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Fire Support System
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 | $53.0M |
| FY25 | $56.7M |
| FY26 | $116.3M |
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 | $38.4M | $36.5M | $53.0M | ||
| Enacted | – | $44.8M | $58.5M | $56.7M | |
| Request | – | – | $58.5M | $56.7M | $116.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $58.5M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $53.0M as actual total obligation authority — $5.47M below the request. 53.0 − 58.5 = -5.5 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 — Fire Support System
Fire Support System (FSS) provides the Marine Corps critical operational and logistics capabilities in artillery weapons, fire direction, loitering munitions, and targeting systems. FSS provides the systems needed to create a fully networked sensor to shooter kill chain for the USMC Ground Combat Element. Key systems included are: Common Laser Range Finder (CLRF) - The CLRF Integrated Capability (CLRF IC) integrates laser targeting capabilities to provide lightweight, man portable targeting systems consistent with the Commandant's Planning Guidance. The CLRF strategy includes replacement of the Portable Lightweight Designator / Rangefinder (PLDR), Thermal Laser Spot Imager (TLSI), Joint Terminal Attack Controller - Laser Target Designator (JTAC LTD) and Enhanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller (EJTAC) into a single handheld targeting system, the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This strategy will result in two affordable systems, a target location system for the Joint fires observer, (i.e., CLRF-IC) and a laser designator (i.e., NGHTS) for the JTAC that will support operational targeting requirements well into the 2030s as well as provide significant reductions in weight and power requirements. Fire Support Mod Line (FSML) - FSML supports a set of Joint Service and Marine Corps unique efforts to address critical operational capabilities in artillery weapons, fire direction control systems, and targeting / Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems. Key programs include Improved Position and Azimuth Determining Systems (IPADS) and its replacement system Location Azimuth Determining System (LADS), Global Positioning System Survey Replacement (GPSSR), Marine Artillery Survey Set (MASS), and the Modeled Meteorological Information Manager (MMIM). Family of Target Acquisition System (FTAS) - The FTAS provides the MAGTF the capability to locate, identify and attack enemy indirect fire weapons systems, and observe and direct friendly artillery fire. The FTAS consists of the AN/TPQ-46B Firefinder radar, the AN/TPQ-54(V)1 Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar Mobile (LCMR), the AN/TPQ-49(A) Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar - Technical Refresh (LCMR-TR), and the Ground Counter Fire Sensor-Replacement (GCFS-R) Scalable Passive Acoustic Reporting and Targeting Node (SPARTN). The FTAS is critical in the execution of counterfire and the integration of target acquisition information enabling attack by MAGTF assets. The FTAS also provides artillery firing units the ability to conduct artillery registration and other friendly fire missions. The FTAS encompasses the equipment required to support target acquisition within the target acquisition platoon and is resident in the headquarters battery of each artillery regiment. The program will initiate development of replacement sensor systems and continue to address system issues that arise due to Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) items with the FTAS. Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) Family of Systems (FoS) - The AFATDS FoS consists of two programs: AFATDS, and Mobile Shelters consisting of the Mobile Tactical Shelter (MTS), Target Processing Set (TPS), and the replacement shelter, Mobile Command Vehicle (MCV). AFATDS integrates all supporting arms assets within the MAGTF, such as mortars, cannon artillery, rockets and missiles, close air support, and naval surface fires support systems. AFATDS automates fire planning, tactical and technical fire direction, and fire support coordination. AFATDS facilitates the employment of USMC and Joint fires capabilities for operations ashore, sea control, sea denial, and other USMC/Joint fires requirements. The MCV Shelter is primarily dedicated to housing the AFATDS and other fire support systems. MCV Shelters enhance the capabilities and survivability of USMC fire support units by enabling rapid emplacements, displacements, and by supporting command, control, and communications on the move. Target Hand-Off System (THS) - The THS addresses a Marine Corps operational requirement for a lightweight, handheld, and digital target acquisition engagement coordination system. The THS is interoperable with all video downlink, Fire Support platforms, and Target Locating Devices designed for the Forward Air Controllers (FAC), Forward Observers (FO), Fire Support Teams (FST), Firepower Control Teams (FCT), Tactical Air Control Parties (TACP), and Reconnaissance Teams. The THS provides the ability to integrate video and sensor information to quickly acquire and digitally prosecute targets in day, night, and near-all-weather visibility conditions in order to conduct precise and rapid indirect surface fire support, Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Close Air Support (CAS). Organic Precision Fires (OPF) - OPF is a Marine Corps modernization priority and will provide multiple echelons of the Fleet Marine Force with an organic, loitering, beyond-line-of-sight precision strike capability. OPF will deliver precision effects as well as surveillance before and during target strike, while reducing the potential for collateral damage. Multiple materiel solutions are required to provide the envisioned capabilities to the Fleet Marine Force. While all materiel solutions meet the same threshold capabilities, each one offers unique performance attributes to the warfighter and different employment methodologies to provide layered capabilities with which to engage multiple threats of varying priorities. Currently, large scale production capacity for the vendors is limited. Allowing for multiple materiel solutions enables industry to meet delivery orders in a timely manner, reduces production risk, and addresses supply chain sensitivities.
