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Next-Gen OPIR -- Polar
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Budget figures
$723.7M one-time reconciliation. Discretionary change vs FY2025 enacted: -100.0%.
Two official figures, one label— reconciled below
Fiscal Receipts uses P-1/R-1 workbook total obligation authority (TOA) as the headline figure sitewide. The workbook TOA includes budget rows that the R-2/P-40 J-book program line excludes — advance procurement in an ordinary year, and in FY2026 the one-time reconciliation appropriation as well. Each row below names the one it is. How the two bases relate →
FY26 Request · $723.7M TOA − $0 J-book line (a zero-dollar XML line) = 723.7M (723.7 − 0.0 = 723.7) — $723.7M of one-time FY2026 reconciliation money accounts for this gap — not advance procurement
Figures in the sentence are rounded for reading; the parenthesised arithmetic is the same subtraction in USD millions, at the precision where it closes.
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 | $866.8M |
| FY25 | $769.5M |
| FY26 | $723.7M |
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 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $471.4M | $849.2M | $866.8M | ||
| Enacted | – | $471.4M | $849.2M | $1.01B | $769.5M | |
| Request | – | – | $0 | $1.01B | $828.9M | $723.7M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $0 for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $849.2M as actual total obligation authority — $849.2M above the request. 849.2 − 0.0 = 849.2 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
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, Block 0 Polar
Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Space, Block 0 Polar (Project 657121): The primary mission is to provide initial missile warning of a ballistic missile attack on the US, its deployed forces, and its allies. Next-Gen OPIR Space enhances detection and improves reporting of intercontinental ballistic missile launches, submarine launched ballistic missile launches, and tactical ballistic missile launches. Development consists of the Next-Gen OPIR Polar (NGP) missile warning satellites with 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 NGP capability through three contract phases. Phase 0, awarded in June 2018, encompassed system requirements analysis and risk reduction efforts, which led to a March 2020 System Requirements Review (SRR). Phase 1, awarded in May 2020, encompasses engineering design, unit hardware procurement, component and subsystem qualification and design, critical path flight hardware procurement, and risk reduction efforts, and culminated in a System Critical Design Review (CDR) in August 2024. Phase 2 was awarded in October 2024, encompassing manufacture, assembly, integration, test and launch of two satellites. The NGP 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 Polar system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. The FY 2026 request for Next-Gen OPIR Polar (NGP) includes $0 of discretionary and $723,700 thousands of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $723,700 thousand. The mandatory funds fully fund NGP. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20003 (Missile Defense) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. 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 Space, Block 0 Polar
Development of the NGP missile warning satellites using a proven bus with modifications, auxiliary payloads for improved resiliency, and new hardened sensors. The Polar space segment will consist of two NGP satellites in a resilient architecture, providing real time persistent infrared coverage of the northern hemisphere.
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 | FY24 Actuals | $866.8M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $769.5M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Total | $769.5M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Reconciliation | $723.7M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $723.7M |
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 | $1.32B | $866.8M | $769.5M | $0 | $0 |
| 657121: Next-Gen OPIR Space, Block 0 Polar | $1.32B | $866.8M | $769.5M | $0 | $0 |
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 312 of 1,938 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why coverage is partial? →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
| District | Program obligations |
|---|---|
| CA-36 | $3.47B |
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? →
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | FA881018C0006 | high |
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
GAO oversight of this program
GAO assessed Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Space Polar (Next Gen OPIR Polar) in its June 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as a Space Force MDAP program.
“The Space Force's Next Gen OPIR Polar is a missile warning program intended to detect intercontinental- and submarine-launched missiles as well as tactical ballistic missile launches. Two polar-orbiting satellites will consist of new payloads on a highly resilient space vehicle. Initiated as part of an MTA rapid prototyping effort in 2018, the program transitioned to the major capability acquisition pathway in 2023. We assess two related efforts separately in this report: Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellites (Next Gen OPIR GEO), and Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE).”
GAO-25-107569, p. 173 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2025 report
Earlier editions of the same assessment: June 2024
GAO assessed Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Space Polar (Next Gen OPIR Polar) in its June 2024 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment, as a Space Force MDAP program.
“The Space Force's Next Gen OPIR Polar is a missile warning program intended to detect intercontinental- and submarine-launched missiles, and tactical ballistic missile launches. Two polar-orbiting satellites will consist of new payloads on a highly resilient space vehicle. Initiated as part of an MTA rapid prototyping effort in 2018, the program transitioned to the major capability acquisition pathway in 2023. Two related efforts are assessed separately in this report: Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellites (Next Gen OPIR GEO), and Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE).”
GAO-24-106831, p. 175 — the assessment page in GAO’s 2024 report
GAO assessed the program, not this budget line. Next-Gen OPIR -- Polar is one of the lines that funds it, and GAO’s work above says nothing about this line’s own figures. Which line each GAO item attaches to is a hand-ratified crosswalk — how it was checked.
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 Next-Gen OPIR -- Polar. GAO's program-level work on this line is above. 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 · J812
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J782
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 · J773
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 · J793
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.
FY2026 Space Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 487