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Next Generation Load Device - Medium
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 | $37.0M |
| FY25 | $2.93M |
| FY26 | $24.5M |
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 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $14.8M | $24.1M | $37.0M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $15.4M | $22.4M | $37.0M | $2.93M | |
| Request | – | – | $15.6M | $22.4M | $37.0M | $2.93M | $24.5M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $22.4M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $24.1M as actual total obligation authority — $1.66M above the request. 24.1 − 22.4 = 1.7 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 — Next Generation Load Device - Medium
This funding enables the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems. This Program Element (PE) is a critical enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities including Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) addressing current and emerging cyber security threats. This PE funds the development and test of the Next Generation Load Device - Medium (NGLD-M). This product issues, fills, and manages cryptographic key and mission planning products from the National Security Agency (NSA) Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) and End-Cryptographic Units (ECUs). The NGLD-M enhances the capabilities of the legacy product, the Simple Key Loader (SKL), by providing secure, Over-the-Network Keying (OTNK), reducing the logistics burden of touching all ECUs across the force and is CM2 compliant. In addition, the SKL is facing significant parts availability challenges and NGLD-M is urgently required to replace it as the whole government solution for cryptographic key management and distribution. This effort is an Acquisition Category III (ACAT III) Program of Record (POR) and has multi-service and multi-national stakeholder interest. The acquisition strategy for the program leverages two hardware vendors with a Government developed User Application Software (UAS) providing a common user experience across individual vendor hardware solutions. The program is progressing towards Milestone C and will 1:1 replace the SKL following an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Full-Rate Production (FRP) decision. FY2026 funding supports the development of the NGLD-M program which replaces the legacy Simple Key Loader (SKL). NGLD-M adds capability of cryptographic re-programmability, over the network keying, and is partially compliant with NSA's Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) algorithms. Funding supports the NGLD-M developmental effort for two vendors to develop and test their hardware and software solutions.
Mission — Key Management Infrastructure Development
This funding enables the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems. This Program Element (PE) is a critical enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities including Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) addressing current and emerging cyber security threats. This PE funds the development and test of the Next Generation Load Device - Medium (NGLD-M). This product issues, fills, and manages cryptographic key and mission planning products from the National Security Agency (NSA) Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) and End-Cryptographic Units (ECUs). The NGLD-M enhances the capabilities of the legacy product, the Simple Key Loader (SKL), by providing secure, Over-the-Network Keying (OTNK), reducing the logistics burden of touching all ECUs across the force and addresses advanced cryptographic cyber security threats. This effort is an Acquisition Category III (ACAT III) Program of Record (POR) and has multi-service and multi-national stakeholder interest. The acquisition strategy for the program leverages two hardware vendors with a Government developed User Application Software (UAS) providing a common user experience across individual vendor hardware solutions. The program is progressing towards Milestone C and will fully replace the SKL following an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and Full-Rate Production (FRP) decision. FY2026 funding supports the NGLD-M developmental effort for two vendors and the UAS developer to establish a developmental baseline and conduct developmental and operational testing of the hardware and software solutions. During June 2024, the NGLD-M program realized a cost and schedule deviation due to National Security Agency (NSA) driven hardware security modifications and integration cost increases by the common user interface software developer Naval Information Warfare Center - Pacific (NIWC-P). This has resulted in longer developmental efforts and a delay to the projected procurement of the NGLD-M. Program experienced delays due to a lack of FY 2025, program will require additional reprogramming in FY 2026 and beyond.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
NGLD-M Development and NSA Certification
The Next Generation Load Device - Medium (NGLD-M) will conduct the Army's key fill mission by issuing, filling, and managing Cryptographic keys to both legacy and future KMI aware End-Cryptographic Units (ECUs). This technology requires RDT&E investment to meet the requirements outlined in the NGLD Capability Production Document (CPD).
Program Management Support
Funds Government matrixed support from Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center to assist with the NGLD-M development effort.
Developmental Test & Evaluation Support
NGLD-M developmental and operational test and evaluation support efforts.
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 | $37.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $2.93M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $2.93M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $24.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $24.5M |
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 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $37.0M | $2.93M | $24.5M | $24.5M |
| BY6: Key Management Infrastructure Development | $37.0M | $2.93M | $24.5M | $24.5M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — none of this program's high-confidence awards records a positive obligation at any place of performance (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Related awards
Award linkage is shown for 32 of 200 profiled companies — high- and medium-confidence USAspending matches, each row labeled; medium is the weaker evidence. why partial award coverage? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. | W15P7T21D0002 | high |
| SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC | W15P7T21D0001 | high |
Contractor concentration
No concentration index is published for this line. This line's high-confidence links do not clear the floor for a published concentration index — at least 3 awards across 2 contractor families holding positive obligations, with positive net linked dollars. An index below that floor is a fact about the sample, not about the market. Whatever further links this line carries are medium-confidence, and what each medium evidence path does and does not establish is set out in the methodology. Both bases are in the downloadable warehouse.
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 Next Generation Load Device - Medium. 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 · J146
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J142
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 · J140
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 · J139
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 · J137
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