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Ashore ATC Equipment
Budget Figures
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? →
- FY24
- $88.1M
- FY26
- $97.3M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $82.5M | $89.4M | $88.1M | ||
| Enacted | – | $89.4M | $89.2M | $90.6M | |
| Request | – | – | $89.2M | $90.6M | $97.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $89.2M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reports $88.1M actually spent — $1.12M below 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
Description — Ashore ATC Equipment
MATCALS Marine Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (MATCALS) provides for continuous, all-weather, radar/non-radar approach, departure, en-route, and tower air traffic control services to an aircraft. Marine Air Traffic Control (ATC) provides initial, transition and sustained air traffic support for the Joint and Marine Air Ground Task Force air operations in any environment. MATCALS satisfies the operational requirements set forth by Specific Operational Requirements 34-22 of 12 Jul 1973; and Air Traffic Navigation Integration and Coordination System ORD 05-002 of 03 Dec 1992. MATCALS, with other Marine Air Command and Control Systems (MACCS) and federal agencies, provides the ability to project air combat power without regard to weather. ATC automation reduces air traffic controllers' traffic handling and management time, allowing more time for mission response and task accomplishment. It supports a required increase in aircraft sortie rates and contributes to extended time on target. The system provides for integration of ATC into the total MACCS. To provide this capability, MATCALS consists of 4 primary subsystems: (1) Air Traffic Navigation integration and Coordination system (ATNAVICS) AN/TPN-31(V); (2) Expeditionary Control Tower AN/TSQ-120D; (3) the Man-Portable TACAN AN/TRN-47(V)1 & 3; (4) Transportable TACAN AN/TRN-47(V)2 & 4; and various ancillary equipment. This program works with the Marine ATC Working Group identifying the requirements to implement the Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) and evolutionary product improvements as required for the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system, Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S), ATNAVICS, Expeditionary ATC Towers, and Navigational Aids that support Marine Air Traffic Control Companies. G/ATOR is a multi-role, ground-based, expeditionary radar that replaces five legacy radar systems for the Marine Air Ground Task Force. It satisfies the Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS) and the Ground Counter Fire / Counter Battery capabilities. Integration of ATNAVICS with the CAC2S provides a coordinated and integrated set of equipment to provide enhanced Command and Control (AC2) capability for the Tactical Air Command Center, Tactical Air Operations Center, and Direct Air Support Center to support aviation employment in Joint, combined, and coalition operations. Increased MATCALS component obsolescence of aging systems is resulting in additional Maintainability, Reliability, Improvement (MRI) costs to support the changing operational environment of the MACCS as defined by USMC Force Design 2030 dated March 2020. Evolution of MATCALS to align with the overall USN/USMC North Star Precision Approach Landing Capability (PALC) to provide landing capability in both contested and non-contested environments via non-radar and radar based systems. NASMOD The Joint DoD/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Airspace System (NAS) Modernization (MOD) program upgrades the DoD ATC systems at approach control facilities in concert with the FAA's upgrade of the National ATC System. These funds will procure ATC systems for the Navy/Marine ATC facilities. The Air Force is the DoD lead activity for the Joint Acquisition Program. The Joint Program Office is located at Hanscom AFB, MA. FLEET ATC SYSTEMS NAVAIR provides shore based ATC terminal facilities with equipment that is required in joint efforts to efficiently and safely monitor and direct military and commercial air traffic in national and international air space. Many of these systems are required to interface through automated means with the FAA. Additionally, NAVAIR has material support responsibility for Special Instrumentation Systems, and Ancillary Equipment used at Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Shore activities in the continental United States and overseas. Engineering Change Proposal (ECP)/Operational Capability Improvement Request (OCIR) modernization (MR069) - The ECP/OCIR program provides for the procurement and/or modification of critically needed communications, radar, displays, data processors, and other electronic systems/equipment at Navy/Marine Corps ATC facilities worldwide. ECP/OCIR procurements replace and modernize costly-to-maintain systems and equipment in order to increase ATC efficiency and safety, and reduce total ownership costs. UHF/VHF Antenna Upgrade (MR404) - This program procures and installs antenna, antenna towers, and antenna cables. Communications Systems Upgrade Program (MR408) - This program procures and installs advanced commercial state-of-the-art ATC voice switching equipment and was completed in FY 2019. Future upgrades and replacement systems will be performed under the NASMOD NAS Voice System budget line. UHF/VHF Transceiver Replacement Program (MR440) - This program modernizes aging Navy and Marine Corps UHF/VHF Transceivers that are the central core of all ATC emergency and Fleet Area Control & Surveillance Facility (FACSFAC) communications and was completed in FY 2019. Future upgrades and replacement systems will be performed under the NASMOD NAS Voice System budget line. Emergency Communication System (ECS) Upgrade Program (MR445) - This program modernizes obsolete and unsupportable ECS equipment. Voice Switches, Recorders, Reproducers, Uninterruptable Power Supplies, and Built-In Test Equipment will be replaced with modern, supportable components