Table 2: Detailed Mandatory Breakout

BLI	Reconciliation Bin Title	FY 2025 ($K)	FY 2026 ($K)	FY 2027 ($K)
0601102A	Low-Cost Weapons		1,000
0601103A	Low-Cost Weapons		28,000
0603119A	Low-Cost Weapons		1,500
0603464A	Munitions and Supply Chain		155,700
0603465A	Low-Cost Weapons		8,401
0603639A	Munitions and Supply Chain		50,000
0603804A	Low-Cost Weapons		10,000
0604019A	Munitions and Supply Chain		5,000
0604020A	Low-Cost Weapons		12,000
0604115A	Munitions and Supply Chain		29,300
0604117A	Munitions and Supply Chain		60,150
0604129A	Low-Cost Weapons		5,000
0604182A	Munitions			40,000
0604741A	Munitions and Supply Chain		43,300
0604818A	Low-Cost Weapons		3,450
0604820A	Missile Defense		14,000
0604827A	Low-Cost Weapons		10,000
0604827A	Munitions and Supply Chain		12,587
0605051A	Munitions and Supply Chain		13,530
0605053A	Readiness		74,000
0605054A	INDOPACOM Capabilities		84,000
0605054A	Missile Defense		55,000
0605231A	Munitions and Supply Chain		197,184
0605232A	Munitions and Supply Chain		19,401
0605241A	Readiness		310,000
0605345A	Low-Cost Weapons		15,000
0605301A	Missile Defense		8,800
0605301A	Missile Defense		215,000
0606118A	Missile Defense		63,000
0607131A	Low-Cost Weapons		2,400
0607139A	Readiness		63,000
Classified	INDOPACOM Capabilities		25,000
0604759A	Missile Defense		184,200
Classified	Low-Cost Weapons	12,294
Mandatory Total		12,294	1,778,903	40,000

MANDATORY FUNDING JUSTIFICATION: The FY 2027 request for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army includes $18,708,826thousand of discretionary and $40,000thousand of mandatory reconciliation for a total of $18,748,826thousand.

Munitions The$40,000 thousand in mandatory reconciliation funds in PE 0604182A / Hypersonics areto supportthe development and test of the Blackbeard -Ground Launch (GL) low-cost hypersonic strike missile. This effort will assess the potential to achieve a significantly reduced cost for high-speed strike capability complementing existing Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) capabilities.

The FY 2026 spend plan amountfor Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army includes$16,565,760 thousand of discretionary and $1,778,903thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $18,344,663thousand.

The FY 2025 spend plan amountfor Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army includes $14,496,467 thousand of discretionary and $12,294 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation)for a total of $14,508,761 thousand.

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Program Element Table of Contents (by Budget Activity then Line Item Number)

Appropriation 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army

Line # Budget Activity Program Element Number Program Element Title Page

31 03 0603002A Medical Advanced Technology..........................................................................................Volume 1c -1 32 03 0603007A Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology............................................Volume 1c -15 33 03 0603025A Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration......................................................................Volume 1c -19 34 03 0603040A Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies............................. Volume 1c -26 35 03 0603041A All Domain Convergence Advanced Technology............................................................Volume 1c -42 36 03 0603042A C3I Advanced Technology.............................................................................................. Volume 1c -46 37 03 0603043A Air Platform Advanced Technology.................................................................................Volume 1c -64 38 03 0603044A Soldier Advanced Technology.........................................................................................Volume 1c -79 39 03 0603116A Lethality Advanced Technology.......................................................................................Volume 1c -91 40 03 0603118A Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology.........................................................................Volume 1c -107 41 03 0603119A Ground Advanced Technology......................................................................................Volume 1c -142 42 03 0603134A Counter Improvised-Threat Simulation..........................................................................Volume 1c -173 43 03 0603135A Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology................Volume 1c -176 44 03 0603275A Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology.....................................................................Volume 1c -182 45 03 0603276A Electronic Warfare Cyber Advanced Technology..........................................................Volume 1c -207 46 03 0603345A Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development......Volume 1c -212

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Appropriation 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army

Line # Budget Activity Program Element Number Program Element Title Page

47 03 0603386A Biotechnology for Materials -Advanced Research........................................................Volume 1c -217 48 03 0603457A C3I Cyber Advanced Development...............................................................................Volume 1c -220 49 03 0603461A High Performance Computing Modernization Program.................................................Volume 1c -228 50 03 0603462A Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology..............................................Volume 1c -235 51 03 0603463A Network C3I Advanced Technology..............................................................................Volume 1c -274 52 03 0603464A Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology......................................................Volume 1c -318 53 03 0603465A Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology.....................................................................Volume 1c -335 54 03 0603466A Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology............................................................Volume 1c -363 56 03 0603920A Humanitarian Demining.................................................................................................Volume 1c -376

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Army • Budget Estimates FY 2027 • RDT&E Program

Program Element Table of Contents (Alphabetically by Program Element Title)