Justification
Justification — Fire Support System
FY 2026 Base Appropriation Request $116.304M: CLRF - $15.880M Funds continue the procurement of NGHTS. NGHTS integrates designation, range, and laser spot imaging capabilities into a single lightweight system, which will reduce the overall weight by more the 50%. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 is due to a decrease in qty of NGHTS procured and an increase in unit cost per step ladder pricing while M-code integration is being completed. FSML - $4.793M Funds continue the procurement of the Location Azimuth Determining System (LADS). This replacement is a lightweight Field Artillery survey system that enables accurate fires in GPS-degraded and denied environments. These units are fielded to both the active ($4.029M) and reserve ($0.764M) components. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects slightly less hardware being procured for the LADS. FTAS - $3.068M Funds procure engineering change proposal (ECP) Modification Kits that continue to address DMSMS issues within the FTAS. These systems and kits are fielded to both the active ($2.739M) and reserve ($0.329M) components. There is no significant change from FY 2025 to FY 2026. AFATDS - $15.392M Funds continue the procurement and fielding of MCV Shelters in support of Force Design operational requirements. Additionally, funding will support AFATDS and MCV enabling hardware components. The net decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects the procurement of five additional MCVs offset by the completion of the AFATDS hardware refresh requirements. THS - $2.412M Funds procure PRC-167 cables, replace end user devices and associated cables, and protective cases to replace cyber-vulnerable S20 Tactical Edition phone. The decrease from FY 2025 to FY 2026 reflects continued procurement of cables and devices that support the THSv2 tech refresh. OPF - $74.759M Funds reflect the transition to procurement after successful completion of testing. FY 2026 procures live-fire OPF-Light munitions with varying capabilities to provide operational and engagement options for the employing units, inert rounds for new system operator training, annual training, and Fleet exercises, and ancillary equipment for fielding to four battalions beginning in late 2026 based on production lead times. For FY 2026, Teledyne's (TDY) Rogue 1 system has a modular platform with a highly effective anti-personnel warhead and can facilitate a variety of different warheads including an anti-armor capability. Anduril's BOLT system employs an operating system which facilitates interoperability and integration with other platforms along with possessing a high performing optic and battery. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.526 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative."
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, Marine Corps | N | FY24 Actuals | $53.0M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY25 Enacted | $56.7M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Disc. Request | $116.3M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY26 Total | $116.3M |
Exhibit P-1R
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY24 Actuals | $1.10M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY25 Enacted | $1.10M |
| Procurement, Marine Corps | N | FY 2026 request | $1.09M |
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 | $511.9M | $53.0M | $56.7M | $116.3M | $116.3M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ELBITAMERICA, INC. | M6785415D6001 | high |
| HYPERION TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC | M6785423D6503 | high |
| SRC INC | M6785418D1354 | 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 Fire Support System. 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 · O803
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 · O775
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 · O818
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 · N227
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.