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Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)
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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? →
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $0P-40 detail · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $256.0MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $1.06BR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
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 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Enacted | $256.0M | |
| Request | – | $1.06B |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Program Lineage
Predecessors (funding flowed in)
- realigned from · per FY2026 J-book
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“In FY 2026, Project Moving Target Indicator is transferred to Program Element 1203155SF to better align efforts with the USSF mission areas.”
1203155SF — Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)Family Funding Line
Funding chain: 1203154SF1203155SF — Long Range Kill Chains
- FY2024$243.0M
- FY2025$244.1M
- FY2026
1203154SF$7.70B1203155SF$1.06B
Description
Mission — Ground Moving Target Indicator
The space-based Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) project provides resources to acquire the next generation radar satellite system, providing resilient day-night, all weather detection, tracking, and imagery of ground and maritime targets. The GMTI project focuses on improving target detection, custody, and sensor-to-shooter timelines necessary for dynamic targeting and long-range strike within highly contested and non-permissive environments. The Space Force is working collaboratively with the military services, Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community to deliver and field the GMTI project. Additional details can be provided under separate cover. Note: this effort was previously completed under 1203154SF. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
GMTI
Design, development, production, integration, test, on-orbit initialization, and mission execution for GMTI space vehicles and vehicle-unique ground. Additional details can be provided under separate cover.
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, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $256.0M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Total | $256.0M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $1.06B |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $1.06B |
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.
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| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $0 | $256.0M | $1.06B | $1.06B |
| 671120: Ground Moving Target Indicator | $0 | $0 | $256.0M | $1.06B | $1.06B |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 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
7 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
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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 Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
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Research dossiers exist for 50 of 1,741 programs — the 50 largest fully J-book-detailed programs by FY2026 request. why no dossier here? →
What it is
- Ground Moving Target Indicator (program element 1203155SF) is a U.S. Space Force research-and-development program funded in the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force account.
- The space-based Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) project provides resources to acquire the next-generation radar satellite system, delivering resilient day-night, all-weather detection, tracking, and imagery of ground and maritime targets.
- The project focuses on improving target detection, custody, and sensor-to-shooter timelines needed for dynamic targeting and long-range strike within highly contested and non-permissive environments, with the Space Force working alongside the military services, Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community.
- The effort was previously carried under program element 1203154SF and sits in Budget Activity 7 (Operational System Development), the category used for development efforts that upgrade fielded systems or systems approved for full-rate production.
- The work spans design, development, production, integration, test, on-orbit initialization, and mission execution for GMTI space vehicles and their vehicle-unique ground systems, with additional detail available under separate cover.
- Essentially all of the FY 2026 money flows through a single named project, Ground Moving Target Indicator (project 671120), funded at about $1,063.4 million for the budget year.
Why it matters
- The program's total funding jumps from $256,000 thousand (about $256 million) in FY 2025 to $1,063,384 thousand (about $1.06 billion) requested for FY 2026.
- That is a year-over-year increase of $807,384 thousand (about $807 million) from FY 2025 to FY 2026.
- The entire FY 2026 request is discretionary: the R-1 exhibit shows a $1,063,384 thousand discretionary request and no reconciliation (mandatory) request.
- The GMTI project's own line grows from $256.0 million in the current year to $1,063.4 million in the budget year, mirroring the program total as the effort scales up.
- A Fiscal Receipts feed event flagged the program as increasing 315% from FY 2025 to FY 2026, one of the largest year-over-year swings in the Space Force portfolio.
Key players
- The program is run by the U.S. Space Force, with funding drawn from the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force appropriation.
- The Space Force is working collaboratively with the military services, Combatant Commands, and the Intelligence Community to deliver and field the GMTI capability, which was previously completed under program element 1203154SF.