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Fiscal Receipts

ACQ Workforce - Space & Missile Systems

FRDT&EPartial Reconciliation1206392SF
What it is
ACQ Workforce - Space & Missile Systems — a research & development program run by Air Force.
What changed
+$5.87M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$253.8M
FY25 Total
$263.3M
FY26 Request
$269.2M
FY25→26 Change
$5.87M

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
FY24: $253.8MFY25: $263.3MFY26: $269.2MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$253.8M
FY25
$263.3M
FY26
$269.2M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2019 actuals — PB2021 editionFY2020 actuals — PB2022 editionFY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2020 enacted — PB2021 editionFY2021 enacted — PB2022 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2021 request — PB2021 editionFY2022 request — PB2022 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY19FY26

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

SeriesFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$0$0$193.6M$214.1M$253.7M$253.8M
Enacted$0$183.9M$214.1M$253.7M$259.0M$263.3M
Request$183.9M$214.1M$253.7M$259.0M$274.4M$269.2M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2021 book requested $183.9M for FY2021; the PB2023 book reports $193.6M actually spent — $9.70M above 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 SMC Civilian Pay

Space Systems Command (SSC) equips US and allied forces with operational space and missile systems, launch systems, and command and control infrastructure in support of global military and national security operations. SSC operates with over 6,300 people and an annual budget exceeding 6.4B providing joint warfighters navigation, communication, weather, warning, force application, and space control capabilities. SSC is authorized to employ approximately 1,611 civilian acquisition professionals providing the management, tools, and technical capabilities needed to oversee acquisition programs to include materiel solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support. This funding does not include costs for base operating support civilian personnel supporting the SBD3 at Los Angeles AFB. Funding SSC civilian payroll from the RDT&E appropriation provides program managers the flexibility to hire additional civilian personnel with program dollars versus additional contractors in concert with initiatives in response to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act. This program element supports both civilian pay and non-pay support requirements. The FY 2026 projection is 269.162M. The projection is sufficient based on End-Strength, premium pay, performance, awards, and projected hires.

Mission ACQ Workforce - Space & Missile Systems

Space Systems Command (SSC) equips US and allied forces with operational space and missile systems, launch systems, and command and control infrastructure in support of global military and national security operations. SSC operates with over 6,300 people and an annual budget exceeding 6.4B providing joint warfighters navigation, communication, weather, warning, force application, and space control capabilities. SSC is authorized to employ approximately 1,611 civilian acquisition professionals providing the management, tools, and technical capabilities needed to oversee acquisition programs to include materiel solution analysis, technology development, engineering and manufacturing development, production and deployment, and operations and support. This funding does not include costs for base operating support civilian personnel supporting the Space Based Delta 3 (SBD3) at Los Angeles Air Force Base (AFB). Funding SSC civilian payroll from the RDT&E appropriation provides program managers the flexibility to hire additional civilian personnel with program dollars versus additional contractors in concert with initiatives in response to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). This program element supports both civilian pay and non-pay support requirements. The FY 2026 request was reduced by 35.694M for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative.” This program element includes a transfer of 12.310M and 65 full-time equivalents to SSC to support USSF acquisition workforce realignment objectives. In FY 2026 269.162M is forecasted to expend for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

SSC Acquisition Workforce

Provide professional government civilian acquisition workforce in support of all Space Systems Command programs. Implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, prototyping, etc.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY24 Actuals$253.8M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY25 Enacted$263.3M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY25 Total$263.3M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY26 Disc. Request$269.2M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY26 Total$269.2M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$0$253.8M$263.3M$269.2M$269.2M
664280: SMC Civilian Pay$0$253.8M$263.3M$269.2M$269.2M

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? →