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ESSM
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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 | $296.8M |
| FY25 | $622.6M |
| FY26 | $503.4M |
All series figures: P-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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $239.3M | $276.3M | $296.8M | ||
| Enacted | – | $276.3M | $290.1M | $622.6M | |
| Request | – | – | $290.1M | $652.4M | $503.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $290.1M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $296.8M as actual total obligation authority — $6.70M above the request. 296.8 − 290.1 = 6.7 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
Description — Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
The Evolved SEASPARROW Missile (ESSM) Program is an international cooperative effort among twelve NATO SEASPARROW nations (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the U.S.) established to design, develop, test, produce and provide in-service support to a new and improved version of the SPARROW missile (RIM-7P) with the kinematic performance to defeat current and projected threats that possess low altitude, high velocity, and maneuvering characteristics beyond the engagement capabilities of the RIM-7P. ESSM consists of Blk 1 and Blk 2 missiles. ESSM Blk 2 provides crucial defense battlespace and fire power against the fast, low altitude, highly maneuverable Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) threat. ESSM Blk 2 upgrade replaces the largely obsolete guidance section with a dual mode Active/Semi-Active X-Band seeker capable of defeating future threat capabilities within the existing envelope, including: smaller signatures, increased raid sizes, and adverse environments including countermeasures. Threat types include advanced ASCMs, Low Velocity Air Targets, surface, and asymmetrical. Developmental and Operational Testing were conducted throughout 2020 and into 2021 from AEGIS destroyers and the Self Defense Test Ship. Production deliveries began in 2021 with Full Rate Production (FRP) decision in FY 2026 for Fleet delivery round. FRP decision schedule is being driven by availability of ships to conduct Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) Phase 2 testing of missiles in an Optimized integration. IOC was successfully completed in December 2021. Full Operational Capability with Optimized implementation for AEGIS to make full use of capability resident in the missile, and a Functional implementation for SSDS platforms is scheduled for 2025, with IOT&E Phase 2 testing events expected to begin in that year. Production Support (Producibility/Procurement, Security Infrastructure, Hardware Maintenance, and Configuration Management) for ESSM Blk 2 reflects the U.S. Share under the cooperative Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Consortium Partners. The US is responsible for approximately 45% of the missile production support under this approved MOU. While there is not a one-to-one relationship between yearly missile quantities and the amount of production support necessary for Blk2, an increase in missile quantity will drive some increase in production support. [P5 / ESSM BLOCK 2]: FY25 QTY updated from 350 to 374 based on lower unit cost negotiated values which resulted in QTY 391. QTY 19 reduction was taken due to congressional action resulting in QTY 372. QTY +2 supplemental rounds were added resulting in 374. FY 2024 includes supplemental funding from Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (Division A of Public Law 118-50). DON has received $6.7 million for the procurement of QTY 4 ESSMs for the replacement of Navy stock. This results in an increase in FY 2024 quantities from 164 to 168. In FY 2025, DON has received $2.207 million for the procurement of QTY2 ESSMs for the replacement of Navy stock.
Justification
Justification — Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
Decrease in overall FY 2026 funding from FY 2025 is due to a decrease in the procurement of ESSM Blk2 AURs in FY 2026 for US QTYs. Decrease in the quantity of missiles (from 374 in FY 2025 to 305 in FY 2026) does not necessarily mean a decrease in the total amount of overall missiles due to the Consortium quantities. Current procurement intent for the entire Consortium is at max capacity in FY 2026. FY 2026 AUR unit costs are based on negotiated FY24-FY26 contract and mod(s). The Department continues to prioritize ESSM AUR procurement in FY 2026 to meet critical munitions demand. Increase in FY 2026 Missile Obsolescence funding ($0.330 million) will be going towards continuing work for designing out obsolete parts associated with the following: 1.) Side-Looking-Subsystem (SLS) Signal Processor (SP) Circuit Card Assembly (CCA); 2.) Form-Fit-Function (F3R) re-spins of the Dual Band Transceiver (DBT) Frequency Reference Unit (FRU); and 3.) F3R re-spins of the FRU Oscillator, Frequency Generator, and Radio Frequency (RF). FY 2026 efforts include adding re-spins of the control section electronic control unit (ECU). This critical component will be obsolete because as of now there is no commercially available replacement. FY 2026 funding decrease ($15.289 million overall decrease) in MK 25 MOD 1 Canisters is due to a decrease in the procurement quantity from 94 in FY 2025 to 71 in FY 2026 to accommodate missile procurement and specific ship destination. Unit prices in FY 2026 and out are estimates based upon the current contract. Negotiated unit costs will be updated upon contract award. FY 2026 funding decrease ($0.049 million decrease) in MK852 Mod 0 Shipping containers is due to a change in unit cost estimates. MK852 Mod 0 Shipping containers go to Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) to be loaded. Decrease in production support from FY 2025 to FY 2026 ($10.943 million) reflects the decrease in ESSM QTY buys from FY25 to FY26. Production Support reflects the US share of the ESSM Blk 2 Production Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) estimate for FY 2026. The estimated amounts (phasing for the Production MOU) are based on the updated life-cycle cost estimate completed during MS C (March 2019). FY 2026 Production Support details are below: 1.) Producibility/Procurement Support ($5.021 million): Government technical oversight on production and redesign engineering, reviews, and approval of technical changes to the technical data packages and production drawings, and calibration/certification to test equipment used to support production. Support to keep the missile producible throughout the life of production and support to maintain producibility of the production line. Provide ordnance to the fleet to support the ordnance assessment (OA) program and evaluate the effects of aging energetics to continue safe use of the components through management of their service life. 2.) Security and Infrastructure Support ($4.408 million): Costs required for the shared (across multiple DOD missiles) production facility in Tucson, AZ. 3.) Configuration Management ($0.590 million): Support for the system performance per the Navy weapon specifications. 4.) Hardware/Maintenance Support ($.924 million): Support for equipment in the production line. FY 2026 support decreases from FY 2025 in accordance with production capacity.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $296.8M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $622.6M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $503.4M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $503.4M |
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 | $2.31B | $296.8M | $622.6M | $503.4M | $503.4M |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N0002416C5408 | high |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N0002419C5410 | high |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N0002419C5418 | high |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N0002421C5408 | high |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N0002424C5408 | high |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | N6339418F0047 | high |
Contractor concentration
High-confidence award links only, pooled across ingested years. The index uses positive obligations; program obligations are net of deobligations. The figures over every published link, including medium-confidence ones, are in the downloadable warehouse, not on this page — why.
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 ESSM. 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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O426
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O427
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O434
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.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.