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Air Traffic Control
Budget figures
No FY2026 R-1/P-1 request line for this program element. The FY2026 President's Budget request workbook carries no FY2026 line for it; its last workbook figure is FY2025. The PB2026 J-book detail below does carry an FY2026 row for this line, recorded as zero. A workbook blank and a documented zero are different records, and this page shows both. An absent line is not by itself an ending — PB2026 renumbered program elements at scale across the services and defense agencies, so this work may continue under a different number. No successor is linked for this line: this site's program-lineage layer holds no keyed edge pointing forward from here. That is an absence in this site's lineage layer, not a finding about the program: if the J-book narrative on this page describes a realignment, it is quoted below in the document's own words, and this note does not restate it.
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 | $11.1MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $982.0KR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $0J-book 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $17.1M | $9.71M | $3.33M | $3.43M | $11.6M | $5.54M | $3.38M | $4.24M | $2.53M | $11.1M | |
| Enacted | $10.1M | $3.42M | $3.54M | $12.3M | $5.78M | $3.38M | $4.41M | $2.62M | $1.13M | $982.0K | |
| Request | $3.42M | $3.54M | $12.3M | $6.99M | $3.51M | $4.41M | $2.62M | $1.13M | $982.0K |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $1.13M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $11.1M as actual total obligation authority — $9.96M above the request. 11.1 − 1.1 = 10.0 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 — Air Traffic Control
Program Element (PE) 0604633A Air Traffic Control funds continuous efforts in the development of modernized tactical Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems that enable safety of aircraft operations. ATC systems are required to achieve or maintain compliance with civil, military, domestic and international ATC mandates and combat identification requirements. The Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) is the Army's program of record for Airspace Control (AC) and enroute Air Traffic Services (ATS). TAIS provides Airspace Management, planning, and dynamic execution capabilities at all echelons above Brigade, and enroute flight following air traffic services. TAIS is the only Army system with direct interface to the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System for submission of the Army's requests for airspace from the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD). Airspace Coordinating Measure Requests (ACMREQs) received from other mission command systems are passed to TAIS for approval or higher coordination. TAIS software supports U.S. Army commanders, airspace users, airspace managers, Army air traffic controllers, Joint organizations, and Unified Action Partners (UAP) by providing digitized, multi-echelon planning and execution of airspace management and Air Traffic Services. TAIS provides AC planning and enhanced AC execution; improved theater, intra-, and inter-Corps/Division Air Traffic Services (ATS) support; effective battlespace synchronization; and direct links to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) through interface with the automated airspace planning and communications systems of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC). TAIS Common Operating Environment (COE) convergence to Integrated Mission Planning and Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) will provide interoperability with Army Mission Command, Joint, and UAP systems. This will facilitate AC capabilities, enhance situational understanding, reduce risks, and provide more effective Air-Ground Integration to enable Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2), Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Joint All Domain Operations (JADO), and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). IMPACT will be instantiated across Command Post Computing Environment (CE), Mounted CE, and Mobile/Handheld CE and will extend AC services to the tactical edge. TAIS/IMPACT will leverage Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) technology. ASTARTE provides artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms which will allow IMPACT to achieve more rapid synchronization of airspace planning and dynamic execution. This will enable commanders to maximize airspace usage, increase freedom of maneuver in the 3rd dimension, enhance safety and fratricide prevention, and enable seamless integration / deconfliction of fires and aviation operations in highly congested and complex environments during Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). The Air Traffic Navigation Integration and Coordination System (ATNAVICS) is a highly mobile Airport Surveillance Radar and Precision Approach Radar system that provides Air Traffic Services at Army airfields and landing sites at Division, Corps, and Echelons above Corps to include services for Joint and Allied aircraft. ATNAVICS integrates capabilities to control aircraft both Outside of the Continental United States and in the Continental United States. ATNAVICS is upgrading the Interrogation Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) system to maintain international airspace compatibility, capture flight information through the reception of aircraft self-reporting data broadcasts, and process into an interconnected air picture. This funding supports the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems.
