VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) (BLI 6652GM1900) · Army

What it is

VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) (6652GM1900) is an Army procurement line funded in the Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army account.

What changed

No FY25→26 comparison — endpoints unavailable or on different bases.

Who gets it

No company is linked to this line. Award records do not carry the program element, so the crosswalk is silent here — why.

Budget figures

FY24 Actuals

Not in the FY2026 J-books we ingested

FY25 Enacted

Not in the FY2026 J-books we ingested

FY26 Request

$107.8MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25→26 Change

No comparison: endpoints unavailable or on different bases

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

Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY26 available).

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 is too short to show a direction, and 2 years are 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.

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.
Series	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Actuals	$75.3M	–	–
Enacted	–	$0	–	–
Request	–	–	$0	–	$107.8M

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 — VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS)

BLI 6652GM1900 / VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) is a new start in FY 2026. SSN GM1911 / VPS MODULAR ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS W/LASER is a new start within the VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) program in FY 2026 SSN GM1912 / VPS SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT is a new start within the VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) program in FY 2026 SSN GM1914 / VPS TOP ATTACK PROTECTION is a new start within the VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS) program in FY 2026 The Vehicle Protection Suite (VPS) will evaluate, mature, and integrate onto multiple combat and tactical vehicles, combinations of active, reactive and passive protection capabilities. These capabilities will leverage both Horizontal Technology Integration (HTI) principles and the Modular Open System Architecture with the Army's Vehicle Protection System Base Kit (VBK) to develop tailored vehicle Survivability Sets specific to platforms that will mitigate existing protection gaps, allow for future technology insertion to mitigate and defeat evolving threats, and minimize the impact to the current capabilities hosted on Army ground combat and tactical vehicles. The protection capabilities will leverage technologies across a spectrum of survivability mechanisms including detection avoidance, threat detection, threat intercept and threat mitigation. (GM1911) - VPS Base Kit with Laser Warning Receiver The Laser Warning Receiver (LWR) will detect enemy military laser aided threats and provide rapid warning of threat type and signal direction to the Modular Active Protection Controller (MAC) via the Modular Active Protection Framework (MAF). It will be able to detect the broad array of laser aided threats that ground combat vehicles will face operationally: Laser Range Finders (LRF), Laser Target Designators (LTD), and Laser Beam Rider Air to Ground Munitions (ATGMs). The system will alert the crew to which of the three categories of threats are targeting the system and allow for the crew to respond based on that threat. Threat timelines are critical to the response of the vehicle crew and the ability to counter the threat. The Laser Warning Receiver will provide early warning to laser aided threat elements. The VPS Base Kit with Laser Warning Receiver is currently planned to be implemented as an Engineering Change Proposal to multiple ground combat vehicle platforms. (GM1912) - VPS Signature Management Signature Management reduces the infrared signature of ground combat vehicles. This capability will reduce the probability of enemy detection from classified ranges and wave bands. Signature Management is designed to be integrated with no changes to the combat vehicles' baseline paint. This program is intended to be used on all combat vehicles, with future expansion to other U.S. Army vehicle systems. Signature Management is the Vehicle Protection System baseline layer for the signature management architecture. Future Vehicle Protection technologies may be layered in coordination with this program. Combat vehicles face numerous detection systems that operate in the infrared wavelengths. These detection systems can be vehicle mounted, carried by individuals or satellite mounted. The Signature Management Paint program focuses on vehicle mounted detection systems that operate in specific wavelengths. Future capability may be added to the Signature Management program to address other wavelength gaps or managed through other future camouflage and concealment programs. The Signature Management program is currently planned to be implemented as a production cut-in and/or retrofit to the enduring fleet onto multiple ground combat vehicle platforms. (GM1914) - VPS Top Attack Protection Top Attack Protection (TAP) is a passive add-on armor to the base vehicle configuration. It is strategically placed over crew compartments and hatches working in tandem with the base vehicle armor to mitigate damage from overhead threats. It is most effective against Explosively Formed Projectiles and Shaped Charge Jets. Top Attack Protection (TAP) is intended to be installed on all combat vehicles with future expansion to other US Army vehicle systems. The Top Attack Protection (TAP) quantity per platform varies based on platform base armor and crew compartment locations.

Justification

Justification — VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS)

FY 2026 Base Procurement dollars in the amount of $107.833 million supports the following: (GM1911) VPS Base Kits (VBK) with Laser Warning Receiver (LWR). Funding supports Laser Warning Receiver and Vehicle Base Kit receipt, storage, integration, A kit procurement and installation. The Laser Warning Receiver is a platform integrated solution that provides ground combat systems early warning from enemy threats based on laser detection sensors. (GM1912) VPS Signature Management. Funds are required to procure and apply Signature Management Paint onto 389 vehicles across multiple ground combat platforms. Signature Management Paint reduces the probability of thermal detection and is part of the Camouflage, Concealment, Deception, and Obscuration layered survivability approach for ground combat vehicles. (GM1914) VPS Top Attack Protection. Funds are required to procure 4 Armored Brigade Combat Team sets of Top Attack Protection capability. Top Attack Protection is a passive add-on armor that is placed over crew compartments and hatches to mitigate damage from overhead threats. This is a new start 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

Account	Org	Type	Amount
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army	A	FY26 Disc. Request	$107.8M
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army	A	FY26 Total	$107.8M

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.

Project	All Prior Years	FY26 Base	FY26 Request
Program Element	$75.3M	$107.8M	$107.8M

Follow the dollar

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Awards

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Lobbying mentions

Showing 25 of 44 from the Senate LDA disclosure database.

BAE SYSTEMS INCVEHICLE|PROTECTION2026matched 2+ title words

National Defense Authorization Act, 2027 (HR 8800/S 4784); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air…

VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS)

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Description — VEHICLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS (VPS)

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