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Combat Feeding, Clothing, and Equipment
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 | $2.17M |
| FY25 | $3.29M |
| FY26 | $5.65M |
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 | $2.98M | $1.69M | $1.98M | $8.56M | $4.39M | $7.29M | $2.73M | $1.60M | $1.51M | $2.17M | ||
| Enacted | $1.76M | $2.05M | $3.70M | $4.50M | $7.39M | $2.73M | $1.66M | $1.57M | $2.22M | $3.29M | ||
| Request | $2.05M | $3.70M | $4.51M | $2.39M | $2.81M | $1.66M | $1.57M | $2.22M | $3.29M | $5.65M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2020 book requested $2.39M for FY2020; the PB2022 book reported $7.29M as actual total obligation authority — $4.90M above the request. 7.3 − 2.4 = 4.9 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 — Combat Feeding, Clothing, and Equipment
This Program Element supports the development, demonstration and Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Commercial Off The-Shelf (COTS) evaluation of combat feeding equipment to enhance soldier efficiency, improve soldier survivability, reduce food service logistics requirements, and supports Field Feeding programs for all the services. Line items within this PE support multi-fuel, rapidly deployable field food service equipment initiatives. Efforts also support the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of programs to improve equipment, enhance safety in food service, and decrease fuel and water requirements. Activities within Project 548 / Mil Subsistence Sys, develop critical enablers that support the Joint Future Capabilities and Joint Expeditionary mindset, by maintaining readiness through integrating new equipment, enhancing the field soldier's well-being, and providing soldiers usable equipment. It also reduces sustainment requirements, related Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) demands on lift, the combat zone footprint, and costs for logistical support. FY 2026 funding supports the development of test-ready RU (refrigeration unit) prototypes and the subsequent conduct of performance, qualification, and MTRCS (Multi-Temperature Refrigerated Container System) Integration testing and following assessment. Funds will also be used to continue integration and demonstration to mature Joint Service combat ration systems that enable warfighter maneuver, readiness and effectiveness during highly mobile, dispersed operations. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.009 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."
Mission — Mil Subsistence Sys
This Project enables system development and demonstration of Joint Service combat rations and field feeding equipment/systems designed to improve warfighter performance and reduce the logistics burden of subsistence support. Efforts funded in this Project support all four Services, the Special Operations Command, and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The Army serves as the Executive Agent for this Department of Defense (DoD) program, with oversight and coordination provided by the DoD Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Board (CFREB) as required by DoD Directive (DoDD) 3235.02E. Centralized execution of the DoD Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Program (CFREP) with Joint Service review and approval eliminates unnecessary duplication of efforts across the Services and maximizes use of common materiel solutions.
Mission — Army Field Feeding Equipment
This Project supports the development, demonstration and Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) evaluation of combat feeding equipment to enhance Soldier efficiency, improve Soldier survivability, and reduce food service logistics requirements for the Army. Planned efforts support the rapidly deployable, organically maintained and provisioned field food service equipment initiatives. Operations also support the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of programs to improve equipment, enhance safety in food service, reduce environmental impact, and decrease fuel and water requirements. This effort develops critical enablers that support the Army's Strategic Planning Guidance by developing and integrating critical expeditionary capabilities that maintain readiness, providing effective solutions that reduce the resource and operational energy footprint, providing modernized deployable kitchen equipment for Army 2030, and enhancing the field Soldier's well-being. This project reduces sustainment requirements, related Combat Support/ Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) demands on lift, the combat zone footprint, and costs for logistical support. FY2026 funds will be utilized for the development of test-ready RU (refrigeration unit) prototypes and the subsequent conduct of performance, qualification, and MTRCS (Multi-Temperature Refrigerated Container System) Integration testing and following assessment.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
Joint Service Combat Ration System Development
This effort integrates and demonstrates mature Joint Service combat ration systems that enable warfighter maneuver, readiness and effectiveness during highly mobile, dispersed operations. Prototypes are transitioned from APE 0603747A Project 610 to develop individual and group combat rations with improved capabilities including improved warfighter physical and cognitive performance through optimized nutrition and reduced logistics burden through weight and cube reduction. This effort completes operational test and evaluation (OT&E) to confirm system level performance, and develops ration specifications for transition to Defense Logistics Agency - Troop Support (DLA - Troop Support) for procurement.
Joint Service Field Feeding Systems Development
This effort integrates and demonstrates field feeding equipment systems in support of the Navy (USN), Air Force (USAF), and Marine Corps (USMC) that reduce the logistics burden, improve efficiency, and decrease operation and support costs as directed by the DoD CFREB and Joint Service partners. Validated systems, specifications, and technical data packages are transitioned to the appropriate Service partner for procurement and fielding. Service partners include Product Manager Combat Support Equipment (PdM-CSE), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and USAF Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) Program Office.
MTRCS RU Replacement
Provides the next generation refrigeration unit for the Multi-temperature Refrigerated Container System (MTRCS). The MTRCS maintains rations and or/blood at refrigerated or frozen temperatures in ambient temperatures ranging from -25F to 120F. The MTRCS has the capacity to feed 800 soldiers 2 meals a day for 3 days at which point it is replaced in the field by another fully loaded MTRCS. A new Refrigeration Unit (RU) is required to replace the legacy RU which is no longer being produced.
AK Integration with JLTV
Mitigates safety issues that have developed from the fielding of the Army's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The Assault Kitchen (AK) provides heat on the move capability to feed remote company sized units in environments from -25F to 120F all over the world. The AK uses the Army's Unitized Group Ration Heat and Serve (UGR-H&S) to provide hot meals to up to 250 soldiers upon arrival onsite, corresponding to 500 meals daily. The AK is housed in a light tactical trailer that is incompatible with the new JLTV and requires that the AK components be integrated into the trailer that is compatible with the JLTV-T.
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 | $2.17M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $3.29M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $3.29M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $5.65M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $5.65M |
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 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $2.17M | $3.29M | $5.65M | $5.65M |
| 548: Mil Subsistence Sys | $2.17M | $1.58M | $1.56M | $1.56M |
| EL2: Army Field Feeding Equipment | — | $1.70M | $4.10M | $4.10M |
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 Combat Feeding, Clothing, and Equipment. 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 · J112
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 · J91
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 · J97
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 · J100
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 · J123
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 · J131
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 · J101
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 · J103
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 · J104
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 · J103
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 287