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Air Force FY2026 budget request: $126B
The Air Force requests $126B for FY2026 in this budget book: $63.9B in procurement across 176 P-1 lines and $62.2B in RDT&E across 267 R-1 lines, +23% from $103B in FY2025 (FY2025 Enacted).
| Procurement (P-1) | $63.9B FY2026 request · $55.8B FY2025 · $62.3B FY2024 |
|---|---|
| RDT&E (R-1) | $62.2B FY2026 request · $46.9B FY2025 · $47.7B FY2024 |
| Columns used | FY2024 Actuals · FY2025 Enacted · FY2026 Total |
| Source files | P-1 spreadsheet · R-1 spreadsheet |
Budget lines, page 5All · Procurement · RDT&E
| Budget line | FY2024 prior | FY2025 current | FY2026 request | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submunitions Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0604604F | FY2024 $3.3M | FY2025 $3.4M | $3.5M | +2.2% vs FY2025 |
| Joint Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0205671F | FY2024 $2.3M | FY2025 $3.4M | $3.4M | +1.5% vs FY2025 |
| ICBM Fuze Modernization Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0604933F | FY2024 $40.4M | FY2025 n/a | $3.3M | vs FY2025 |
| Intelligence Mission Data (IMD) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0307577F | FY2024 $7.1M | FY2025 $3.7M | $3.0M | -18% vs FY2025 |
| AF Multi-Domain Non-Traditional ISR Battlespace Awareness Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0301401F | FY2024 $2.9M | FY2025 $3.0M | $3.0M | -0.6% vs FY2025 |
| Personnel Recovery Command & Ctrl (PRC2) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305984F | FY2024 $3.2M | FY2025 $2.8M | $2.9M | +2.1% vs FY2025 |
| Personnel Administration Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0901220F | FY2024 $3.6M | FY2025 $3.2M | $2.8M | -13% vs FY2025 |
| Other Flight Training Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0804743F | FY2024 $2.2M | FY2025 $1.2M | $2.4M | +105% vs FY2025 |
| Air Force Calibration Programs Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207521F | FY2024 $2.2M | FY2025 $2.2M | $2.3M | +2.2% vs FY2025 |
| Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0901202F | FY2024 $2.2M | FY2025 $2.3M | $2.1M | -10% vs FY2025 |
| Special Victim Accountability and Investigation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0808736F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $3.0M | $2.0M | -34% vs FY2025 |
| Combat Identification Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207420F | FY2024 $1.9M | FY2025 $1.9M | $1.7M | -11% vs FY2025 |
| Advanced Distributed Learning Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0804776F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $828K | $1.7M | +105% vs FY2025 |
| CCMD Intelligence Information Technology Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305020F | FY2024 $1.7M | FY2025 $1.8M | $1.5M | -16% vs FY2025 |
| Countering Advanced Conventional Weapons (CACW) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0301377F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $834K | $1.1M | +34% vs FY2025 |
| Tactical Terminal Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305158F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $501K | $1.1M | +119% vs FY2025 |
| Nuclear Enterprise Research & Development Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0606004F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 n/a | $1.1M | vs FY2025 |
| Enterprise Select Class II Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0701200F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 n/a | $1.0M | vs FY2025 |
| GeoBase Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0301025F | FY2024 $1.5M | FY2025 n/a | $999K | vs FY2025 |
| NATO AGS Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305238F | FY2024 $2.0K | FY2025 $865K | $816K | -5.7% vs FY2025 |
| Aviation Support Equipment - General Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0202834F | FY2024 $9.5M | FY2025 $6.1M | $744K | -88% vs FY2025 |
| Region/Sector Operation Control Center Modernization Program Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0102326F | FY2024 $831K | FY2025 $852K | $726K | -15% vs FY2025 |
| Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0101122F | FY2024 $279K | FY2025 $542K | $555K | +2.4% vs FY2025 |
| Joint Military Deception Initiative Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0303260F | FY2024 $4.5M | FY2025 $7.3M | $356K | -95% vs FY2025 |
| Service Support to STRATCOM - Space Activities Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 1201921F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 n/a | $335K | vs FY2025 |
| Cyber Security Initiative Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305103F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $304K | $310K | +2.0% vs FY2025 |
| THRESHER Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0304109F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 n/a | $105K | vs FY2025 |
| Hypersonics Prototyping Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0604033F | FY2024 $27.9M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| AFSPECWAR - TACP Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207418F | FY2024 $1.6M | FY2025 $1.4M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Foreign Materiel Acquisition and Exploitation Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0605117F | FY2024 $166.9M | FY2025 $94.2M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Multi-Platform Electronic Warfare Equipment Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207040F | FY2024 $14.3M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| F-15 EPAWSS Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207171F | FY2024 $13.0M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Combat Rescue - Pararescue Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207227F | FY2024 $659K | FY2025 $743K | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Tactical Air Control Party-Mod Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207444F | FY2024 $24.1M | FY2025 $12.2M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| C2ISR Tactical Data Link Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207448F | FY2024 n/a | FY2025 $3.5M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| National Technical Nuclear Forensics Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207573F | FY2024 $2.0M | FY2025 $2.1M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Wargaming and Simulation Centers Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0207605F | FY2024 $11.9M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Medical C-CBRNE Programs Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0208036F | FY2024 $2.0M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| EIT CONNECT Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0303004F | FY2024 $7.9M | FY2025 $16.1M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Auctioned Spectrum Relocation Fund Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0303267F | FY2024 $21.7M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| AMBIT - Post-Auctioned SRF Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0303867F | FY2024 $19.1M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| C2 Air Operations Suite - C2 Info Services Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305015F | FY2024 $13.3M | FY2025 $13.5M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Dragon U-2 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305202F | FY2024 $16.8M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305205F | FY2024 $30.0M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| RQ-4 UAV Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305220F | FY2024 $1.2M | FY2025 $6.2M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Rapid Cyber Acquisition Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0305881F | FY2024 $8.5M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| C-130 Airlift Squadron Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0401115F | FY2024 $22.0M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Special Tactics / Combat Control Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0408011F | FY2024 $7.7M | FY2025 $9.4M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Aerospace Vehicle Technologies Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0602201F | FY2024 $188.5M | FY2025 $15.2M | n/a | vs FY2025 |
| Defense Laboratories R&D Projects (10 U.S.C, Sec 2358) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force · 0602212F | FY2024 $111.7M | FY2025 n/a | n/a | vs FY2025 |
Timing
Budget books show money requested, enacted and spent by fiscal year before contracts show it. Enacted procurement money stays available to obligate for 3 years, RDT&E for 2 years and shipbuilding for 5, so a line funded this year turns into contract awards over the following 1 to 5 years. DoD contract actions then publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the awards database trails these budget lines by months to years. Reprogramming actions move enacted money between accounts during the year, usually ahead of the awards it funds.
Source: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), budget materials: Exhibit P-1 (procurement) and Exhibit R-1 (RDT&E) spreadsheets for the FY2025, FY2026 and FY2027 President's Budget requests. Amounts are in dollars (the exhibits print thousands). Totals add the rows the exhibits count toward totals and leave out memo (non-add) rows. Built Oct 8, 2026. Not investment advice.
Terminal: budget lines matched to contracts and companies, with alerts when funding moves.
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