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Strategic Mid-Range Capability
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 | $255.1M |
| FY25 | $182.8M |
| FY26 | $186.3M |
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 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $4.83M | $255.1M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $5.02M | $348.9M | $182.8M | |
| Request | – | – | $5.02M | $348.9M | $182.8M | $186.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $348.9M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $255.1M as actual total obligation authority — $93.7M below the request. 255.12 − 348.85 = -93.73 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 — Strategic Mid-Range Capability
This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Long-Range Precision Fires Modernization Priority. The Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Weapon System leverages other service technologies and integration of common hardware, software, and mutually supporting test events. MRC provides ground support equipment to include a Battery Operations Center (BOC) with support vehicles, launcher Payload Deployment System (PDS), and reload support to fire a mix of missiles capable of engaging strategic targets at mid-range distances. MRC leverages existing Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) and Tomahawk technology to include command and control systems and missile variants to provide a responsive, highly accurate capability designed for high value targets. The MRC is a ground launched, long-range precision fires offensive weapon system to defeat Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) threats and other high value targets to enable warfighter dominance in support of Long-Range Precision Fires, Multi-Domain Operations, and Joint Force objectives. Four MRC batteries will be developed and fielded to Long-Range Fires Battalions 1 through 4. The initial prototype MRC battery was developed and fielded by Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and three additional MRC batteries by Program Executive Office Missiles and Space utilizing RDT&E funds. The first MRC prototype weapon system battery, delivered in FY 2023 as the first unit of issue, provided residual combat capability consisting of one BOC, four launchers, one BOC Support Vehicle, and a reload capability. Also delivered was the basic load of missiles consisting of eight Tomahawk Block V and eight SM-6 Block IA. Follow-on delivery of the next three batteries (Battery 2 through 4) utilizes RDT&E under a Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping pathway. FY 2026 funding continues all aspects of developing MRC technology upgrades. Provides the prototype systems with iterative survivability, reliability, and operational effectiveness improvements based on evolving system requirements to ensure operational effectiveness. Base funding allows for continued development of system improvements utilizing evaluation, design, prototyping, testing, engineering, configuration management, component and system-level qualification activities, operational demonstrations, operator/maintainer training development, and integration of all functional support to ensure operational safety and effectiveness of all fielded and in-development systems meet performance needs. The Army is redesigning the BOC with a smaller footprint to support greater battlefield maneuverability and survivability. The redesigned BOC will feature a smaller form factor to enhance mobility, transportability, and interoperability with other system components aligned to mission requirements. This effort includes design, integration, and testing activities to ensure the improved BOC meets established system objectives and maintains operational effectiveness. The redesigned BOC will be implemented with the delivery of Battery 4. The FY 2026 cost of the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Air Launched Effects (ALE) Middle Tier of Acquisition effort is $143 million, including RDT&E and procurement of prototype units. The Department will certify FYDP funding in a future budget submission. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $3.465 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.
Mission — Mid-Range Capability
This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Long-Range Precision Fires Modernization Priority. The Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Weapon System leverages other service technologies and integration of common hardware, software, and mutually supporting test events. MRC provides ground support equipment to include a Battery Operations Center (BOC) with support vehicles, launcher Payload Deployment System, and reload support to fire a mix of missiles capable of engaging strategic targets at mid-range distances. MRC leverages existing Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) and Tomahawk technology to include command and control systems and missile variants to provide a responsive, highly accurate capability designed for high value targets. The MRC is a ground launched, long-range precision fires?offensive weapon system to defeat Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) threats and other high value targets to enable?warfighter dominance in support of Long-Range Precision Fires, Multi-Domain Operations, and Joint Force objectives. Four MRC batteries will be developed and fielded to Long-Range Fires Battalions 1 through 4. The initial prototype MRC battery was developed and fielded by Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and three additional MRC batteries by Program Executive Office Missiles and Space utilizing RDT&E funds. The first MRC prototype weapon system battery, delivered in FY 2023 as the first unit of issue, provided residual combat capability consisting of one BOC, four launchers, one BOC Support Vehicle, and a reload capability. Also delivered was the basic load of missiles consisting of eight Tomahawk Block V and eight SM-6 Block IA. Follow-on annual delivery of the next three batteries (Battery 2 through 4) will be with RDT&E under a Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping pathway. FY 2026 Base funding in the amount of $186.304 million continues all aspects of developing MRC technology upgrades. Provides the prototype systems with iterative survivability, reliability, and operational effectiveness improvements based on evolving system requirements to ensure operational effectiveness. Base funding allows for continued development of system improvements utilizing evaluation, design, prototyping, testing, engineering, configuration management, component and system-level qualification activities, operational demonstrations, operator/maintainer training development, and integration of all functional support to ensure operational safety and effectiveness of all fielded and in-development systems meet performance needs. The Army is redesigning the BOC with a smaller footprint to support greater battlefield maneuverability and survivability. The redesigned BOC will feature a smaller form factor to enhance mobility, transportability, and interoperability with other system components aligned to mission requirements. This effort includes design, integration, and testing activities to ensure the improved BOC meets established system objectives and maintains operational effectiveness. The redesigned BOC will be implemented with the delivery of Battery 4. The FY 2026 cost of the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Middle Tier of Acquisition effort is $143.0 million, including RDT&E and procurement of prototype units. The Department will certify FYDP funding in a future budget submission.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Mid-Range Capability Prototype Program
This effort will perform prototype technology research, development, demonstration, and integration of common hardware, software, and test events for mid-range fires. This includes integration of multi-service technology and upgrades to the BOC, launchers, reload trailers, support vehicles, and associated equipment necessary to deliver and sustain fully operational prototype systems. The program activities align with Army mission focused priorities for multi-domain, joint operations and readiness. Investments focus on technology development and system engineering efforts including, but are not limited to technologies to enhance survivability, operability, reliability, and performance of personnel in a threat environment.
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 | $255.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $182.8M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $182.8M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $186.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $186.3M |
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 | $255.1M | $182.8M | $186.3M | $186.3M |
| CQ4: Mid-Range Capability | $255.1M | $182.8M | $186.3M | $186.3M |
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? →
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? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W31P4Q25C0023 | medium |
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
GAO oversight of this program
GAO assessed Mid-Range Capability (MRC) in its June 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as an Army MTA program.
“The Army is developing an offensive, ground-based MRC weapon system to bridge a capability gap between systems designed for short- and long-range fires. MRC is leveraging existing Navy Standard Missile - 6 and Tomahawk cruise missile technology and modifying the Navy's ship-based vertical launching system for containerized use with existing Army vehicles. The Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) delivered the first MRC battery in September 2023 through a prototype development effort. The Army, through Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, intends to deliver batteries 2 through 4 during the current MTA rapid prototyping effort, and battery 5 during a follow-on MTA rapid fielding effort.”
GAO-25-107569, p. 109 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2025 report
Earlier editions of the same assessment: June 2024
GAO assessed Mid-Range Capability (MRC) in its June 2024 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as an Army MTA program.
“The Army is developing an offensive, ground-based MRC weapon system to bridge a capability gap between systems designed for short- and long- range fires. MRC is leveraging existing Navy Standard Missile (SM)-6 and Tomahawk cruise missile technology and modifying the Navy's ship-based vertical launching system (VLS) for containerized use with existing Army vehicles. The Army intends to deliver three MRC batteries under the current MTA rapid prototyping effort no later than fiscal year 2026.”
GAO-24-106831, p. 117 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2024 report
GAO assessed the program, not this budget line. Strategic Mid-Range Capability is one of the lines that funds it, and GAO’s work above says nothing about this line’s own figures. Which line each GAO item attaches to is a hand-ratified crosswalk — how it was checked.
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 Strategic Mid-Range Capability. GAO's program-level work on this line is above. 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 · J156
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J150
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 · J151
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 · J147
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