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SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
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
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
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY26 |
|---|---|
| Request | $726.0M |
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 — SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (Agile) is a part of the Department of Defense Capability Based (Agile) Funding Pilot. Funding in this portfolio will be directed towards enhanced warfighting effectiveness and combating limitations from the pace and proliferation of technological change. This funding is not a new start, it is a realignment from: 1) Small Unmanned Aerial Systems / SHORT RANGE RECONNAISSANCE (A12511) 2) Small Unmanned Aerial Systems/ LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE (A12513) This capability portfolio provides support to the Army's UAS Priority to deliver cutting-edge technology and rapidly evolving critical capabilities. Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) are critical aviation assets that increase lethality and security through organic aerial reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting capabilities for battalion and below echelons. SUAS enhances situational awareness and force protection for maneuver elements operating in complex environments by providing real-time Full Motion Video (FMV) and sensor data through a variety of modular sensors. These multifaceted capabilities enable Army formations to leverage the air-ground littoral to project combat power across domains, disrupt near-peer threats, secure key terrain, and support mission success through persistent overwatch. Leveraging a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), SUAS platforms are designed for rapid adaptation through swappable payloads, advanced autonomous flight capabilities, and scalable software-ensuring relevance against both current and emerging operational threats. PM will inform Congress of any quantity changes between products in the next update.
Justification
Justification — SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
FY 2026 funding was transferred from Budget Activity (BA) 1, A12500 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS to BA 6, I47000 SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS in support of Agile Portfolio Management. This funding is not a new start, it is a realignment from: 1) Small Unmanned Aerial Systems / SHORT RANGE RECONNAISSANCE (A12511) 2) Small Unmanned Aerial Systems/ LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE (A12513) FY 2026 Base procurement dollars support Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR), Joint Tactical Autonomous Aerial Resupply System (JTAARS), Company Level SUAS Directed Requirement (Co Lvl SUAS DR), Medium Range Reconnaissance (MRR), Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) and Purpose Built Attritable System (PBAS). Small Unmanned Aerial Systems is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. PM will inform Congress of any quantity changes between products in the next update.
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 | FY26 Disc. Request | $726.0M |
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY26 Total | $726.0M |
Exhibit P-1R
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Procurement, Army | A | FY 2026 request | $8.24M |
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 | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $726.0M | $726.0M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
Lobbying mentions
Showing 25 of 66 from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
H.R.4213 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.7147 - Further Additional Continuing…
H.R.7273 - NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026. S.933 - NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025. FY27 Commerce…
Issues associated with funding development of long endurance unmanned aerial systems in H.R. 9495 FY27 Defense…
FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (HR 8800 / S 4784) and FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (HR…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act and National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to unmanned aerial…
Funding issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aerial systems (UASs); FY2026 Department of…
Funding issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aerial systems (UASs); FY2027 National Defense…
ALERT Act (H.R.7613) Aviation Navigation data bases Safe Air on Airplanes Act (H.R.4994) Issues related to…
Issues related to classification of certain aerospace components for export licensing purposes Helicopter terrain…
Issues related to classification of certain aerospace components for export licensing purposes Helicopter terrain…
Issues relating to industrial base resilience, missiles, missile defense, counter-unmanned aerial systems, remote…
Issues relating to industrial base resilience, missiles, missile defense, counter-unmanned aerial systems, remote…
P.L. 119-60 - National Defense Authorization Act FY26, National Defense Authorization Act FY27 (bills pending)…
H.R. 8800/S. 4784 - National Defense Authorization Act FY27, H.R. 9495 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act FY27…
S.2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective…
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 JADC2 Cybersecurity. Cloud Acquisition policy/funding; DoD…
H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act and implementation (P.L.119-21). H.R.5342 & S.2354 - Commerce, Justice, Science and…
H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act. H.Con.Res.14 & S.Con.Res.7 - Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year…
Spectrum, to include 5G. Certification. Commercial aviation. Aviation quality and safety. Advanced aviation…
H.R.5342 & S.2354 - Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.4552 & S.2465…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act and National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to unmanned aerial…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act and National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to unmanned aerial…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act and National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to unmanned aerial…
Department of Defense Appropriations Act and National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to unmanned aerial…
Funding issues related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aerial systems (UASs); FY2025/FY2026 National…
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 SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL 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 · W46
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1R) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1R · R10,R11
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.
Aircraft Procurement Army · www.asafm.army.mil
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