SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (BLI 9678A12500) · Army

What it is

SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (9678A12500) is an Army procurement line funded in the Aircraft Procurement, 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

$50.0MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Enacted

$43.5MP-1 TOA · PB2026

FY26 Request

Not in the FY2026 J-books we ingested

FY25→26 Change

No comparison: endpoints unavailable or on different bases

No FY2026 R-1/P-1 request line for this program element. The FY2026 President's Budget request workbook carries no FY2026 line for it; its last workbook figure is FY2025. An absent line is not by itself an ending — PB2026 renumbered program elements at scale across the services and defense agencies, so this work may continue under a different number. No successor is linked for this line: this site's program-lineage layer holds no keyed edge pointing forward from here. That is an absence in this site's lineage layer, not a finding about the program: if the J-book narrative on this page describes a realignment, it is quoted below in the document's own words, and this note does not restate it.

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

The program's 2 summary figures for FY24 to FY25, plotted in fiscal-year order: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$50.0M
FY25	$43.5M

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

4 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2022–FY2025): 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 rises across the span. 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
Actuals	$0	$6.72M	$50.0M
Enacted	–	$10.6M	$20.8M	$43.5M
Request	–	–	$20.8M	$69.6M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $20.8M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $50.0M as actual total obligation authority — $29.2M above the request. 50.0 − 20.8 = 29.2 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 — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

This funding is realigned to I47000 - SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS The Family of Small Uncrewed Aircraft systems are critical to the Army's Transformation in Contact. These systems ensure Army formations have the best existing and emerging technology at Battalion and below to allow ground-based forces to project power from land into other domains to defeat highly capable enemies, secure terrain, and consolidate gains. The Rucksack Portable Uncrewed Aircraft System (RPUAS) Family of Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (FoSUAS) requirements are transitioning to the Joint Small Uncrewed Aircraft System sUAS Capability Development Document (J-sUAS CDD) to solve current and emergent operational gaps by incorporating Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) including swappable payloads, advanced autonomy and software scalability. These systems provide battalion and below ground maneuver elements with critical situational awareness and enhanced force protection. The systems provide an organic and responsive reconnaissance and targeting capability with real-time Full Motion Video and sensor data. Each system will include aircraft, ground support equipment, ground control station and Uncrewed Vehicle Control (UVC) software. The Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) provides organic maneuver platoons an uncrewed air vehicle designed to support Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA). The system has an aircraft weight of less than 5 lbs, a range of 3-5 km, and an endurance of 30 minutes. The system includes modular payloads, obstacle avoidance, target recognition, automated following, and networked capability. The Company Level Small Uncrewed Aircraft System Directed Requirement (SUAS DR) provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability within the Brigade Combat Teams. The systems will have 10km range and 8-hour endurance. System will include Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT), Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR), laser targeting, and kinetic architectures in a contested environment. The Company Level SUAS DR is intended to inform the requirement for the Medium Range Reconnaissance (MRR) Annex to the J-sUAS CDD. The Long Range Reconnaissance (LRR) System will provide organic maneuver battalions an uncrewed air vehicle designed to support RSTA efforts. The system will have an aircraft weight of less than 55 lbs., a range of 40-60 km and endurance of 5-10 hours. System will include APNT, EO/IR, laser targeting, and kinetic architectures in a contested environment. Purpose Built Attritable System (PBAS) provides organic maneuver platoons an uncrewed air vehicle designed to support the ability to achieve lethal effects. PBAS shall have a range of at least 2 km and 15 minutes of endurance. The PBAS system consists of First Person Viewer (FPV) goggles, controller, leader display, two 10" air vehicles and four 5" air vehicles with modular payload(s) to include ability to integrate and employ a variety of lethal/non-lethal armaments and munitions. 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.

Justification

Justification — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 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. FY 2026 Base procurement dollars in the amount of $250.141 million supports SRR, JTAARS, Company Level SUAS DR, LRR and PBAS. $34.368 million for procurement of 265 SRR Tranche 2 Systems (system consists of 2 air vehicles, 1 Handheld Ground Control Station (HGCS), Digital Data Link (DDL) and EO/IR Payload) and 500 PBAS systems (system consists of 2 air vehicles (10 inch), 4 air vehicles (5 inch), 1 HGCS, 1 smart charger, batteries (5 inch and 10 inch), flyaway costs (initial spares, technical support, logistics (fielding), training, and PM support), and software maintenance costs. FY 2025 to FY 2026 funding increase is to support Army requirements. (A12511) $90.582 million for procurement of 85 Company Level SUAS DR Systems (system consists of 2 air vehicles, 1 HGCS, and payloads), flyaway costs (initial spares, training, support activities, PM support, development and qualification), other system procurement, and software maintenance costs. FY 2025 to FY 2026 funding increase is to support Army requirements. (A12513) $125.192 million for procurement of 101 LRR Systems (system consists of 2 air vehicles, 2 HGCS, Digital Data Link (DDL) and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Payload) and flyaway costs (initial spares, training, systems engineering and program management). 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	$50.0M
Aircraft Procurement, Army	A	FY25 Enacted	$43.5M

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
Program Element	$10.6M	$50.0M	$43.5M

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 101 from the Senate LDA disclosure database.

AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INCUNMANNED|AIRCRAFT2026matched 2+ title words

House and Senate FAA legislation as it pertains to aviation safety, unmanned aircraft systems, advanced air mobility…

SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Budget figures

Budget trajectory

Decade view

Program lineage

Description

Description — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS source

Justification

Justification — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS source

Budget line items(workbook-cited)

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

Follow the dollar

Awards

Lobbying mentions

Oversight

Program dossier

Primary sources

Budget totals · TOA sources

Detailed budget justification

Description — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

Justification — SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS