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Fiscal Receipts

Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Agile Development

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What it is
Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Agile Development — a research & development program run by Army.
What changed
No FY25→26 comparison — trajectory data incomplete for this line.
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
FY25 Total
FY26 Request
$143.6M
FY25→26 Change

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

Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY26 available).

Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY26FY26

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

SeriesFY26
Request$143.6M

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 Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

The Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) FY 2026 capabilities-based funding request will enable innovative cross-domain solutions to sense, decide, and act against Groups 1-3 UAS threats, while supporting joint operational requirements. These combined arms solutions will support the full kill-chain and result in solutions addressing fixed/semi-fixed, mounted/mobile platform, dismounted, and handheld missions. Development efforts are aligned with the C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) and Annexes, which codify the threshold and objective capability requirements for C-sUAS development. Fixed/Mobile System Capabilities: Funds rapid component prototyping, facilitates operational assessments, pursues development and integration of mature hardware, addresses obsolescence, and tests performance improvements of existing fixed and mobile systems against current and near-term threats. Initiates activities required to transition the current mobile C-sUAS solution to field level sustainment. Tech Refresh: Funds technology refreshes of C-sUAS capabilities supporting deployed systems, to keep pace with evolving threats in response to existing Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) CC-0558. C-sUAS CDD Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I): Funds prototyping, development, and integration of emerging technologies, and testing performance improvements against future threats for C-sUAS programs. C-sUAS Emergent Requirements: Funds development, testing, integration, and continuous improvement to accelerate emerging C-sUAS capabilities, such as the Next Generation C-sUAS Missile (NGCM), Next Generation Electronic Warfare (EW), C-sUAS non-kinetic interceptor, and Unit Common and Soldier Common solutions.

Mission Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Agile Development

Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) is a part of the Department of Defense Capability Based (Agile) Funding pilot, which provides enhanced capabilities by fostering innovation and accelerated deployment of promising technology. This funding line supports the Army Transformation Initiative and Homeland Defense and is an Air and Missile Defense Army modernization priority. The FY 2026 capabilities-based funding request will enable innovative cross-domain solutions to sense, decide, and act against Groups 1-3 UAS threats, while supporting joint operational requirements. These combined arms solutions will support the full kill-chain and result in solutions addressing fixed/semi-fixed, mounted/mobile platform, dismounted, and handheld missions. Development efforts are aligned with the C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) and Annexes, which codify the threshold and objective capability requirements for C-sUAS development. The C-sUAS FY 2026 request also includes additional funding for development, testing, integration, and continuous improvement of C-UAS emergent requirements, such as the Next Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM), Next Generation Electronic Warfare (EW), C-UAS non-kinetic interceptor, and Unit Common and Soldier Common solutions.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)

C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I)

The C-sUAS P3I program incorporates incremental improvements to address future C-sUAS capabilities, creating enduring next generation C-sUAS solutions. Funding supports prototyping, pursues development and integration of emerging technologies, and tests performance of system improvements against future threats.

Tech Refresh for Army JUON Efforts

Funds technology refreshes and continues technological development of C-sUAS capabilities supporting deployed systems.

Fixed/Mobile System Capabilities

Funds rapid component prototyping, facilitates operational assessments, pursues development and integration of mature hardware, addresses obsolescence, and tests performance improvements of existing systems against current and near-term threats.

C-sUAS Emergent Requirements

Funds development, testing, integration, and continuous improvement of emerging C-sUAS capabilities.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$143.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, ArmyAFY26 Total$143.6M

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

ProjectFY26 BaseFY26 Request
A33: Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)$143.6M$143.6M
Program Element$143.6M$143.6M

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? →