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Fiscal Receipts

Next-Gen OPIR -- GEO

FRDT&EPartial Reconciliation1206443SF
What it is
Next-Gen OPIR -- GEO — a research & development program run by Air Force.
What changed
-$26.7M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$691.1M
FY25 Total
$458.7M
FY26 Request
$432.1M
FY25→26 Change
-$26.7M

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: $691.1MFY25: $458.7MFY26: $432.1MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$691.1M
FY25
$458.7M
FY26
$432.1M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2021 actuals — PB2023 editionFY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2022 enacted — PB2023 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2023 request — PB2023 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY21FY26

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

SeriesFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$0$1.20B$1.69B$691.1M
Enacted$1.20B$1.69B$719.7M$458.7M
Request$0$719.7M$510.8M$432.1M

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

Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $0 for FY2023; the PB2025 book reports $1.69B actually spent — $1.69B 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 Next-Gen OPIR Space GEO

Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) (Project 657120): The primary mission is to provide initial missile warning of a strategic missile attack on the US, deployed forces and allies. The Next-Gen OPIR GEO (NGG) missile warning satellites enhance detection and improve reporting of intercontinental ballistic missile launches, submarine ballistic missile launches, and tactical ballistic missile launches. Development consists of new payloads in a highly resilient bus, providing real-time persistent global infrared coverage to meet validated Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) requirements on current and future space domain demands. The Program Office is acquiring the NGG capability in two contract actions. Phase 1 awarded in August 2018 encompasses requirements analysis, design/development, critical path flight hardware procurement, and risk reduction efforts leading to a System Critical Design Review (CDR) in October 2021. Phase 2 was awarded in January 2021 for the manufacturing, assembly, system integration and test, launch, and early on-orbit test through operational acceptance of NGG satellites 1-3. The Department has assessed the third Space Vehicle (SV) is not required as a result of continued positive performance of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) constellation and the anticipated full operational capability of the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), Program Element 1206447SF/ Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Program Element 1206446SF missile tracking constellation. As a result, the program has removed the third satellite development efforts. NGG is now a 2 SV baseline. The NGG program has been designated as a Major Capability Acquisition. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Next-Gen OPIR GEO system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

Next-Gen OPIR GEO

Development of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) missile warning satellites with a proven bus, new hardened sensors, and auxiliary payloads for increased resilience. The space segment for GEO missile warning satellites consists of a resilient architecture providing real time persistent global equatorial infrared coverage. The first GEO satellite is required in 2026.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY24 Actuals$691.1M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY25 Enacted$458.7M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY25 Total$458.7M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY26 Disc. Request$432.1M
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space ForceFFY26 Total$432.1M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$2.85B$691.1M$458.7M$432.1M$432.1M
657120: Next-Gen OPIR Space GEO$2.85B$691.1M$458.7M$432.1M$432.1M

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? →