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DARP RC135
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 | $28.9M |
| FY25 | $29.5M |
| FY26 | $30.1M |
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 | $27.4M | $28.2M | $28.9M | ||
| Enacted | – | $28.2M | $28.9M | $29.5M | |
| Request | – | – | $28.9M | $29.5M | $30.1M |
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 — DARP RC135
RC-135 procurement is executed by the Big Safari RC-135 Program Manager and is supported by various contractors. The contractors provide services including Program Depot Maintenance (PDM), prime mission equipment overhaul, special repair activity, in-plant support (sustainment engineering, software engineering, and program management), configuration management, Line Replaceble Unit (LRU) repair, and field service maintenance and training for special operational missions. The RC-135 Program Manager provides the full-range of weapons system management, acquisition oversight, program security and integrated logistics for the RC-135 aircraft, power plant, sensors and associated support and equipment. Due to the rapidly changing global threat environment, the Program Manager has the authority to redirect funding as necessary to meet current stated and emerging Combatant Commander and Intelligence Community (IC) requirements. Funding for this exhibit contained in PE 0305207F.
Justification
Justification — DARP RC135
FY26 procurement funding acquires and installs various upgrade and enhancement modifications for ground support equipment associated with the RC-135 program. This ground support equipment is directly tied to fielded baselines of the RC-135 V/W RIVET JOINT, RC-135S COBRA BALL, and the RC-135U COMBAT SENT. The requirement to maintain commonality with fielded baselines necessitates the continuous modification and installation of upgrades concurrent with RC-135 aircraft entering operational status. These ground systems are critical to the post-mission processing of highly perishable intelligence information, and supporting aircrew proficiency training, virtual simulation exercises that contribute to distributed mission training initiatives, and provide support to indigenous maintenance during aircraft deployments to "bare-base locations. Additionally, all applicable ground support equipment is required to comply with NSA intelligence data recording formats and requirements due to the nature and sensitivity of the information. Ground support equipment includes, but is not limited to: RIVET JOINT Mission Trainer (RJMT), Ground Data Processing System (GDPS), Mission Crew Training System (MCTS), Modular Processing System (MPS), and the Airborne Capability Extension System (ACES).
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Procurement, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $28.9M |
| Other Procurement, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $29.5M |
| Other Procurement, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $30.1M |
| Other Procurement, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $30.1M |
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 | $236.7M | $28.9M | $29.5M | $30.1M | $30.1M |
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
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 DARP RC135. 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 · O1090
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 · O1057
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 · O1108
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.
FY2026 Air Force Other Procurement · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 803