Project CQ5
—FY2027 request ▼ 100%C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities Development
FY2025 actual$37.4M
FY2026 enacted$24.1M
FY2027 request—
Product Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$45.3M
▼ 42% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$77.8M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $0.0M for Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advanced Development under RDT&E program element 0604531A, down 100% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 77.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 45.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0604531A
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project CQ6
—FY2027 request ▼ 100%C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities Development
FY2025 actual$40.4M
FY2026 enacted$21.2M
FY2027 request—
Product DevelopmentTest and Evaluation
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
The Secretary of War designated the Secretary of the Army (SA) as the Department of War's (DoW) Executive Agent (EA) for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS). The EA is tasked with leading, directing, and synchronizing DoW efforts to counter small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) threats while minimizing unnecessary duplication and redundancy. C-sUAS efforts are aligned to DoW Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandums (JROC-M) requirements for identification, development, testing, evaluation, and integration of technologies to defeat sUAS threats.
In August 2025, the SECWAR established the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) as the Department of War (DoW) lead organization to counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS). JIATF 401 synchronizes C-UAS efforts across the DoW to rapidly deliver joint capabilities at scale to defend the homeland, protect US and allied forces, defend critical infrastructure, and assist federal agencies. The task force has a global focus and is a multifaceted organization leading DoW C-sUAS activities at the nexus of OSW, the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and the Services. The JIATF 401 is innovative, scalable, and threat adaptive.
Project CQ5, CQ6 — C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities Development
- Product Development
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604531A (President's Budget PB2027).
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FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$24.1M
▼ 35% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$37.4M
Prior year
C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604531A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project CQ5 — C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities Development — requests — in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project CQ5 funding, FY2025–FY2026
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 37.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 24.1 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
C-sUAS Prototyping New Joint Capabilities▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$37.4M
FY2026 enacted$24.1M
FY2027 request—
Continue the prototype development of joint capabilities to address capability gaps in threat sUAS detection, identification, tracking, and defeat, and enhance command and control systems. New efforts in development under Advanced Kinetic Defeat for the Next Generation C-sUAS Missile and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System - Dual mode…
Project detail
What project CQ5 buys
Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) efforts will demonstrate and support prototype efforts with technologies and concepts to enable and/or accelerate their transition to acquisition programs. The efforts will address technical gaps between initial technologies or concept development and quickly transition to warfighter capabilities. Efforts will explore new concepts and their applications in potential future operating environments within a systems-of-systems context. These joint prototyping efforts will inform future requirements and support Military Services' acquisition strategy planning to address the evolving s-UAS threats and new environments to which C-sUAS systems must be deployed.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$21.2M
▼ 48% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$40.4M
Prior year
C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604531A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project CQ6 — C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities Development — requests — in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project CQ6 funding, FY2025–FY2026
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.2 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Joint Prototype Assessments
FY2025 actual$16.9M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
Continue the execution of prototype assessments of joint applicable C-sUAS technologies in relevant operational environment. Prototypes developed under joint investment will be assessed to determine performance effectiveness and efficiency against emerging threats identified by the JCO and the Executive Agent C-sUAS Governance process…
Joint C-sUAS Demonstrations
FY2025 actual$2.4M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
Continue the JCO's execution of demonstrations and tests of mature C-sUAS industry solutions. Industry demonstrations' focus topics will be informed by prioritized joint C-sUAS capability gaps. Demonstration events will enhance the ability to transition Industry-developed capabilities towards prototypes and/or system development for…
JIATF 401 Activity▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$1.1M
FY2026 enacted$21.2M
FY2027 request—
Funds will be spent across all 4 quarters according to funds availability, a balance of competing JIATF 401 priorities and emerging trends, as well as development partners' need for funding actions to include contract awards.
Project detail
What project CQ6 buys
Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Joint Enabling Capabilities Development efforts will support the Joint C-sUAS Office in the development of materiel solutions to address joint capability gaps, support Military Service program management offices in conducting joint systems development, and minimize duplication and redundancy across the Services. These joint enabling efforts will inform future requirements and military services' acquisition decisions for C-sUAS materiel solutions to address evolving s-UAS threats and new operational environments where systems must be deployed.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation