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Base Support Communications
Budget figures
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 FY2024. 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.
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 FY24 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $9.21M | $28.5M | $38.3M | |
| Enacted | – | $28.5M | $23.3M | – |
| Request | – | – | $23.3M | $26.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $23.3M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $38.3M as actual total obligation authority — $15.0M above the request. 38.3 − 23.3 = 15.0 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 — Base Support Communications
This program is included in the OPA Budget Line Consolidation. In FY 2025 Base Support Communications (BU4160) and Emergency Management Modernization Program (BU8000) were consolidated into the new Base Emergency Communication (B74000) program. The Base Support Communications program provides real-time voice communications and data via the Army Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network in support of the Army's FY 2030/2040 objectives. LMR is an essential subsystem of the Base Emergency Communications System (BECS) program, which is the single integrated acquisition program for lifecycle modernization of emergency management and critical communications capabilities in support of installation public safety organizations, first responders, force protection personnel, and other installation management functions. The five interdependent capabilities that comprise BECS are LMR, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Enterprise Mass Warming Notification (EMWN), Next Generation-911 (NG-911), and First Responder Broadband Network (FRBN). Current and future LMR systems will be interoperable with all other BECS capabilities. As an enduring program, LMR will transition from an interoperable but stand-alone system on a legacy network to a fully integrated capability within the BECS-enabled public safety communication enterprise architecture with an Internet Protocol Infrastructure as mandated by public law 112-96. LMR systems are commercial solutions that provide mission critical mobile and portable communications for garrison first responders, public safety, force protection, homeland security, pre-deployment logistics support, and installation management missions. First Responders are the primary users of LMR to include installation Military Police, Fire Departments, and Emergency Medical personnel. The Army's LMR program provides network infrastructure, network enabling functions, and subscriber unit devices to ensure a synchronized, timely, and effective emergency first response in CONUS and OCONUS. The LMR program provides all LMR system hardware/software infrastructure to include initial critical system spares, dispatch consoles for dispatchers, subscriber units which include portable (handheld units for each operator), vehicle mounted mobile units, and desktop units in accordance with the Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Basis of Issue Plan (BOIP), and two years of interim contractor logistics support including system and cyber security patching. LMR capability is comprised of various hardware and software components. Requirements at each post/camp/station vary based on the geographic coverage area, terrain of the installation, number of end users, number of mutual aid partners, and installation dispatch concept of operations. To meet the first responder and installation non-tactical communications mission requirements, the solution at each post/camp/ station is unique and determined by government surveys and coordination with stakeholders. To create efficiencies, legacy LMR is migrating from a stand-alone LMR system at each post/camp/station to an enterprise network model that will centralize the information system to maximize cost- effectiveness and cyber security. The LMR system is a key component of the Army enterprise used to provide a seamless communications network in support of garrison level critical communications and infrastructure. Without adequate communications capabilities that enable coordinated emergency response, maximize the use of scarce radio spectrum, and provide secure voice transmissions, emergency responders and base support personnel would be significantly constrained in their ability to perform key emergency response functions. This is a health, life, and safety Army requirement and has been made a federal statute regulation regarding interoperability with other federal and mutual aid partners alike.
Justification
Justification — Base Support Communications
This program is included in the OPA Budget Line Consolidation. In FY 2025 Base Support Communications (BU4160) and Emergency Management Modernization Program (BU8000) were consolidated into the new Base Emergency Communications (B74000) program. This modernization will converge legacy stand-alone LMR systems at each location into a regionalized architecture and enable synchronization with FRBN, CAD, NG-911 and EMWN sites where capabilities currently exist. Note: Funding will also procure the hardware/software along with necessary cybersecurity requirements to interoperate and provide secure and reliable digital communications to assist military and civilian emergency personnel with emergency management operations. Hardware and software components include towers, speakers, switches, routers and relays that leverages BECS capabilities to modernize and optimize CAD, NG-911, LMR, FRBN and EMWN for interoperability with multiple mutual aid partners and federal agencies.
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, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $38.3M |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $971.1M | $38.3M |
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 Base Support Communications. 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 · O201
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 · O205
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 · O207
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.
Other Procurement - BA 3, 4 & 6 - Other Support Equipment, Initial Spares and Agile Portfolio Management · www.asafm.army.mil
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