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Aviation Rocket System Product Improvement and Development
Budget Figures
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? →
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $9.66M | $35.2M | $1.85M | $11.3M | $8.83M | $10.9M | $2.90M |
| Enacted | – | $8.00M | $10.1M | $38.5M | $1.93M | $13.4M | $12.4M | $11.3M | $3.01M |
| Request | – | $10.1M | $60.9M | $24.2M | $17.2M | $12.4M | $11.3M | $3.01M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2019 book requested $60.9M for FY2019; the PB2021 book reports $35.2M actually spent — $25.6M below 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 — Aviation Rocket System Product Improvement and Development
The Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions Product Improvement and Development line funds the development, integration and test of current and future munitions and launchers, and their interface to platforms. Additionally, it will fund a range of improvement initiatives to modernize the Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket and launcher system. The current Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket system requires performance improvements to comply with 1) US Code - Title 10, Chapter 141, Section 2389 "Ensuring Safety regarding Insensitive Munitions", 2) Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.1, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Instruction 3170.01C, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD (AT&L)) Memorandum of January 26, 1999, "Exemption for Existing Inventory Items to Insensitive Munitions (IM) Requirements", 3) signed Initial Capability Document (ICD) for Army Aviation Weapons, Sub-Systems and Munitions (AAWSSM), 4) Air Launched Effects (ALE) Initial Capability Refinement Document (ICRD) dated 21 October 2019, and 5) existing/emerging Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G-3/5/7 and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) aviation weapon requirements for guided and unguided rocket and munition systems. Improvements to existing rocket systems and munitions will include design, qualification and integration of precision guidance capability, increased lethality, improved target suppression, increased standoff range, reduced minimum engagement range, improved pre-launch constraints and munitions communications/programmability, increased stowed kills, increased product reliability, improved hardness against unplanned stimuli, reduced Warfighter workload, and reduced environmental impact for both manned and unmanned applications. PE 0607142A EW9 has no FY 2026 funding request
Mission — Aviation Rocket System Product Improvement and Dev
The Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions Product Improvement and Development line funds the development, integration and test of current and future munitions and launchers, and their interface to platforms. Additionally, it will fund a range of improvement initiatives to modernize the Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket and launcher system. The current Hydra-70 2.75 inch rocket system requires performance improvements to comply with 1) US Code - Title 10, Chapter 141, Section 2389 "Ensuring Safety regarding Insensitive Munitions", 2) Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.1, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Instruction 3170.01C, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD (AT&L)) Memorandum of January 26, 1999, "Exemption for Existing Inventory Items to Insensitive Munitions (IM) Requirements", 3) signed Initial Capability Document (ICD) for Army Aviation Weapons, Sub-Systems and Munitions (AAWSSM), 4) Air Launched Effects (ALE) Initial Capability Refinement Document (ICRD) dated 21 October 2019, and 5) existing/emerging Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G-3/5/7 and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) aviation weapon requirements for guided and unguided rocket and munition systems. Improvements to existing rocket systems and munitions will include design, qualification and integration of precision guidance capability, increased lethality, improved target suppression, increased standoff range, reduced minimum engagement range, improved pre-launch constraints and munitions communications/programmability, increased stowed kills, increased product reliability, improved hardness against unplanned stimuli, reduced Warfighter workload, and reduced environmental impact for both manned and unmanned applications. PE 0607142A EW9 has no FY 2026 funding request.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
Guided Air-to-Ground Rocket (AGR) variants (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS))
These funds will be used to optimize current and future air-to ground variant integration on the Apache and for activities required to obtain an Army Materiel Release. This effort will utilize in-house expertise and Other Government Agencies in order to complete activities, including design and build of all-up-round (AUR) containers and test assets, conduct of environmental qualification testing, performance of ground firings, update of aviation platform software, support of Apache weapon survey firings, technical support to platform integration and testing, and development and revision of training/maintenance materiel.
Army Aviation Weapons
These funds will be used for fielded Army Aviation modular weapon systems and their interface to fielded launchers and platforms. These efforts will utilize in-house subject matter expertise, Other Government Agencies, defense industry capabilities, and Other Transactional Agreements to complete activities, including technical assessment, risk reduction efforts, technology maturation, demonstration, engineering design, engineering/manufacturing development, test, integration and document preparation for Army Aviation manned and unmanned platforms.
Modular Effects Launcher (MEL)/Launcher Electronics Assembly (LEA)
These funds will be used to upgrade and enhance launcher components to support current and future munitions outlined in the Army Aviation Weapons, Sub-Systems and Munitions Initial Capability Document, dated 17 July 2018, and the Air Launched Effects (ALE) Initial Capability Refinement Document (ICRD), dated 21 October 2019. This effort allows the Government to align technology-enabling solutions with the Army Aviation Weapons, Sub-Systems and Munitions Initial Capability Document, maturing technological developments of launcher component prototypes to mitigate launcher limitations. The launcher component efforts will define and provide the interfaces between aircraft and emerging munitions utilizing a nonproprietary, open systems architecture allowing easy compatibility when integrating onto aviation platforms. The inherent flexibility of an open architecture serves as a building block for future weapon systems.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $2.90M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $2.90M | $0 |
| EW9: Aviation Rocket System Product Improvement and Dev | $2.90M | — |
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? →