Capability Enhancements

Long Endurance - Airborne Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance The Long Endurance - Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (LE-AISR) program develops, matures, demonstrates, and assesses airborne platform capabilities that are able to operate for extended periods of time. The LE-AISR PE supports multiple types of long endurance programs intended to augment current airborne ISR capabilities and fill existing capability gaps. LE-AISR consists of three efforts: Uncrewed Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA), High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE), and Emerging Capabilities. ULTRA is the only active effort in LE-AISR. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and future program planning. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F In FY26, Uncrewed Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA) transitioned to PE 0304784F - LE-AISR from PE 0305206F - Airborne Reconnaissance Systems (ARS). This program is not a new start as ULTRA has been executing from 0305206F, historically. In FY27, High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) will also transition to PE 0304784F LE-AISR from PE 0305206F - ARS to separate sensors and sensor platforms. This program is not a new start. The FY 2026 spend plan amount for PE0304784F include $0 thousand of discretionary and $23,000 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $23,000 thousand. Submitted an FY26 Internal Reprogramming (IR) for 20.170 million for ULTRA, an Internal Reprogramming (IR) will be processed aligning the funding to PE0304784F for proper execution. Airborne Reconnaissance Systems, received a Congressional add for FY2026 15.000 million for long endurance ISR. Upon Congressional spend plan approval, an Internal Reprogramming (IR) will be processed aligning the funding to PE0304784F for proper execution. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.