Skip to content
Fiscal Receipts

Exploitation of Foreign Items

ARDT&EPartial Reconciliation0605709A
What it is
Exploitation of Foreign Items — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
+$32.0K FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$7.80M
FY25 Total
$6.25M
FY26 Request
$6.28M
FY25→26 Change
$32.0K

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: $7.80MFY25: $6.25MFY26: $6.28MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$7.80M
FY25
$6.25M
FY26
$6.28M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2015 actuals — PB2017 editionFY2016 actuals — PB2018 editionFY2017 actuals — PB2019 editionFY2018 actuals — PB2020 editionFY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2016 enacted — PB2017 editionFY2017 enacted — PB2018 editionFY2018 enacted — PB2019 editionFY2019 enacted — PB2020 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2017 request — PB2017 editionFY2018 request — PB2018 editionFY2019 request — PB2019 editionFY2020 request — PB2020 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY15FY26

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

SeriesFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$8.42M$10.4M$12.4M$12.7M$15.0M$11.2M$8.94M$13.6M$6.19M$7.80M
Enacted$10.4M$12.4M$12.7M$13.0M$11.2M$8.94M$13.6M$6.19M$7.80M$6.25M
Request$12.4M$12.7M$13.0M$11.2M$8.94M$13.6M$6.19M$7.80M$6.25M$6.28M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2019 book requested $13.0M for FY2019; the PB2021 book reports $15.0M actually spent — $2.00M 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 Acq/Exploit Threat Items

This Project provides for the acquisition, exploitation, and inventory of foreign ground materiel with potential advanced technology threats to United States (U.S.) systems, as well as emerging and destructive threats. The primary aim of the Project is to maximize the efficiency of research and development for force and materiel development by reducing the uncertainties associated with these threats. The Project also answers scientific and technical intelligence requirements, provides materiel for realistic testing and training, and aids in the development of countermeasures to threat systems, materiel, and technologies. Operations have increased the amount of captured threat materiel that require immediate exploitation to develop countermeasures and force protection measures for U.S. forces. Acquisition and exploitation are executed according to Army Foreign Materiel Program (FMP) Plan prioritization and with the approval of the G2.

Mission Exploitation of Foreign Items

This Program Element (PE) will continue to support the acquisition, exploitation, and inventory of foreign ground materiel with potential advanced technology threats to United States (U.S.) systems, as well as emerging and destructive threats such as cyber vulnerabilities and biometric systems. The primary aim of the PE is to maximize the efficiency of research and development for force and materiel development by reducing the uncertainties associated with these threats. The PE also answers scientific and technical intelligence requirements, provides materiel for realistic testing and training, and aids in the development of countermeasures to threat systems, materiel, and technologies. Operations have increased the amount of captured threat materiel that require immediate exploitation to develop countermeasures and force protection measures for U.S. forces. Acquisition and exploitation are executed according to Army Foreign Materiel Program (FMP) Plan prioritization and with the approval of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G2).

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

Army Foreign Materiel Program (FMP) Acquisition

This effort provides for the acquisition of foreign ground materiel with potential advanced technology threats to U.S. systems, as well as emerging and destructive threats. The primary aim of the effort is to maximize the efficiency of research and development for force and materiel development by reducing the uncertainties associated with these threats. The effort also answers scientific and technical intelligence requirements, provides materiel for realistic testing and training, and aids in the development of countermeasures to threat systems, materiel, and technologies. Operations have increased the amount of captured threat materiel that require immediate exploitation to develop countermeasures and force protection measures for US forces. Acquisition and exploitation are executed according to Army FMP Plan prioritization and with the approval of the G2.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$7.80M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$6.25M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY25 Total$6.25M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$6.28M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$6.28M

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

ProjectFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$7.80M$6.25M$4.13M$6.28M
C28: Acq/Exploit Threat Items$7.80M$6.25M$4.13M$6.28M

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? →