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Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sys Dev & Demonstration

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What it is
Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sys Dev & Demonstration — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
-$4.37M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$34.7M
FY25 Total
$59.6M
FY26 Request
$55.2M
FY25→26 Change
-$4.37M

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: $34.7MFY25: $59.6MFY26: $55.2MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$34.7M
FY25
$59.6M
FY26
$55.2M
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$49.7M$11.5M$34.7M
Enacted$0$33.4M$14.9M$36.0M$59.6M
Request$33.4M$14.9M$36.0M$59.6M$55.2M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $33.4M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reports $49.7M actually spent — $16.3M 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 Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sys Dev & Demonstration

The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) designated the Secretary of the Army (SA) as the Department of Defense's (DoD) Executive Agent (EA) for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS). The EA is tasked with leading, directing, and synchronizing DoD efforts to counter small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) threats while minimizing unnecessary duplication and redundancy. The C-sUAS System Development and Demonstration efforts are in response to DoD Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandums (JROC-M) requirements for identification, development, testing, evaluation, and integration of technologies to defeat sUAS threats across the DoD. The efforts provide warfighters the ability to comprehensively detect, track, identify, and defeat threat Group 1, 2 and 3 UAS platforms. The efforts will be joint development efforts to provide integrated solutions to meet the needs of the Military Services and DoD Agencies against emerging threats.

Mission C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities

The Counter- small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) effort is in response to the Department of Defense's (DoD) response to Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandums (JROC-M) to support identification, development, testing, evaluation, and integration of technologies to provide capability to defeat small Unmanned Aircraft System threats across the DoD. Joint Enabling Capabilities efforts provide warfighters the ability to comprehensively detect, track, identify, and defeat enemy Group 1, 2 and 3 UAS platforms. The efforts will provide integrated solutions to meet the needs of the Military Services and DoD Agencies against emerging sUAS threats.

Mission C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities

The Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Joint New Capabilities effort develops new technologies and materiel solutions to enable the military services and joint force to counter Groups 1-3 sUAS threats. These developments are aligned with Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum (JROCM) 058-23 Operational Requirements. Joint solutions will address Fixed Site / Semi-Fixed Site, Mobile, and Dismounted systems. Efforts include development, test and evaluation, and integration sufficient for transition to fieldable capabilities.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)

Common Data Repository Development

Provide a joint multi-classification platform to provide cross collaboration C-sUAS data and analytic eco-system for Group 1-3 small Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Data repositories will consume disparate data sources from across the Department of Defense. Sources of data include intelligence data, commercial data, and Military Service-developed data to support acquisition and deployed C-sUAS systems.

Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Command and Control

Development, test & evaluation, and integration of new technologies to improve command and control for C-sUAS. Efforts include development of detection, identification, and tracking capabilities to enable new or improved command and control of sensors and effectors.

Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Defeat

Development, test & evaluation, and integration of new technologies to defeat sUAS. Efforts include development of detection, identification, and tracking capabilities to enable new or improved defeat mechanism.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$34.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$59.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$59.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$55.2M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$55.2M

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

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
CQ8: C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities$5.46M$6.33M$5.32M$5.32M
CQ7: C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities$29.2M$53.2M$49.9M$49.9M
Program Element$34.7M$59.6M$55.2M$55.2M

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? →