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TACAMO Modernization

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What it is
TACAMO Modernization (program element 0605180N) is a U.S. Navy research-and-development program funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy account. The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization Program (E-130J) provides for air-vehicle replacement and mission-systems modernization to augment and eventually replace the aging E-6B aircraft for the TACAMO mission.
What changed
+$488.7M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$200.5MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Total
$755.3MR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$1.24BR-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
+$488.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026

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 higher 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.
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 higher 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.FY24: $200.5MFY25: $755.3MFY26: $1.24BFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$200.5M
FY25$755.3M
FY26$1.24B

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
7 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2020–FY2026): 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. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.
7 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2020–FY2026): 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. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.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 editionFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

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.
SeriesFY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$0$0$48.6M$484.2M$200.5M
Enacted$0$50.6M$502.5M$213.7M$755.3M
Request$150.6M$554.2M$213.7M$775.3M$1.24B

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $150.6M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reported $48.6M as actual total obligation authority — $101.9M below the request. 48.64150.59 = -101.95 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 TACAMO MODERNIZATION

The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization Program (E-130J) provides for air vehicle replacement and mission systems modernization to augment and eventually replace the aging E-6B aircraft for the TACAMO mission. The TACAMO mission provides an airborne capability for survivable, endurable and reliable airborne command, control and communications between the United States (U.S.) National Command Authority (NCA) and the U.S. strategic forces. This mission is critical in the deterrence and management of a nuclear conflict. A dedicated communications platform, TACAMO aircraft features the ability to communicate on virtually every radio frequency band from very low frequency (VLF) up through advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF) using a variety of modulations, encryptions and networks, maximizing the likelihood an emergency message is received by U.S. strategic forces. The EMD Hardware Development efforts for the design, architecture, and integration of a cyber-resilient communications systems to transform a modified C-130J-30 into E-130J through an Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) Contract awarded in FY 2025. Included in these efforts are Government and Contractor Systems Integration Laboratories, Contractor System Test Integration Laboratory, Government Furnished Property (National Security Agency approved encryption devices, Ultra High Frequency modems), High Frequency and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency solutions, Top Secret network development and building required infrastructure includes power generation systems, cooling, flight deck avionics, Electric Magnetic Pulse (EMP) hardening, cyber hardening, and structural modifications to support integration of E-130J mission system equipment. FY 2026 funding includes purchase for startup materials needed for three (3) C-130J-30 Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) System Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA) for mission system integration.

Mission TACAMO Recap

The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization Program (E-130J) provides for air vehicle replacement and mission systems modernization to augment and eventually replace the aging E-6B aircraft for the TACAMO mission. The TACAMO mission provides an airborne capability for survivable, endurable and reliable airborne command, control and communications between the United States (U.S.) National Command Authority (NCA) and the U.S. strategic forces. This mission is critical in the deterrence and management of a nuclear conflict. A dedicated communications platform, TACAMO aircraft features the ability to communicate on virtually every radio frequency band from very low frequency (VLF) up through advanced extremely high frequency (AEHF) using a variety of modulations, encryptions and networks, minimizing the likelihood an emergency message being jammed by an enemy. The EMD Hardware Development efforts for the design, architecture, and integration of a cyber-resilient communications systems to transform a modified C-130J-30 into E-130J through an Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) Contract awarded in FY 2025. Included in these efforts are Government and Contractor Systems Integration Laboratories, Contractor System Test Integration Laboratory, Government Furnished Property (National Security Agency approved encryption devices, Ultra High Frequency modems), High Frequency and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency solutions, Top Secret network development and building required infrastructure includes power generation systems, cooling, flight deck avionics, Electric Magnetic Pulse (EMP) hardening, cyber hardening, and structural modifications to support integration of E-130J mission system equipment. FY 2026 funding includes purchase for startup materials needed for three (3) C-130J-30 Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) System Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA) for mission system integration. .

Justification

No accomplishments or planned-program narratives in this line's J-book detail — some exhibits carry figures without per-project prose.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY24 Actuals$200.5M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY25 Enacted$755.3M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY25 Total$755.3M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY26 Disc. Request$1.24B
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, NavyNFY26 Total$1.24B

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.

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$532.8M$200.5M$755.3M$1.24B$1.24B
3259: TACAMO Recap$532.8M$200.5M$755.3M$1.24B$1.24B

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

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 TACAMO Modernization — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.

Program dossier

Every sentence below carries its citation — warehouse figures open the citation panel, news claims link the cached source.

Research dossiers exist for 50 of 1,741 programs — the 50 largest fully J-book-detailed programs by FY2026 request. why no dossier here? →

What it is

  • TACAMO Modernization (program element 0605180N) is a U.S. Navy research-and-development program funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy account.
  • The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization Program (E-130J) provides for air-vehicle replacement and mission-systems modernization to augment and eventually replace the aging E-6B aircraft for the TACAMO mission.
  • The TACAMO mission provides a survivable, endurable, and reliable airborne command, control, and communications link between the U.S. National Command Authority and U.S. strategic forces — a capability critical to the deterrence and management of a nuclear conflict.
  • The dedicated communications platform can transmit across virtually every radio frequency band from very low frequency up through advanced extremely high frequency, using varied modulations, encryptions, and networks to maximize the likelihood an emergency message reaches U.S. strategic forces.
  • The program transforms a modified C-130J-30 into the E-130J through an Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract awarded in FY 2025, with FY 2026 funding buying startup materials for three C-130J-30 government-furnished System Demonstration Test Articles for mission-system integration.

Why it matters

  • The program's total funding grows from $755,316 thousand (about $755 million) in FY 2025 to $1,243,978 thousand (about $1.24 billion) requested for FY 2026.
  • That is a year-over-year increase of $488,662 thousand (about $489 million) from FY 2025 to FY 2026.
  • In FY 2024 the program recorded actual spending of $200,494 thousand (about $200 million), so funding has risen sharply across all three years as the recapitalization ramps up.
  • The entire FY 2026 request is discretionary: the R-1 exhibit shows a $1,243,978 thousand discretionary request and no reconciliation (mandatory) request.
  • A Fiscal Receipts feed event flagged TACAMO Modernization as increasing 65% from FY 2025 to FY 2026.

Key players

  • The program is run by the U.S. Navy, with funding drawn from the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy appropriation.
  • The Engineering and Manufacturing Development work spans government and contractor systems-integration laboratories and government-furnished property — including National Security Agency-approved encryption devices — plus power generation, cooling, flight-deck avionics, electromagnetic-pulse hardening, cyber hardening, and structural modifications to support the E-130J mission system.