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Unmanned ISR
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 | $6.73M |
| FY25 | $31.6M |
| FY26 | $2.28M |
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 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $19.1M | $33.6M | $45.0M | $42.5M | $17.2M | $34.0M | $3.35M | $6.73M | ||
| Enacted | $0 | $22.1M | $34.8M | $45.0M | $42.4M | $17.2M | $18.0M | $3.35M | $6.73M | $31.6M | ||
| Request | $22.1M | $34.8M | $39.0M | $42.4M | $24.2M | $18.0M | $3.35M | $6.73M | $31.6M | $2.28M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $18.0M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reported $34.0M as actual total obligation authority — $16.0M above the request. 34.0 − 18.0 = 16.0 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
Predecessors (funding flowed in)
- merged from · per FY2017 J-book
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“Beginning in FY 2017, this Program Element has been consolidated into SOCOM Program Element 1160434BB, Unmanned ISR.”
- merged from · per FY2018 J-book
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“Beginning in FY2017, this Program Element has been consolidated into SOCOM Program Element 1160434BB, Unmanned ISR.”
1160434BB — Unmanned ISRSuccessors (funding flowed out)
- realigned to · per FY2024 J-book
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“Beginning in FY 2023 and beyond, SAFC funding has been consolidated into Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne ISR Capability Set (EOTACS) / Small Unmanned Systems (SUMS) under PE 1160405BB, Project S400, Special Operations Intelligence Systems.”
Family Funding Line
Funding chain: 0304210BB — Special Applications for Contingencies
- FY2017$0
- FY2018$0
This family branches — the funding line above is shown for the 1:1 chain only. Branch arms (splits or merges) are not summed into this series.
Description
Mission — Unmanned ISR
This Program Element (PE) is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). Unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) rapidly develops and deploys special capabilities to perform ISR for deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) using non-traditional means. The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has been designated as the Department of Defense lead for planning, synchronizing, and as directed, executing global operations against terrorist networks and targets. The USSOCOM requires the capability to find, fix, and finish time-sensitive high-value fixed and fleeting targets at the unit and team level without placing personnel and units in harm’s way. These targets can often only be identified with patient collection of information and require rapid, decisive action during the short periods in which they present themselves. This PE addresses the primary areas of ISR and targeting capabilities for SOF. The total cost of the MQ-1C Major Capability Acquisition (MCA) effort is $54.273 million, including RDT&E and procurement of prototype units. The MQ-1C is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). The total cost of the Long Endurance Aircraft (LEA) MCA effort is $52.072 million, including RDT&E and procurement of prototype units. The LEA is fully funded across the FYDP.
Mission — Unmanned ISR
This project is part of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). Unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) rapidly develops and deploys special capabilities to perform ISR for deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) using non-traditional means. Group 1, 2, 3 and 4, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) developmental efforts are to identify, develop, integrate, and test Special Operations-peculiar (SO-p) mission kits, mission payloads, air vehicle enhancements, and modifications to ground control stations. Based on stakeholder input and requirements, United States Special Operations Command develops and integrates UAS payloads to advance ISR capabilities that address dynamic and emergent operational needs of the SOF user. Efforts include improving imagery intelligence and electronic warfare payloads, capitalizing on developing technologies to reduce size, weight and power while addressing processing and data management challenges. This program also provides a mechanism for SOF user combat evaluation of emerging sensor technologies.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
Group 4 UAS: MQ-1C, Program Number 781
Group 4 UAS are large systems that weigh greater than 1,320 pounds and fly higher than 18,000 feet (flight level 180). Provides for development efforts to identify, integrate, and test SO-p mission kits to include improved communications/networking, sensors, payloads, pod, and weapons integration. Complete sensor pod testing and battle management system integration and test.
Group 4 UAS: Long Endurance Aircraft (LEA), Program Number 4GD
The LEA provides SOF with relatively low-cost uncrewed aircraft family of systems to meet ISR requirements in austere and permissive environments for use in Irregular Warfare operations.
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, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY24 Actuals | $6.73M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY25 Enacted | $31.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY25 Total | $31.6M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY26 Disc. Request | $2.28M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | SOCOM | FY26 Total | $2.28M |
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 | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $196.8M | $6.73M | $31.6M | $2.28M | $2.28M |
| S855: Unmanned ISR | $196.8M | $6.73M | $31.6M | $2.28M | $2.28M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
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? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP | H9240824F0015 | medium |
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 Unmanned ISR. 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 · J1117
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J905
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J1018
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J1044
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J1043
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J1108
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J1083
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 · J1061
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 · J1055
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 · J1091
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 SOCOM PB 2026 · comptroller.war.gov
PDF page 277
RDTE MasterJustificationBook United States Special Operations Command PB 2017 · comptroller.war.gov
U RDTE MasterJustificationBook Defense-Wide PB 2018 20170524 · comptroller.war.gov
RDTE SOCOM PB 2024 · comptroller.war.gov