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Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon

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What it is
Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon (3542MA8890) is an Army procurement line funded in the Other Procurement, Army account.
What changed
-$27.4M FY25→26 P-1 TOA · PB2026
Who gets it
No single contractor is published as this line's leader. 1 linked award record is listed below. 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. Why the crosswalk is partial.

Budget figures

FY24 Actuals
$82.2MP-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25 Enacted
$97.2MP-1 TOA · PB2026
FY26 Request
$69.9MP-1 TOA · PB2026
FY25→26 Change
-$27.4MP-1 TOA · PB2026
Data coverage

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

The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.
The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.FY24: $82.2MFY25: $97.2MFY26: $69.9MFY24FY25FY26
Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal yearAmount
FY24$82.2M
FY25$97.2M
FY26$69.9M

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

5 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span, and 1 year is a break in the line rather than a low value: an edition the program is absent from, never interpolated. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.
5 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span, and 1 year is a break in the line rather than a low value: an edition the program is absent from, never interpolated. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.FY2022 actuals — PB2024 editionFY2024 actuals — PB2026 editionFY2023 enacted — PB2024 editionFY2024 enacted — PB2025 editionFY2025 enacted — PB2026 editionFY2024 request — PB2024 editionFY2025 request — PB2025 editionFY2026 request — PB2026 editionFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26

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.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
SeriesFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Actuals$74.2M–$82.2M
Enacted–$0$82.2M$97.2M
Request––$82.2M$97.2M$69.9M

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 — Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon

The Tactical Bridge Float-Ribbon line supports the Army's Multi-Role Bridging Companies (MRBCs). One Tactical Float Ribbon Bridge System consists of Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) bays (30 Interior and 12 Ramps), 14 Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs), 14 Bridge Adapter Pallets (BAPs), and 56 Common Bridge Transporters (CBTs). These systems are required to transport, launch, erect, and retrieve up to 210 meters of floating bridge. The IRB has a Military Load Classification (MLC) 96 wheeled (normal) and 110 (caution)/MLC 70 tracked (normal) and 120 (caution) and is used to transport weapon systems, troops, and supplies over water when permanent bridges are not available. The M15 BAP is used to adapt the CBT for transport of the IRB and M30 BEB. This capability will support the Joint Force Commander's ability to employ and sustain forces throughout the global battlespace. The Propulsion, Bridge Erection Boat (BEB) Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) is 491. The Transporter, Common Bridge Transporter (CBT) Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) is 1903. IRB Interior Bays AAO: 1128 IRB Ramp Bays AAO: 454

Justification

Justification — Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon

FY 2026 Base procurement dollars of $69.863 million will be used to procure a quantity of 104 Common Bridge Transporters (CBT). M27200 has no funding request in FY 2026. 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

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Other Procurement, ArmyAFY24 Actuals$82.2M
Other Procurement, ArmyAFY25 Enacted$97.2M
Other Procurement, ArmyAFY26 Disc. Request$69.9M
Other Procurement, ArmyAFY26 Total$69.9M

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.

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$998.9M$82.2M$97.2M$69.9M$69.9M

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 program's money traced left to right: the A appropriation, program element 3542MA8890 (Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon), its 2 largest high-confidence awards, the 1 recipient family behind them, and the 2 congressional districts the work is recorded in. Read it for concentration — how few families and districts the awards run through. Amounts inside the diagram are illustrative per-award transaction sums; the table below carries the cited per-district obligations.
The program's money traced left to right: the A appropriation, program element 3542MA8890 (Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon), its 2 largest high-confidence awards, the 1 recipient family behind them, and the 2 congressional districts the work is recorded in. Read it for concentration — how few families and districts the awards run through. Amounts inside the diagram are illustrative per-award transaction sums; the table below carries the cited per-district obligations.APPROPRIATIONPROGRAM ELEMENTTOP AWARDSRECIPIENT FAMILIESDISTRICTSAProcurement appropriation3542MA889069.9M FY26W56HZV14C0015BIRDON AMERICA INC45.4MW56HZV14C0015BIRDON AMERICA INC40.1MBIRDON AMERICA INCLA-02CO-01

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.

The diagram as text: one row per congressional district in the diagram, the recipient families shown there, and that district's cited program obligations.
DistrictProgram obligations
LA-02$45.4M
CO-01$40.1M

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? →

RecipientPIIDConfidence
BIRDON AMERICA INCW56HZV14C0015high

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 Tactical Bridge, Float-Ribbon. 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

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.