Mission — Air Traffic Control
The Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) is the Army's program of record for Airspace Control (AC) and enroute Air Traffic Services (ATS). TAIS provides Airspace Management, planning, and dynamic execution capabilities at all echelons above Brigade, and enroute flight following air traffic services. TAIS is the only Army system with direct interface to the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System for submission of the Army's requests for airspace from the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD). Airspace Coordinating Measure Requests (ACMREQs) received from other mission command systems are passed to TAIS for approval or higher coordination. TAIS software supports U.S. Army commanders, airspace users, airspace managers, Army air traffic controllers, Joint organizations, and Unified Action Partners (UAP) by providing digitized, multi-echelon planning and execution of airspace management and Air Traffic Services. TAIS provides AC planning and enhanced AC execution; improved theater, intra-, and inter-Corps/Division Air Traffic Services (ATS) support; effective battlespace synchronization; and direct links to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) through interface with the automated airspace planning and communications systems of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC). Integrated Mission Planning and Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) is the software convergence product for TAIS AC requirements. IMPACT contributes to four of the Army's six modernization priorities: future vertical lift, long range precision fires, the network, and air and missile defense. IMPACT also directly supports the National Military Strategy Joint force task of integrating capabilities rapidly and Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2). IMPACT is the software convergence of AC and will provide interoperability with Army Mission Command, Joint, and UAP systems. This will facilitate AC capabilities, enhance situational understanding, reduce risks, and provide more effective Air-Ground Integration to enable NGC2, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Joint All Domain Operations (JADO), and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). IMPACT will be instantiated across Command Post Computing Environment (CE), Mounted CE, and Mobile/Handheld CE and will extend AC services to the tactical edge. Any changes driven by the C2 Pivot and Fix strategy will be assessed in terms of cost, schedule, and performance impacts to product development. The modernized software baseline is following Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tenants of the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) to leverage the shift to more Agile acquisition to mirror modern Agile development and delivery. This includes use of Government owned Software Factories and DEVSECOPS processes to ensure that products are tested early and often to mitigate cyber and other vulnerabilities to delivery hardened code from the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) through all successive Minimum Viable Capability Releases (MVCR). IMPACT plans to leverage Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) technology. ASTARTE provides artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms which will allow IMPACT to achieve more rapid synchronization of airspace planning and dynamic execution. This will enable commanders to maximize airspace usage, increase freedom of maneuver in the 3rd dimension, enhance safety and fratricide prevention, and enable seamless integration / deconfliction of fires and aviation operations in highly congested and complex environments during Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). Persistent experimentation events like Project Convergence and COCOM sponsored exercises continue to confirm the existence of airspace planning and management challenges that are only increasing in complexity. IMPACT has been part of Project Convergence and Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) events in demonstrating critical mission threads showing a measurable reduction in sensor to shooter timelines.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS)
The Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) is the Army's program of record for Airspace Control (AC) and enroute Air Traffic Services (ATS). TAIS provides Airspace Management, planning, and dynamic execution capabilities at all echelons above Brigade, and enroute flight following air traffic services. TAIS is the only Army system with direct interface to the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System for submission of the Army's requests for airspace from the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD). Airspace Coordinating Measure Requests (ACMREQs) received from other mission command systems are passed to TAIS for approval or higher coordination. TAIS software supports U.S. Army commanders, airspace users, airspace managers, Army air traffic controllers, Joint organizations, and Unified Action Partners (UAP) by providing digitized, multi-echelon planning and execution of airspace management and Air Traffic Services. TAIS provides AC planning and enhanced AC execution; improved theater, intra-, and inter-Corps/Division Air Traffic Services (ATS) support; effective battlespace synchronization; and direct links to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) through interface with the automated airspace planning and communications systems of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC).
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 | $11.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $982.0K |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $982.0K |
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 | FY25 Total | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $11.1M | $982.0K | $0 |
| 586: Air Traffic Control | $11.1M | $982.0K | — |
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 Air Traffic Control. 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 · J107
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 · J86
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 · J92
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 · J95
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 · J119
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 · J127
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 · J97
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 · J98
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 · J99
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 · J98
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 3 - Budget Activity 5A · www.asafm.army.mil
PDF page 213