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AwardTape · Budget · FY2027 · Army · Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology

Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology: $156.5M FY2027 request

The Army requests $156.5M for Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology in the FY2027 budget (RDT&E (R-1) line 43, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army). That is 20 times the $7.8M in FY2026 (FY2026 Total).

ExhibitRDT&E (R-1)
AppropriationResearch, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army 2040A
Budget activity03 Advanced technology development
Program element0603135A
Service or agencyArmy (A)
Award categoryResearch and development in the awards database
By budget bookdollars; quantities where the exhibit lists them
Budget bookPrior yearCurrent yearRequestRequest quantity
FY2027 President's BudgetFY2025 Total n/a
FY2025 Total
FY2026 Total $7.8M
FY2026 Total
$156.5M
FY2026 President's BudgetFY2024 Actuals n/a
FY2024 Actuals
FY2025 Total n/a
FY2025 Total
$7.8M
FY2027 exhibit columnsas printed, in dollars
ColumnAmountQuantity
FY2026 Discretionary Enacted$7.8M
FY2026 Total$7.8M
FY2027 Discretionary Request$156.5M
FY2027 Total$156.5M
Award records that name this programtext match on award descriptions
AwardCompanyObligated FY2024+
FA862926FB002
Department of the Air Force · names SUAS
AEROVIRONMENT, INC$49.3M
FA875021F1012
Department of the Air Force · names SUAS
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$37.4M
FA805124F0004
Department of the Air Force · names SUAS
V2X SYSTEMS LLC$22.8M
W58RGZ26F0244
Department of the Army · names SUAS
PERFORMANCE DRONE WORKS LLC$15.3M
W912CH26CA023
Department of the Army · names SUAS
DRONESHIELD LLC$13.8M
W50S7824CA002
Department of the Army · names SUAS
DRONESENSE, INC.$1.9M
W912PB26FA285
Department of the Army · names SUAS
DRONIVO GMBH$1.4M
W911QY25F1002
Department of the Army · names SUAS
SYSTEM DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED$1.1M

Matched by the program designator in the award description (SUAS), same service first plus the largest DoD-wide matches. Budget lines and contracts share no common key, so treat these as leads.

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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