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Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems
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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 | $14.4M |
| FY25 | $11.6M |
| FY26 | $14.4M |
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 | $14.8M | $8.71M | $14.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $8.71M | $14.4M | $11.6M | |
| Request | – | – | $14.4M | $11.6M | $14.4M |
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 — Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems
Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Equipment is currently deployed on MH-53E helicopters (through FY 2027) and MH-60S helicopters to counter the threat of sea mines. The equipment is divided into three categories -- minesweeping, mine hunting, and mine neutralization. (1) Minesweeping is performed by mechanical or influence sweeps. In mechanical sweeping, the mine mooring is severed by the sweep gear allowing the mine to float to the surface where it is destroyed. In influence sweeping, a magnetic or acoustic field, which simulates the magnetic/acoustic signature of a ship, is introduced into the water. This field causes the mine mechanism to actuate. (2) In mine hunting, the objective is to locate, identify, and classify mine-like objects (usually by means of high-resolution sonar). (3) Finally, in mine neutralization, previously identified/classified mine-like objects are re-acquired and neutralized using explosive devices. [P5 / ARCHERFISH Destructor]: AN/ASQ-235 - Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) provides the MH-60S helicopter with the capability to neutralize proud and moored mines using an expendable mine neutralization device. The system is deployed from the MH-60S helicopter as part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Package or Vessels of Opportunity (VOO). This capability is of critical importance in littoral zones, confined straits, choke points, and the Amphibious Objective Area (AOA). AMNS procurements are funded with OPN for the AMNS Launch and Handling System (LHS) and WPN for the AMNS Archerfish Destructor.
Justification
Justification — Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems
FY 2026 funding supports the procurement of 62 Archerfish Destructors, associated engineering, integrated logistics support, and support equipment to support deployment inventory objective requirements. Increases from FY 2025 to FY 2026 are associated with increased demand from the Fleet for Archerfish Destructors in order to meet an accelerated deployment schedule. Archerfish is the only mine neutralizer in the Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Package (MP). Upon retirement of legacy MCM platforms (MCM-1 and MH-53E), all Seafox neutralizers will also be retired, immediately reducing the Fleet inventory of available mine neutralizers well below requirements. Archerfish procurement to date has been insufficient to meet the Total Munitions Requirement (TMR). Failure to meet the TMR and replace legacy neutralization systems will significantly impact warfighting ordnance 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 | $14.4M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY25 Enacted | $11.6M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $14.4M |
| Weapons Procurement, Navy | N | FY26 Total | $14.4M |
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.
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| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $146.2M | $14.4M | $11.6M | $14.4M | $14.4M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED | N0002416C6304 | high |
| BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED | N0002420C6407 | 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 Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems. 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 · O450
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 · O449
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 · O459
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.