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M777 Mods
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 | $19.9M |
| FY25 | $26.0M |
| FY26 | $2.43M |
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 | $16.6M | $3.37M | $19.9M | ||
| Enacted | – | $3.37M | $18.9M | $26.0M | |
| Request | – | – | $18.9M | $26.0M | $2.43M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $18.9M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $19.9M as actual total obligation authority — $958.0K above the request. 19.9 − 18.9 = 1.0 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 — M777 Mods
The Lightweight 155mm Howitzer (LW155), also known as the M777A2, is a Joint Service program between the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the United States Army. The M777A2 provides direct, reinforcing, and general support fires to maneuver forces and direct support artillery. The M777A2 was first introduced into the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 2005 and the Marines have fielded the howitzer to all active units. The Army has fielded the howitzer to its Stryker Brigade Combat teams (SBCT) and Infantry Brigade Combat teams (IBCT) including the National Guard. The M777A2 saw extensive action in Afghanistan and received high marks for its performance. The M777A2 fires unassisted projectiles to a range of 30 kilometers (km) and assisted projectiles to 40km. The addition of the digital fire control system enables the weapon to program and fire the improved Excalibur precision-guided munitions to ranges in excess of 40km with better than 10-meter Circular Error Probable (CEP) accuracy. The LW155 is the first ground combat system whose major structures are made of high strength titanium alloy and the system makes extensive use of hydraulics to operate the breech, load tray, recoil and wheel arms. The combination of titanium structures and the use of hydraulic systems resulted in a significant weight savings of 7,000 pounds over the legacy M198 howitzer system. Compared to the M198, the LW155 emplaces three-times faster and displaces four-times faster. It traverses 32-percent more terrain worldwide and is 70-percent more survivable than the M198. It is a successful joint service program between the USMC and U.S. Army working together to develop, produce, field, and sustain the howitzer. The howitzer will be going through modernization of electronic components in its digital fire control system to ensure continued interoperability and survivability on the battlefield. This budget line item provides funding for various system critical Digital Fire Control System (DFCS) hardware and software modifications including, but not limited to, modern Software Defined Radios, Mission Computers, Chief of Section Display, and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT).
Justification
Justification — M777 Mods
FY 2026 funding in the amount of $2.429 million continues the retrofit of previously procured hardware and software modifications and other modernization efforts to the Digital Fire Control System (DFCS). Modernization efforts to the Digital Fire Control System (DFCS) will enable continued system readiness. Net funding decrease of $23.569 million from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects the completion of procurement of upgraded Digital Fire Control System (DFCS) operating system hardware and software components and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) compliance initiative hardware. "In accordance with Section 1815 of the FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 110-181), this item is 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."
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $19.9M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $26.0M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $2.43M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Total | $2.43M |
Exhibit P-1R
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $6.90M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY 2026 request | $1.04M |
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.
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| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $192.2M | $19.9M | $26.0M | $2.43M | $2.43M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — none of this program's high-confidence awards records a positive obligation at any place of performance (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC | W15QKN20D0020 | 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
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 M777 Mods. 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 · O114
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 · O112
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 · O111
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1R) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1R · N38
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1R_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.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles · www.asafm.army.mil
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