Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV)

ArmyRDT&EFully Reconciled0604641A

What it is

Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) (0604641A) is an Army research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army 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

$136.9MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Total

$92.5MR-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.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$136.9MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25	$92.5MR-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

11 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–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, and 3 years are a break in the line rather than a low value: an edition the program is absent from, never interpolated. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.

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.
Series	FY15	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Actuals	$2.66M	$13.6M	$32.3M	–	–	–	$0	$0	$108.0M	$136.9M
Enacted		$15.4M	$39.3M	$0	–	–	–	$0	$109.8M	$142.1M	$92.5M
Request			$39.3M	$0	$0	–	–	–	$116.0M	$142.1M	$92.5M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $116.0M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $108.0M as actual total obligation authority — $8.01M below the request. 108.0 − 116.0 = -8.0 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 — Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV)

This funding line is directly aligned to the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Army Modernization Priority. The Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) is a transformational capability that will forever change ground maneuver warfare. The RCV enables commanders to dictate the terms of the first human engagement by leveraging the RCV to shape and degrade threats across the multi-domain battlefield. The RCV will operate as a system of systems including a Manned Control Vehicle (MCV) outfitted with multiple Control Stations and unmanned RCV platforms outfitted with Modular Mission Payloads (MMPS) that commanders can tailor to their mission requirements. The Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) Middle Tier Acquisition-Rapid Prototype (MTA-RP) program was funded through RDT&E appropriation via lines 643645EV7, 644107CF4 and 654641CF5. The total investment of the program prior to Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) Executive Order (EXORD) directing to cease development of RCV Hardware was $225M Base-Year 2025 (BY25) dollars. Future development efforts focused on Software Pathway (SWP), as well as autonomous and unmanned system initiatives, will be funded under RDT&E lines 644017FD9 and 655053FB3.

Mission — Robotic Combat Vehicle (BA5) NGCV-CFT

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (9)

RCV Surrogate Prototypes (SP) - Product Development

Develop and enhance Surrogate Prototypes (SPs), integrating software updates from the SWP program, safety and perception sensor improvements, and increased reliability. This includes engineering support for hardware/software updates, on-site Field Service Representative support, New Equipment Training for all SP testing phases, and spare parts for operational pilots and modeling and simulation efforts.

RCV Surrogate Prototypes (SP) - Government Test & Evaluation (T&E)

Government Test and Evaluation (T&E) includes Surrogate Prototype (SP) safety testing, developmental testing, and execution of operational pilots to solicit feedback on new capabilities, inform doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) refinement for robotic and autonomous systems (RAS), inform a force design decision, validate user requirements, and aid in determination of SP architectures and technologies ready for incorporation into the PRP.

RCV Production Representative Prototype (PRP) - Product Development

Engineering design, development, and acquisition of PRP and prototype Manned Control Vehicles (MCVs). Additionally, FSP Product Development includes the integration of Government directed equipment and software architecture development to support integration of vehicle software payloads, early assessments to guide product development, and technical support to Government Test and Evaluation (T&E) activities. Lastly, logistics data development and supportability design factors to manage the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and influence design and reduce logistics footprint.

RCV Production Representative Prototype (PRP) - Government Test & Evaluation (T&E)

Production Representative Prototype (PRP) - Government Test & Evaluation (T&E) includes all test activities performed at Army Test and Evaluation Center (ATEC) test sites to evaluate RCV PRP system, sub-system, component for safety, performance, effectiveness, and suitability.

RCV Production Representative Prototype (PRP) - Selection Evaluation Board (SEB)

Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) activities to down select to a single vendor for PRP prototype builds. SSEB expenditures include salaries, training, travel, supplies, facilities, and equipment.

Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) - Capability Release (CR) Development and Integration

Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) Capability Release Development and Integration focuses on Robotic Combat Vehicle embedded software development, to include developing and integrating autonomous mobility software, control station software, payload control software, software reliability, and cyber and spectrum resiliency. The SWP program will deliver annual software CRs through a combination of Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) for live and virtual software testing, as well as integrated onto representative and/or production RCV platforms with the support of a Software System Integrator (SWSI).

Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) - Autonomy Development

Development of software and hardware to enable RCV autonomy across a spectrum of use cases, to include marked, on-road surfaces, unmarked surfaces, and multiple terrains. RCV Autonomous Mobility software and hardware capabilities will be successively integrated into future SWP Capability Releases.

Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) - DevSecOps Pipeline Development, Software Integration Lab (SIL) Support, and Data Management Support

The RCV Software Acquisition Pathway program will develop and mature a cloud based DevSecOps pipeline to enable simulation and evaluation of the performance and security of both expanding RCV autonomous capabilities and existing Government and Commercial autonomous software. Additionally, the RCV SWP program will develop a SIL and pipeline management tool to augment testing of autonomous software and hardware and reduce technical risk.

RCV Development - Government Program Management

Government Program Management to RCV development programs. Includes salaries, travel, training, supplies, facilities, and equipment.

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	$136.9M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY25 Enacted	$92.5M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY25 Total	$92.5M

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	FY24 Actuals	FY25 Total	FY26 Request
Program Element	$136.9M	$92.5M	$0
CF5: Robotic Combat Vehicle (BA5) NGCV-CFT	$136.9M	$92.5M	—

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

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