Program Element Program Element Title Number Line # BA Page

Air Platform Advanced Technology 0603043A 37 03......................................Volume 1c -64 Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology 0603466A 54 03....................................Volume 1c -363 All Domain Convergence Advanced Technology 0603041A 35 03......................................Volume 1c -42 Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration 0603025A 33 03......................................Volume 1c -19 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies 0603040A 34 03......................................Volume 1c -26 Biotechnology for Materials - Advanced Research 0603386A 47 03....................................Volume 1c -217 C3I Advanced Technology 0603042A 36 03......................................Volume 1c -46 C3I Cyber Advanced Development 0603457A 48 03....................................Volume 1c -220 Counter Improvised-Threat Simulation 0603134A 42 03....................................Volume 1c -173 Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-SUAS) Advanced Technology 0603135A 43 03....................................Volume 1c -176 Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology 0603275A 44 03....................................Volume 1c -182 Electronic Warfare Cyber Advanced Technology 0603276A 45 03....................................Volume 1c -207 Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology 0603465A 53 03....................................Volume 1c -335 Ground Advanced Technology 0603119A 41 03....................................Volume 1c -142 High Performance Computing Modernization Program 0603461A 49 03....................................Volume 1c -228 Humanitarian Demining 0603920A 56 03....................................Volume 1c -376 Lethality Advanced Technology 0603116A 39 03......................................Volume 1c -91

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Program Element
Program Element Title	Number	Line #	BA	Page
Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology	0603464A	52	03....................................Volume 1c -318
Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology	0603007A	32	03......................................Volume 1c -15
Medical Advanced Technology	0603002A	31	03........................................Volume 1c -1
Network C3I Advanced Technology	0603463A	51	03....................................Volume 1c -274
Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology	0603462A	50	03....................................Volume 1c -235
Soldier Advanced Technology	0603044A	38	03......................................Volume 1c -79
Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	0603118A	40	03....................................Volume 1c -107
Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Advanced Technology Development	0603345A	46	03....................................Volume 1c -212

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Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	9.599	8.860	17.876	-	17.876	23.627	12.373	6.687	6.708	0.000	85.730
MM2: MEDICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES (CA)	-	5.000	7.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.000
MM7: Enabling Med Cap to Support Dispersed OPS Adv Tech	-	1.001	0.917	0.885	-	0.885	1.048	1.055	1.067	1.078	0.000	7.051
MN6: Blast & Head Impact Exposure Monitor Advanced Tech	-	-	-	16.041	-	16.041	21.611	10.340	4.633	4.633	0.000	57.258
MN7: Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Adv Tech	-	2.398	0.482	0.950	-	0.950	0.968	0.978	0.987	0.997	0.000	7.760
MO8: Expeditionary Performance Nutrition Advanced Techn	-	0.158	0.106	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	0.264
MP3: Phys Chem Toxicity Assessment Sys Adv Tech	-	1.042	0.355	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.397

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates advanced medical technologies including drugs, medical devices, and developing medical practices and

procedures to effectively protect and improve the survivability of United States Forces across the entire spectrum of military operations. Successful completion of efforts

relies on tri-Service coordination and cooperation.

Promising medical technologies are refined and validated through extensive testing, which is conducted in compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations for human medical products, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for insect-control products that impact humans or the environment (e.g., repellents and insecticides). The FDA requires medical products to undergo extensive preclinical testing in animals and/or other models to obtain preliminary effectiveness and safety information before they can be tested in human clinical trials. Clinical trials are conducted stepwise: first to prove the product is safe in humans, second to demonstrate the desired effectiveness and optimal dosage (amount to be administered) in a small group human study, and third to demonstrate effectiveness in large, diverse human populations. Each successive phase includes larger numbers of human subjects and requires FDA cognizance prior to proceeding. Work conducted in this PE primarily focuses on late stages of technology maturation activities required to conduct safety and effectiveness clinical trials. Some high-risk technologies may require additional maturation with FDA guidance prior to initiating these clinical trials. Such things as proof of product stability and purity are necessary

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced TechnologyFY 2025FY 20265.000--7.0005.0007.0005.0007.000

to meet FDA standards before entering later stages of testing and prior to transitioning into a formal acquisition program where large pivotal trials in diverse populations will be conducted for licensure. Activities in this PE may include completion of preclinical animal studies and small safety and effectiveness studies involving humans according to FDA and EPA requirements. Promising medical technologies that are not regulated by the FDA or EPA are modeled, prototyped, and tested in relevant environments.

Blast research and research into maturing field rations in this PE are fully coordinated with the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center. This coordination enables improved body armor design and rations for Soldiers. Additionally, the activities funded in this PE are externally peer reviewed and fully coordinated with all Services as well as other agencies through the Joint Technology Coordinating Groups of the Armed Services Biomedical Research Evaluation and Management (ASBREM) Community of Interest (COI). The ASBREM COI, formed under the authority of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, serves to facilitate coordination and prevent unnecessary duplication of effort within the Department of War's biomedical research and development community, as well as its associated enabling research areas.

