent on Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) for fielding to MIW fleet users. MEDAL EA is a family of systems, comprised of the following three components: MINEnet Global, MINEnet Tactical, and Minefield Planning (MFP). MINEnet Global is a shore-based website that provides MIW waterspace awareness functionality to support Navy non-MIW forces. MINEnet Global provides downloadable reference databases, MIW reference publications and links to MIW information. The MINEnet Tactical component is a software application which provides MCM tactical planning, situational awareness and post mission evaluation capabilities. It is fielded to standard Navy networks including, Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES), Integrated Shipboard Network System (ISNS), and Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) servers and uses common web browsers as the user interface. Minefield Planning is a tactical software application which provides commanders the ability to plan and assess offensive, defensive, and protective minefields based on oceanographic and mine performance data and user specified objectives. 5) MIW Integrated Synthetic Trainer (MIST) will provide integrated phase training for MIW staffs in end-to-end MCM scenarios. This tool will provide the capability to train MIW staffs against near peer threats.
Mission — Mine Hunt Systems
The Mine Hunt Systems project contains resources for systems, subsystems, and sensors integrated for use with the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) for mine detection, classification, localization, identification, and neutralization capabilities. Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts are for increasing capability by decreasing time required to conduct Mine Countermeasures (MCM) operations, ensuring low risk to naval and commercial vessels, and removing the man from the minefield. Increased capability includes conducting minefield reconnaissance (mine density and location) at high area search rates, improving detection capability, decreasing sensor false alarm rates, and reducing post-mission analysis time for detection, classification, and identification. The AN/AQS-20C is a mine hunting and identification system with sensors housed in an underwater tow body. The AN/AQS-20C integrates the Wideband Forward Looking Sonar (WBFLS), multifunction Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS), and Digital Gap Fill Sonar (DGFS) for the detection, classification and localization of bottom, close- tethered, volume targets. Integration of the Electro-Optic Identification (EOID) sensor enables identification of bottom targets. The system can be deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as part of the MCM Mission Package (MP) or can be deployed from other Vessels of Opportunity (VOO). The MCM USV is the tow platform for the AN/ AQS-20C. Materiel reliability, obsolescence, and performance Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) efforts continue beyond FY 2027. In FY 2022, the AN/AQS-20 Program completed DT/OT with MCM USV, and supported the MCM Mission Package (MP) IOT&E. Due to successful completion of DT/OT for the AN/AQS-20, Initial Operating Capability was declared in March of FY 2023. In FY 2025 and FY 2026 the AN/AQS-20 program will continue development of Automated Target Recognition (ATR), Acoustic Identification, ensure compliance with cybersecurity requirements, and resolve system obsolescence. Additional improvements are in development based on MCM MP IOT&E and MCM USV DT/OT results. Offshore integration and test will verify product development efforts, and design upgrades due to obsolescence.
Mission — Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis
The Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis project consists of two projects, the Mine Warfare and Environmental Decision Aids Library (MEDAL) and the Mine Warfare Integrated Synthetic Trainer (MIST). MEDAL is the U.S. Navy's single MIW tactical decision support system for integrated mission planning, evaluation, and situational awareness. MEDAL provides mine warfare planning and evaluation tools and databases to the Maritime Component Commander and is employed at the unit level to perform Mining and MCM planning and evaluation. MEDAL Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a family of systems, comprised of the following three components: MINEnet Global, MINEnet Tactical, and Minefield Planning (MFP). MINEnet Global is a shore-based website that provides MIW waterspace awareness functionality to support Navy non-MIW forces. MINEnet Global provides downloadable reference databases, MIW reference publications and links to MIW information. The MINEnet Tactical component is a software application which provides MCM tactical planning, situational awareness and post mission evaluation capabilities. It is fielded to standard Navy networks including, Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES), Integrated Shipboard Network System (ISNS), and Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) servers and uses common web browsers as the user interface. MFP is a tactical software application which provides commanders the ability to plan and assess offensive, defensive, and protective minefields based on oceanographic and mine performance data and user specified objectives. MIW Integrated Synthetic Trainer (MIST) is a synthetic training aid that enables trainers to lead MIW staff and Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) through end-to-end MCM simulations.
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)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $15.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $15.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $15.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $18.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $18.5M |
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 | $80.2M | $15.5M | $15.3M | $18.5M | $18.5M |
| 0530: Mine Hunt Systems | $38.2M | $5.48M | $5.06M | $4.09M | $4.09M |
| 1235: Mine Warfare Planning and Analysis | $42.0M | $10.0M | $10.2M | $14.4M | $14.4M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| VA-11 | $13.3M |
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | N0002414C6301 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
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 Surface Mine Countermeasures. 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 · J324
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J323
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 · J336
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 · J350
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 · J321
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 · J311
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 · J309
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 · J310
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.
RDTEN BA1-3 Book · www.secnav.navy.mil