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Hypersonics
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 | $201.2M |
| FY26 | $25.0M |
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 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $394.6M | $841.7M | $305.4M | $309.1M | $201.2M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $404.0M | $832.2M | $315.1M | $238.2M | $43.4M | – | |
| Request | – | – | $228.0M | $801.4M | $300.9M | $173.2M | $43.4M | – | $25.0M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $228.0M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reported $394.6M as actual total obligation authority — $166.6M above the request. 394.6 − 228.0 = 166.6 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 — Hypersonics
The work in this Program Element (PE) supports the research, development, prototype, test and evaluation of technology to rapidly and efficiently procure, transition, and/or field critical enabling technologies and capabilities that address near-term and mid-term threats and is directly aligned to the Army Long Range Precision Fires modernization priority. PE 0604182A Hypersonics funded the development and prototype fielding of a Long Range Hypersonic Weapon to suppress adversary Long Range Fires and engage other high payoff/time critical targets. This effort encompassed the growth, testing and transition of Long Range Fires technologies. Additionally, the Army will leverage advancements in technology, materials, and cost-effective production methods to provide superior capabilities through fast, iterative design cycles, flexible hardware development, and modern manufacturing practices. The work in this Program Element (PE) now supports development, system flight tests, software validation, and full integration into the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) platform, which will significantly expand HIMARS lethality. The $25.0 million requested in FY26 will fund continued prototype refinement, system flight testing, and key components for HIMARS integration, including the launcher pod and fire control system interface. Key milestones in FY26 include a Flight Termination System Trade Study (Q1) and an MVP Flight Test (Q4) demonstrating integration compatibility.
Mission — All Up Round and Canister (AUR+C)
The mission of Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) is to attack/neutralize/suppress/destroy using hypersonic missile delivered precision fires (seeker based) against time sensitive moving targets and hardened targets at a much-reduced cost per missile than currently exists in the Army inventory. Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) is an affordable, mass-produced hypersonic weapon designed for mid-range precision. The Army will leverage advancements in technology, materials, and cost-effective production methods to provide superior capabilities through fast, iterative design cycles, flexible hardware development, and modern manufacturing practices. Blackbeard GL will offer a complementary but enhanced survivable hypersonic precision strike capability, utilizing existing Army launcher platforms. Blackbeard GL is not a replacement to the Long Range Hypersonic Weapons (LRHW) as it will not reach similar velocities nor range. The goal of Blackbeard GL is to deliver approximately 80% of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 4 capability at a significantly reduced cost. Key features include integration into modified Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Family of Munitions (MFOM) pods and enhanced target discrimination capabilities. Funding will support development, system flight tests, software validation, and full integration into the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) platform, which will expand HIMARS lethality. Blackbeard GL is a companion development to the Army's Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) effort which holds the potential to replace the base HIMARS launcher platform amongst other launchers. While envisioned as a primary munition for CAML, Blackbeard GL is designed to be compatible with existing HIMARS platforms as an interim solution.
Mission — Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB)
Funds the effort to field an experimental prototype Hypersonic Weapon System with residual combat capability at the Battery Level as part of the Long Range Fires Battalion in support of Multi-domain Operations by the end of FY 2023. Initial fielding of all ground support equipment and training canisters, less live rounds, was completed in FY 2021. The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system will provide the Army a prototype strategic attack weapon system to defeat Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities, suppress adversary Long Range Fires, and engage other high payoff/time critical targets. The Army is working closely with the Navy in the development of the LRHW. Common with the Navy, the LRHW system includes a Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) and common 34.5 inch booster. Additionally, the LRHW will use an existing Command and Control (C2) Network, the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).
Mission — Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
Funds the effort to field an experimental prototype Hypersonic Weapon System with residual combat capability at the Battery Level as part of the Long Range Fires Battalion in support of Multi-domain Operations by the end of FY 2023. Initial fielding of all ground support equipment and training canisters, less live rounds, was completed in FY 2021. The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system will provide the Army a prototype strategic attack weapon system to defeat Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities, suppress adversary Long Range Fires, and engage other high payoff/time critical targets. The Army is working closely with the Navy in the development of the LRHW. Common with the Navy, the LRHW system includes a Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) and common 34.5 inch booster. Additionally, the LRHW will use an existing Command and Control (C2) Network, the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).
Mission — Test and Evaluation
Funds the effort to field an experimental prototype Hypersonic Weapon System with residual combat capability at the Battery Level as part of the Long Range Fires Battalion in support of Multi-domain Operations by the end of FY 2023. Initial fielding of all ground support equipment and training canisters, less live rounds, was completed in FY 2021. The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system will provide the Army a prototype strategic attack weapon system to defeat Anti Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities, suppress adversary Long Range Fires, and engage other high payoff/time critical targets. The Army is working closely with the Navy in the development of the LRHW. Common with the Navy, the LRHW system includes a Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) and common 34.5 inch booster. Additionally, the LRHW will use an existing Command and Control (C2) Network, the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
HIMARS Extended Range Demo (HERD)
The work in this Program Element (PE) and Project supports development, system flight tests, software validation, and full integration into the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) platform, expanding HIMARS lethality.
Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
This funding is provided for planning, manufacturing and integration efforts for the Battery Operations Center (BOC), Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL), the Fielding and Transition efforts as well as the overall Systems Integration with the All Up Round and Canister (AUR+C) for the LRHW program.
SBIR/STTR Transfer
Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638.
Flight Test Planning and Execution
Plan and execute LRHW test events.
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 | $201.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $25.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $25.0M |
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 | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $201.2M | $25.0M | $25.0M |
| HX3: All Up Round and Canister (AUR+C) | $118.7M | $25.0M | $25.0M |
| HX4: Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) | $12.5M | — | — |
| HX5: Ground Support Equipment (GSE) | $34.3M | — | — |
| HX6: Test and Evaluation | $35.6M | — | — |
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? →
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? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| DYNETICS, INC. | W31P4Q25C0003 | medium |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W31P4Q23C0008 | medium |
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 Hypersonics. 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 · J94
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 · J102
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 · J111
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 · J82
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 · J85
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 · J85
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 · J85
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