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Rapid Prototyping Program

TJSRDT&EPartial Reconciliation0604331J
What it is
Rapid Prototyping Program (0604331J) is a TJS research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account. Its J-book detail breaks the line into 1 project.
What changed
No FY25→26 comparison — endpoints unavailable or on different bases.
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$5.67MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$7.71MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$0P-40 detail · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
No comparison: endpoints unavailable or on different bases

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
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.FY24: $5.67MFY25: $7.71MFY26: $0FY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$5.67MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25$7.71MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26$0P-40 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
4 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2025): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.
4 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2025): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.FY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY22FY23FY24FY25

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.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
SeriesFY22FY23FY24FY25
Actuals$0$7.23M$5.67M
Enacted$7.50M$9.88M$7.71M
Request$9.88M$7.71M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $9.88M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $5.67M as actual total obligation authority — $4.21M below the request. 5.79.9 = -4.2 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 Rapid Prototyping Program

The RDER program accelerates Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) experimentation. JS J-7 provides RDER leadership with independent JWC alignment and assessment, and integration into the overall JWC Experimentation Campaign. PE 0604331J, Rapid Prototyping Program is an essential JS J-7 component of an integrated RDER program. The JS contribution is complementary of OUSD R&E RDER field experimentation planning and execution, not duplicative. JS J-7 is designated by OUSD R&E to lead and manage the RDER JWC Working Group to accomplish the functions above, and to provide data management for the overall RDER effort. The JS support is integral and embedded. 1. The RDER program accelerates JWC experimentation. 2. JS J-7 provides RDER leadership with independent JWC alignment and assessment, and integration into the overall JWC Experimentation Campaign. 3. PE 0604331J, Rapid Prototyping Program is an essential JS J-7 component of an integrated RDER program. The JS contribution is complementary of OUSD R&E RDER field experimentation planning and execution, not duplicative. 4. Crosswalk of OUSD R&E and JS J-7 efforts for RDER - OUSD R&E leads and manages the entire RDER program. JS J-7 is designated by OUSD R&E to lead and manage the RDER JWC Working Group to accomplish the functions above, and to provide data management for the overall RDER effort. The JS support is integral and embedded. The OUSD R&E narrative describes the entire program – which includes the JS J-7 roles and functions.

Mission : Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve

Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) facilitates rapid force modernization. The program was established to encourage multi-service experimentation through a campaign of learning. Services, Agencies, and other participating organizations identified “best of breed” existing capabilities developed among the DoD prototyping programs and executed approved projects through large-scale experiments to refine the Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC). The JS J-7 leads the RDER JWC Working Group for the overall program. The Working Group provided four functions for the overall effort: 1. Assess JWC alignment for RDER proposed experiments as part of triage and proposal approval process 2. Assess RDER prototyping and field experimentation during execution. 3. Provide verification of JWC alignment for completed RDER experiments and provide validation of RDER experimentation impact to concept key operational problems, tasks, and imperatives. 4. Throughout RDER experiment lifecycle, provide data management, analytics, and archiving for the RDER campaign of learning. The JS support is integral and embedded: 1. The RDER program accelerates JWC experimentation. 2. JS J-7 provides RDER leadership with independent JWC alignment and assessment, and integration into the overall JWC Experimentation Campaign. 3. PE 0604331J, Rapid Prototyping Program is a JS J-7 component of an integrated RDER program. The JS contribution is complementary of OUSD R&E RDER field experimentation planning and execution, not duplicative. 4. JS J-7 is designated by OUSD R&E to lead and manage the RDER JWC Working Group in order to accomplish the functions above, and to provide data management for the overall RDER effort. The OUSD R&E narrative describes the entire program – which includes the JS J-7 roles and functions.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve

Experimentation outcomes will be designed to validate required capabilities enabling the JWC by evaluating and integrating prototyped technologies in operationally relevant, multi-domain environments.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideTJSFY24 Actuals$5.67M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideTJSFY25 Enacted$7.71M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideTJSFY25 Total$7.71M

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.

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$7.23M$5.67M$7.71M$0$0
001: : Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve$7.23M$5.67M$7.71M$0$0

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 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

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 Rapid Prototyping Program — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →