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Fiscal Receipts

Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3)

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What it is
Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
+$15.3M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
FY25 Total
$13.6M
FY26 Request
$28.9M
FY25→26 Change
$15.3M

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
FY25: $13.6MFY26: $28.9MFY25FY26
FY25
$13.6M
FY26
$28.9M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY25FY26

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

SeriesFY25FY26
Enacted$13.6M
Request$13.6M$28.9M

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

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 Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3)

The Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) is a replacement for the Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket (LCRRPR). LCRRPR is the only live training rocket that supports the annual qualification and pre-deployment requirements for Active and National Guard High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and MLRS launcher units. JR3 is required because the remaining inventory of launch pod containers and motors is insufficient to support LCRRPR production beyond FY 2030. FY 2026 funding in the amount of $28.893M continues the prototyping and development of the JR3. The munitions developed under this funding line are part of the MLRS Family of Munitions (MFOM) that are deployed by the M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS launchers.

Mission Joint Reduced Range Rocket

In order to achieve and maintain combat readiness, the Army has a Standards in Training Commission (STRAC) requirement that utilizes a training rocket to meet the annual certification and pre-deployment requirements for Active and National Guard High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and M270A1/M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher units. The Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) is required because the remaining inventory of launch pod containers and motors is insufficient to support LCRRPR production beyond FY 2030. FY 2026 funding continues the prototyping and development of the JR3. Upon completion of development and qualification, the JR3 will replace the currently fielded LCRRPR.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)

SBIR/STTR Transfer

Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638.

Joint Reduced Range Rocket

The JR3 program will develop a new training rocket that can be fired by crews on the HIMARS and MLRS launchers.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$13.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$13.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$28.9M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$28.9M

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

ProjectFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$13.6M$28.9M$28.9M
DJ3: Joint Reduced Range Rocket$13.6M$28.9M$28.9M

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? →