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Next Generation Squad Weapon
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 | $295.4M |
| FY25 | $367.3M |
| FY26 | $365.2M |
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 | $97.1M | $166.6M | $295.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $166.6M | $292.9M | $367.3M | |
| Request | – | – | $292.9M | $367.3M | $365.2M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $292.9M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $295.4M as actual total obligation authority — $2.59M above the request. 295.4 − 292.8 = 2.6 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 — Next Generation Squad Weapon
The Next Generation Squad Weapon Program is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Soldier Lethality Modernization Priority. This program also supports the National Defense Strategy (NDS) of "Build a More Lethal Force" through enhancement of Joint Lethality in contested environments by means of elimination and/or minimization of close combat capability erosion; specifically, relative to peer competitors, in complex terrain. Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) is a family of products that includes the M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle that integrate with the NGSW Fire Control and common 6.8mm ammunition. The M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle are the planned replacements for select weapons system for individual soldiers, squads, and/or platoons, capable of defeating protected and unprotected threats. The M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle ensure increased lethality against a broad spectrum of targets beyond current/legacy weapon capabilities; increased range, accuracy, and probability of hit; reduced engagement time; suppressed flash/sound signature; and improved controllability and mobility. The NGSW Fire Control is an advanced individual fire control device along with optics, sights, lasers, and other enablers that supports the M7 Rifle, M250 Automatic Rifle and other individual squad weapon systems. The NGSW Fire Control increases the probability of hit and decreases engagement time through a variable-powered direct view optic with integrated range finder, ballistic calculator, and digital display capable of providing an adjusted aim point. The NGSW Fire Control utilizes open architecture to deliver to an initial augmented core capability followed by increasing increments of capability over time as technology matures and evolves.
Justification
Justification — Next Generation Squad Weapon
FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $365.155 million supports the following: FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $32.724 million supports the procurement and fielding of 2,636 M250 Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR) which is the planned replacement for the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) within the Close Combat Force. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $82.247 million supports the procurement and fielding of 16,154 M7 Rifle (NGSW-R) which is the planned replacement for the M4A1 Carbine within the Close Combat Force. The M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle ensure increased lethality against a broad spectrum of targets beyond current/legacy weapons capabilities; increased range, accuracy, and probability of hit; reduced engagement time; suppressed flash/sound signature; and improved controllability and mobility. The M7 Rifle, M250 Automatic Rifle, NGSW Fire Control and 6.8mm Common Cartridge are fielded concurrently to provide a squad level capability improvement to maintain overmatch against near peer enemy threats. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $250.184 million supports the procurement and fielding of 19,524 NGSW Fire Control systems. The NGSW Fire Control system has both close quarter and extended range capabilities increasing the range, accuracy and probability of hit of the M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle. The NGSW Fire Control, M250 Auto Rifle and 6.8mm Common Cartridge are fielded concurrently to provide a squad level capability improvement to maintain overmatch against near peer enemy threats. Funding on this line in FY 2026 also supports the procurement and fielding of optics, sights, lasers, and other enablers for the M7 Rifle and M250 Automatic Rifle, in addition to the NGSW Fire Control. The Next Generation Squad Weapon program is part of the Army Transformation Initiative. This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Soldier Lethality Modernization Priority. 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. Army Acquisition Objectives (AAOs): M7 Rifle (NGSW-R): 111,428 M250 Automatic Rifle (NGSW-AR): 13,334 M157 Fire Control (NGSW-FC): 124,749
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 | FY24 Actuals | $295.4M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $367.3M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $365.2M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY26 Total | $365.2M |
Exhibit P-1R
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $101.3M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $115.8M |
| Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army | A | FY 2026 request | $101.6M |
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 | $299.5M | $295.4M | $367.3M | $365.2M | $365.2M |
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
9 mentions from the Senate LDA disclosure database.
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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 Next Generation Squad Weapon. 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 · O110
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 · O109
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 · O108
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 · N23
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.
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles · www.asafm.army.mil
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