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Tactical Air Directional Infrared Countermeasures (TADIRCM)
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 | $34.0M |
| FY25 | $35.0M |
| FY26 | $14.4M |
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 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $5.68M | $19.0M | $59.8M | $51.3M | $45.9M | $54.2M | $47.9M | $32.5M | $38.1M | $34.0M | ||
| Enacted | $19.0M | $72.9M | $52.6M | $47.3M | $58.4M | $49.5M | $33.2M | $39.0M | $34.7M | $35.0M | ||
| Request | $72.9M | $52.6M | $47.3M | $68.3M | $59.8M | $33.2M | $15.0M | $34.7M | $35.0M | $14.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $15.0M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $38.1M as actual total obligation authority — $23.0M above the request. 38.064 − 15.028 = 23.036 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 — Tact Air Dir Infrared CM (TADIRCM)
This element includes development of Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for worldwide deployment of United States Navy and United States Marine Corps assault aircraft. This includes the development and testing of advanced Infrared (IR) countermeasures systems for aircraft survivability against emerging threats and for emergency contingencies. This program develops Hostile Fire Indication, and Laser Warning Sensors that integrates IR missile countermeasures with aircraft Countermeasures Dispensing Systems and expendables. Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure (DAIRCM) adopts future multi-band networking capabilities to facilitate real-time transfer of threat information, off-board queuing, and control of onboard sensors. DAIRCM studies and evaluates current and future aircraft threats, makes modeling and simulation for improved countermeasure capabilities, develops, tests and provides test equipment to address new and emerging threats for improved aircraft survivability of assault aircraft in complex terrain and EW environments. Justification for budget activity: This program is funded under Advanced Component Development and Prototypes because it includes all efforts necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative models or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Mission — DAIRCM Development
The projects in this element advances the processor, laser, and sensor development of the AN/AAQ-45 DAIRCM system in order to outpace current/future threats in addition to adding growth for future capabilities. These modifications significantly increase aircraft survivability of Department of Navy (DoN) assault aircraft in complex terrain for worldwide deployment. The DAIRCM system consists of three major components: missile warning sensors, processor, and inexhaustible laser countermeasures. DAIRCM interfaces with the platform aircraft and provides signals to onboard Aircraft Survival Equipment. Within the DoN, UH-1Y is the lead platform for the DAIRCM Program. The DAIRCM program advances lessons learned from the Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statement (JUONs) to incorporate the system under glass in the H-1; improves laser power; increases processing to allow for additional sensors to meet platform/mission needs; improves sensor countermeasure features; improves effectiveness for flare deployment; and further develops cyber security. The DAIRCM design is scalable to expedite expansion to other platforms and improve crew threat situational awareness. The program also advances modeling and simulation for new countermeasures and develops necessary test equipment for program success. FY2026 RDT&E funding is required to continue development and test of the DAIRCM system. The program will continue development of Government tracking software, testing of under glass solutions and conduct operational testing on the lead platform (UH-1Y). The program will also record, prioritize and correct deficiencies found during test. DAIRCM will continue studies and evaluations of current and future aircraft threats, modeling and simulation for improved countermeasure capabilities, development, testing, and test equipment to address new and emerging threats.
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 | $34.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $35.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY25 Total | $35.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $14.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $14.4M |
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 | $244.4M | $34.0M | $35.0M | $14.4M | $14.4M |
| 3348: DAIRCM Development | $244.4M | $34.0M | $35.0M | $14.4M | $14.4M |
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 Tactical Air Directional Infrared Countermeasures (TADIRCM). 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 · J325
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J288
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J315
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 · J324
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 · J337
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 · J351
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 · J322
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 · J312
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 · J310
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 · J311
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