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AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System
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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 | $52.2M |
| FY25 | $53.7M |
| FY26 | $43.1M |
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 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $46.0M | $59.3M | $52.2M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $47.8M | $61.6M | $54.2M | $53.7M | |
| Request | – | – | $56.7M | $62.6M | $54.2M | $53.7M | $43.1M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $56.7M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reported $46.0M as actual total obligation authority — $10.7M below the request. 46.0 − 56.7 = -10.7 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 — AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System
This funding line supports the AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire target Acquisition Radar program, a key enabler of the Army Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) Modernization Priority. The AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System is a highly mobile radar set that automatically detects, classifies, tracks, and locates the point of origin of projectiles fired from mortar, artillery, and rocket systems. It mitigates close combat radar coverage gaps by providing a 90 degree search sector (stare mode) as well as 360 degree coverage (rotating). The AN/TPQ-53 system incorporates Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) software into the system baseline, enabling air surveillance for Commander's situational awareness of UAS. The AN/TPQ-53 system interoperates with mission command systems to provide the maneuver commander increased counterfire radar flexibility, providing data to the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) node for the sense and warn force protection capability. The AN/TPQ-53 is provided to Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), Field Artillery Brigades (FABs) and Division Artilleries (DIVARTYs) and serves as an enabler for systems requiring target in-flight updates.
Mission — AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Sys
This funding line supports the AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire target Acquisition Radar program, a key enabler of the Army Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) Modernization Priority. The AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System is a highly mobile radar set that automatically detects, classifies, tracks, and locates the point of origin of projectiles fired from mortar, artillery, and rocket systems. It mitigates close combat radar coverage gaps by providing a 90 degree search sector (stare mode) as well as 360 degree coverage (rotating). The AN/TPQ-53 system incorporates Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) software into the system baseline, enabling air surveillance for Commander's situational awareness of UAS. The AN/TPQ-53 system interoperates with mission command systems to provide the maneuver commander increased counterfire radar flexibility, providing data to the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) node for the sense and warn force protection capability. The AN/TPQ-53 is provided to Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), Field Artillery Brigades (FABs) and Division Artilleries (DIVARTYs) and serves as an enabler for systems requiring target in-flight updates. Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 RDTE funds support tests for Distributed Digital Receiver Exciter (DDREX) Capability Sets #1 and #2 to enhance system survivability, electronic protection (EP), and bandwidth agility to improve system capability in a peer/near-peer threat environment. FY 2026 funds also continue DDREX Capability Sets #3 and #4 to counter indirect fire with improved hostile weapon location accuracy and survivability against the latest electronic warfare threats identified in the Counterfire Radar Systems (CFRS) Validated Online Lifecycle Threat (VOLT) report dated 15 February 2022.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (5)
Multi-Domain Operation (MDO) Digitization / Distributed Digital Receiver Exciter (DDREX)
MDO Digitization / Distributed Digital Receiver Exciter (DDREX) is a modification-in-service Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) that provides increased force protection by addressing emerging and evolving electronic attack threats, improving electronic protection capabilities against Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA), and improving performance in a congested spectrum/environment. The system is also less susceptible to directed energy, jamming, and provides improved extended range capability to enable timely and accurate targetable data in support of Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF).
DDREX Capability Sets #3 and #4
Capability Set #3 will merge with Capability Set #2 software to enable survivability improvements and additional electronic protection features. The capability integrates electronic protection software techniques for the AN/TPQ-53 to be survivable in a contested and complex Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) environment against a peer/near-peer threat. It includes radar to radar communications and sensor fusion that allows multiple sensors to exchange data with other sensors. Capability Set #4 will merge with Capability Set #3 software. The capability includes counter electronic warfare, radar aided navigation, and radar survivability techniques to support Long Range Precision Fires (LPRF).
Modernization Development Efforts and Emerging Threats
Modernization Development Efforts and Emerging Threats provides the ability to address upcoming threats on the battlefield by countering indirect fire and improving survivability against electronic warfare threats identified in the Validated Online Lifecycle Threat (VOLT). These efforts are primarily software based and will continue to address complex evolving threats through advanced survivability development.
Test & Evaluation Support
Test and Evaluation Support provides the planning, execution, and reporting for the AN/TPQ-53 MDE and DDREX Test Program.
Program Management Support
Program management efforts include engineering, integration, and test support associated with DDREX development and modernization efforts addressing new and emerging threats.
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 | $52.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $53.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $53.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $43.1M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $43.1M |
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 | $52.2M | $53.7M | $43.1M | $43.1M |
| BY8: AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Sys | $52.2M | $53.7M | $43.1M | $43.1M |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| NY-22 | $23.3M |
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? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W56KGY17C0001 | high |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | W56KGY22D0001 | high |
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
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 AN/TPQ-53 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. 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 · J209
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J202
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J200
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 · J198
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 · J200
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 4 - Budget Activity 6 · www.asafm.army.mil