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Fiscal Receipts

Next Generation Load Device - Medium

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What it is
Next Generation Load Device - Medium — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
+$21.6M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$37.0M
FY25 Total
$2.93M
FY26 Request
$24.5M
FY25→26 Change
$21.6M

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
FY24: $37.0MFY25: $2.93MFY26: $24.5MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$37.0M
FY25
$2.93M
FY26
$24.5M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY20FY26

● actuals (line)  ·  ○ enacted  ·  ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

SeriesFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
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 reports $24.1M actually spent — $1.66M above the request.

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)

Developmental Test & Evaluation Support

NGLD-M developmental and operational test and evaluation support efforts.

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.

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).

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$37.0M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$2.93M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$2.93M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$24.5M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$24.5M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
BY6: Key Management Infrastructure Development$37.0M$2.93M$24.5M$24.5M
Program Element$37.0M$2.93M$24.5M$24.5M

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 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.

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →