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Air Traffic Control
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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 | $19.2M |
| FY25 | $27.4M |
| FY26 | $24.2M |
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 | $21.8M | $27.5M | $19.2M | ||
| Enacted | – | $27.5M | $21.2M | $27.4M | |
| Request | – | – | $21.2M | $27.4M | $24.2M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $21.2M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $19.2M as actual total obligation authority — $2.00M below the request. 19.2 − 21.2 = -2.0 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 — Air Traffic Control
The Tactical Airspace Integration System (TAIS) is the Army's program of record for Airspace Control (AC) and enroute Air Traffic Services (ATS). TAIS provides airspace management, planning, and dynamic execution capabilities at all echelons above Brigade, and enroute flight following air traffic services. TAIS is the only Army system with direct interface to the U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System for submission of the Army's requests for airspace from the Battlefield Coordination Detachment (BCD). Airspace Coordinating Measure Requests (ACMREQs) received from other mission command systems are passed to TAIS for approval or higher coordination. TAIS software supports Army commanders, airspace users, airspace managers, Army air traffic controllers, Joint Organizations, and Unified Action Partners (UAP) by providing digitized, multi-echelon planning and execution of airspace management and ATS. TAIS provides AC planning and enhanced AC execution; improved theater, intra-, and inter-Corps/Division ATS support; effective battlespace synchronization; and direct links to the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) through interface with the automated airspace planning and communications systems of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC). Currently, funding has been transitioned to Force Development - Communications (FDC) portfolio for management and execution. It is assumed that FDC will potentially fund the program on a TBD FDC funding line once Office of Coordinating Responsibility (OCR) roles have been defined and endorsed by Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA ALT)). Funds in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) line support the acquisition of modernized Fixed-Base ATC systems that provide real time airspace management and control that will ensure safety of aircraft operations. These ATC systems are required to maintain compliance with civil, military, domestic, and international air traffic control and combat identification requirements in accordance with federal mandates for systems operating within and transitioning through the National Airspace (NAS) System. Efforts include the Fixed Base systems, of which are the DoD Advanced Automation System (DAAS), the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR), and other navigational control aids that include the Army Airfield Automation System (AAAS), Interim Voice Switch Replacement (IVSR), Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Range (DVOR) system, NAS Voice Recorder (NVR), Precision Approach Radar (PAR2020), and the Instrument Landing System (ILS) Program. Systems in the ATC portfolio ensure the Army has sufficient access to the airspace and equipment necessary to meet worldwide operational, training, exercise, test, and evaluation requirements for peacetime, contingency, and wartime operations as well as, support of international civil and military cooperation in the effective and efficient management of the NAS. Fixed Base ATC requirements will be met through the application of new technology solutions and Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) of these systems resulting in highly reliable and safe ATC systems in accordance with the Joint DoD/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to modernize the NAS and the FAA Next Gen program. These airspace management systems align the Army in the comprehensive and cohesive effort to provide aviation security and defense of the US NAS in support of National Security Presidential Directive-47/ Homeland Security Presidential Directive-16 and the Strategy for Aviation Security, as described in Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5030.19.
Justification
Justification — Air Traffic Control
FY 2026 Base Procurement dollars in the amount of $1.225 million funds TAIS software production and deployment. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $2.162 million procures 1 DAAS Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) upgrade. DAAS systems display surveillance radar feeds provided by Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radars enabling increased data and communications throughput necessary to manage airspace. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $11.068 million procures 5 DASR Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) upgrades. DASR systems provide integrated radar coverage, improved secondary detection capabilities, 6-level weather display, improved filtering, and false target reduction with full compatibility to the DAAS system. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $5.470 million provides for AAAS upgrades and Information Assurance and Vulnerability Assessment. AAAS systems consolidate weather data processing, emergency operational checklist, navigational charts, quick reference files, operator position, maintains ATC facility statistical data, and consolidates airfield monitoring, control and information management functions in an ATC facility on to a single display. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $1.295 million procures the remaining 11 NVR systems and the associated site preparation and installation. The NVR system provides reliable, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) compatible, Air-to-Ground and Ground-to-Ground voice recording for use in accident /incident investigations, training, search and rescue operations, and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request responses. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $2.993 million procures 1 ILS system but does not include site preparation and installation of the system, replacing the Fixed Base Precision Approach Radar (FBPAR). ILS provides the Army with an all-weather, ground-based precision approach capability for ILS equipped aircraft with a path perfectly aligned with the runway centerline. The ILS provides both lateral and vertical precision guidance. The ATC portfolio of products ensures the Army meets DODD 5030.19 requirements as well as FAA and host nation airspace compliance agreements preventing loss of Army controlled airspace affecting airfields, heliports, and restricted areas impacting training and readiness. These systems prevent degradation of operations and safety of flight for both military and civil air traffic. FY 2025 to FY 2026 funding decrease due to Army reprioritization of funding. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $19.2M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $27.4M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $24.2M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY26 Total | $24.2M |
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 | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $1.78B | $19.2M | $27.4M | $24.2M | $24.2M |
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 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.
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? →
Rows marked medium rest on evidence weaker than a program-level match, and of more than one kind. An account-based row, where the award drew from the same appropriation account as this program, is an association, not evidence that this program paid for the contract. Where the evidence is instead an FPDS acquisition-program tag or a subaward description, the program is established but which of its budget lines paid is not. An announcement link a recorded review did not leave standing is medium too. Only high rows rest on the contract naming this program with a recorded review upholding it and no recorded rejection or refutation applying.
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. | W58RGZ18C0043 | high |
| DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS | W58RGZ21F0232 | medium |
| DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS | W58RGZ24F0287 | medium |
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 Air Traffic Control. 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 · O42
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 · O50
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 · O42
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.
Aircraft Procurement Army · www.asafm.army.mil
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