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Fiscal Receipts

CAD/PAD, All Types

AProcurementPartial Reconciliation2420E61000
What it is
CAD/PAD, All Types — a procurement program run by Army.
What changed
No FY25→26 comparison — trajectory data incomplete for this line.
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$6.56M
FY25 Total
FY26 Request
$12.5M
FY25→26 Change

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: $6.56MFY26: $12.5MFY24FY26
FY24
$6.56M
FY26
$12.5M
Decade view — each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
FY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2023 actuals — PB2025 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY22FY26

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

SeriesFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$4.60M$7.64M$6.56M
Enacted$7.64M$6.56M$6.57M
Request$6.56M$6.57M$12.5M

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

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 CAD/PAD, All Types

This budget line is for safety critical Cartridge Actuated Devices (CAD) and Propellant Actuated Devices (PAD), which are used on rotary winged Army aircraft. CAD/PADs support aircraft escape, fire suppression, and jettison systems. Items are subject to shelf and service life restrictions and, therefore, require replacement at specified intervals. CAD/PAD devices are procured in accordance with their shelf/service life and are made up of, but not limited to: MS81-87 Shielded Det Cord; MS94-97 Canopy Egress Assembly; MS91-92 Flexible Det Cord; MT06/DWEA Initiator Cartridge; SP02/03 Det Cord Assembly; WB53/MT20/TY60 Fire Bottle Cartridge; MD66/JM92 Stores Release Cartridge; MJ20 Thruster Assembly and Cartridge; MJ20 Inert Thruster without Cartridge; MJ21 Impulse Cartridge; MU02 Hoist Cutter Cartridge; MU34 Hoist Refire Kit; M514 Hoist Cutter Cartridge; DWGS Cable Cutter Assembly; JM96 Chinook Impulse Cartridge; MD65 Initiator Cartridge - Air Volcano stores release. CAD/PAD Procurements are awarded by the Navy Contracting Center in Mechanicsburg, PA and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Indian Head.

Justification

Justification CAD/PAD, All Types

The FY 2026 Budget supports critical Army Title 10 war reserve/operational, training, and test requirements in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 3000.04 (Munitions Requirements Process) and Army Regulation 5-13 (Total Army Munitions Requirements Process and Prioritization System). War reserve requirements support Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) approved Combatant Commander Operational Plans, Homeland Defense, and other OSD-directed missions. Training requirements support individual and collective training of Active and Reserve Component forces at Army schools, home station, and the combined training centers. Test requirements support the development, fielding, safety, and quality assurance of Army munitions and equipment throughout their life cycle. In accordance with Section 1815 of the FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 110-181), these items are necessary for use by the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces for homeland defense missions, domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil authorities. FY 2026 Total Base procurement dollars of $12.543 million will be used for procurement of various CAD/PADs that need replacement due to limited shelf life and/or install life. The FY 2026 program is required to assure availability of replacement items when needed or for mandatory "time-change" procedures for already installed devices to avoid grounding aircraft or rendering aircraft partially mission capable. This funding is required to support fleet requirements that take into account the aircraft inventory, maintenance cycle, shelf/install life, procurement lead-times, and expenditures. Due the variability of these factors, actual CAD/PAD end items and the quantities procured may vary. FY 2025 to FY 2026 funding increase is due to increase in cost for linear CADs used on the AH-64 Apache, which require 100% Neutron Radiography (N-Ray) inspection. General Electric (GE) Hitachi which was the source of 70% of N-Ray capacity closed their facility. The source for 30% of the N-Ray capacity is limited and cannot go beyond their current rate. The cost of the only remaining source, which acquired the closed GE Hitachi facility, far exceeds the original GE Hitachi cost. Unavoidable use of this supplier due to capacity constraints has increased the units' costs of all linear CADs in the DoD. The CAD/PAD commercial industrial base has a limited amount of capable producers. There are Tri-Service efforts to develop additional sources to increase competition and expand production capacity for these items. These efforts will alleviate cost and schedule risk to the program.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit P-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$6.56M
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$6.57M
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$12.5M
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY26 Total$12.5M

Exhibit P-1R

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$1.25M
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$1.25M
Procurement of Ammunition, ArmyAFY 2026 request$2.38M

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

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$177.3M$6.56M$6.57M$12.5M$12.5M

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? →