and procurements were completed in FY 2020 and installations completed in FY 2022. Future upgrades and replacement systems will be performed under the NASMOD NAS Voice System budget line. Air Field Lighting Control System (AFLCS) (MR510) - This program modernizes obsolete and unsupportable AFLCS equipment which will be replaced with modern, supportable components. Funding for this effort was realigned to the Terminal Automation System (TAS) CB070 beginning in FY 2018. The TAS provides the functionality and meets the requirements of the airfield lighting control as prescribed in the NASMOD ORD III Airfield Automation Annex A dated 16MAR05. The AFLCS circuitry will be incorporated into the Visual Information Display System (VIDS) as part of the VIDS Tech Refresh Program under the NASMOD budget line. Operational Communication System (OCS)/Emergency Communication System (ECS) Air Traffic Control (ATC) Recorder replacement program (MR520) - Through participation in the FAA ATC recorder replacement program will replace aging and obsolete ATC OCS and ECS ATC recorders with state of the art ATC recording/reproducing technology. Fiber Optic Communications Intersite System (FOCIS) Upgrade Program (MR530) - FOCIS is required for Precision Approach Radar (PAR) operations and for ATC voice communications at Naval and Marine Corps ATC facilities. This program modernizes obsolete and unsupportable FOCIS equipment with modern supportable components. LANDING SYSTEMS Landing Systems budget provides funding to modernize and ensure the reliability of Precision Approach Radars (PAR), Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) systems, Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), and other air navigation aids used by the Navy and Marine Corps. The PAR Commercial-off-the-shelf (AN/FPN-68A) - Upgrade replaces obsolete PAR systems (AN/FPN-63), continuing fleet shore-based Precision Approach capability. PAR (AN/FPN-63) safety-related ECPs are required to sustain the existing systems until replacement with the AN/FPN-68A. Installation costs will be site specific due to state and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that will be adhered to for each install. Those ECPs include, but are not limited to, the Maintenance Walkway, the Modulator Board Upgrade, the Antenna Upgrade, the Configuration Upgrade, the Turntable Upgrade, the Fiber Optic Inter-site System (FOIS), and the Angle Voltage Generator (AVG) Upgrade. TACAN Ship/Shore Upgrade ECPs update old technology and extend the service life of the TACAN. The TACAN sustainment consists of the Antenna Upgrade ECP for the OE-273 antenna which will make the antenna OE-4691(V)1 and the Beacon/RSCU Upgrade ECP of the AN/URN-25 which will make the upgraded Beacon an AN/URN-32 and the Shore Antenna Replacement for the OE-258A, nomenclature TBD. Multiple Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) will address obsolescence with the system. Instrument Landing Systems AN/GRN-33(V) will provide the Navy and Marine Corps with a self-contained Precision Landing capability at selected Air Stations, to meet fleet requirements for safe aircraft recovery of aircraft equipped with ILS capability.
Justification
Justification — Ashore ATC Equipment
The FY 2026 request was reduced by $3.821 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative." The FY 2026 Budget Request includes funding for the following ($97.262M): MATCALS ($13.506M) FY 2026 provides funding to procure Maintainability/Reliability Improvements (MRI) for deployable Air Traffic Equipment, which supports safe and orderly Marine, Joint, and Coalition aviation control in permissive areas and non-permissive combat zones into and out of expeditionary airfields, forward operating bases, and forward arming / refueling points. FY 2026 funding will procure 3 ATNAVICS Tech Refreshes, 10 Expeditionary AN/TRN-47(V)4 TACAN kits and various MRI efforts. NASMOD ($55.718M) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began the Next Generation Air Transportation System initiative in FY 2008. A major component of this capability is Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast, which will provide aircraft position information to augment ground-based radar. Existing DoD Air Traffic Control (ATC) facilities interface with FAA's facilities, therefore the military must maintain interoperability and retain vital special-use airspace for combat readiness training. The DoD Advanced Automation System (DAAS) must be upgraded to meet this requirement. FY 2026 provides funding to procure 33 NAS Voice Switch Tech Refreshes, 7 DAAS Tech Refresh II Upgrades, 2 DASR Tech Refresh III Upgrades, 12 TAS Tech Refresh III Upgrades, 8 DASR Tech Refresh IV Upgrades, and various Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and associated Support. FLEET ATC SYSTEMS ($11.486M) The basis for the FY 2026 budget request is to continue modernizing aging Navy and Marine Corps ATC facilities and equipment in order to safely monitor and direct military and commercial air traffic in national and international air space. This equipment must continue to interface through automated means with the FAA. FY 2026 provides funding to procure 2 UHF/VHF Antenna Upgrades, 12 OCS/ECS ATC Recorder upgrades, 5 FOCIS Upgrades, various ECPs/OCIRs and associated support. LANDING SYSTEMS ($16.552M) FY 2026 provides funding to procure: 12 TACAN Antenna Upgrades, and 12 Shore antennas, 12 TACAN Beacon Upgrades/ Series 2 upgrades and various Landing System Tech Refreshes.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY24 Actuals | $88.1M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $90.6M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $97.3M |
| Other Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $97.3M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $571.0M | $88.1M | $90.6M | $97.3M | $97.3M |
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Awards
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Lobbying Mentions
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