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) Science and Technology (S&T) focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 8.112 1.860 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 9.599 8.860 17.876 -17.876 Total Adjustments 1.487 7.000 17.876 -17.876

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds -7.000

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings 1.600 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.113 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --17.876 -17.876

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions)

Project: MM2: MEDICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES (CA)

Congressional Add: Development of medical prophylaxis against radiological and nuclear threats

Congressional Add: Blast and blunt force sensor system

Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: MM2

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technology

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MM2 / MEDICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES (CA)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete		Total Cost
MM2: MEDICAL ADVANCE	-	5.000	7.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000		12.000
TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
(CA)
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Congressional Interest Item funding for Medical Advanced Technology Initiatives. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Development of medical prophylaxis against radiological and nuclear threats FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item for development of medical prophylaxis against radiological and nuclear threats.	5.000	-
Congressional Add: Blast and blunt force sensor system FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for blast and blunt force sensor system	-	7.000
Congressional Adds Subtotals	5.000	7.000

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MM7 / Enabling Med Cap to Support Dispersed OPS Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
MM7: Enabling Med Cap to Support Dispersed OPS Adv Tech	-	1.001	0.917	0.885	-	0.885	1.048	1.055	1.067	1.078	0.000	7.051
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

Future En Route Casualty Care Sustainment Cap Set in FY2026 reflects a transition towards critical Warfighter evacuation needs in LSCO. This effort provides support

for the FLRAA medical variant.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Matures and demonstrates a tele-monitored and remote-controlled Combat Evacuation Mission Module to support medical resupply and casualty evacuation using future multi-purpose Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Provides a self-contained medical module capability adaptable to various future multi- purpose VTOL UAS. Matures and demonstrates an intelligent decision-support capability that can be operated on an Army or Navy provided End User Device (EUD), such as the NETT Warrior system, to assist medics with patient assessment, triage, treatment, and disposition in a Prolonged Field Care (PFC) environment by assessing patient conditions to provide adaptive care guidelines.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Develop Prototype Medical Robotic and Autonomous System (Med-RAS) Description: Matures and demonstrates a tele-monitored and remote-controlled Combat Evacuation Mission Module to support medical resupply and casualty evacuation using future multi-purpose VTOL UAS. Provides a self-contained medical module capability adaptable to various future multi- purpose VTOL UAS. Matures and demonstrates an intelligent decision-support capability that can be operated on an Army or Navy provided EUD, such as the NETT Warrior system, to assist medics with patient assessment, triage, treatment, and disposition in a PFC environment by assessing patient conditions to provide adaptive care guidelines.	1.001	-	-
Title: Future En Route Casualty Care Sustainment Cap Set Description: This effort performs advanced technology development of methods, materiel, and semi-autonomous / autonomous technologies to increase capability, capacity, and number of patients moved within the Military Health System. Technology solutions include methods and materiel to physically and/or cognitively offload the medical en route care provider for high volume patient load and long haul or hold. This program also supports novel approaches to improving casualty survival in a hostile LSCO environment during evacuation and transport.	-	0.917	0.885

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MM7 / Enabling Med Cap to Support Dispersed OPS Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
FY 2026 Plans: Will develop proof-of-concept system integrating medical device alarms from multiple pieces of en route care medical equipment into the Flight Medic's communication system, isolated from other communications systems within the aircraft, and will evaluate the system's ability to improve the level of care provided by the Flight Medic when treating multiple MEDEVAC patients. FY 2027 Plans: Complete design recommendations for auditory alarm cues provided to flight medics from patient monitoring devices. Investigate novel methods of reducing flight medic workload, including augmented reality displays and supplemental crewing. Validate and standardize casualty detection reduction techniques (e.g., IR concealment materials) to optimize casualty survival during transport. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: The funding decrease aligns with the projected costs for the planned scope of work.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.001	0.917	0.885

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MN6 / Blast & Head Impact Exposure Monitor Advanced Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
MN6: Blast & Head Impact Exposure Monitor Advanced Tech	-	-	-	16.041	-	16.041	21.611	10.340	4.633	4.633	0.000	57.258
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project will inform a) accurate injury and survivability criteria against selected emerging blast and terminal ballistic effects in different environment platforms, b)

technologies and strategies to provide actionable information to unit leader/Soldier about hazardous exposure , and innovative mitigation solutions against emerging

threats in military operations. This capability will inform force health protection criteria and injury severity risk that can help prevent degradation to Soldier cognitive

readiness and performance and enhance combat power.

The cited research is fully coordinated with PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) and complimentary to PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) and is fully coordinated with other Services in order to avoid duplication of effort.

Research in this project is performed by the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Fort Detrick, MD.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Army Medical Blast Overpressure Risk Mitigation Description: This effort conducts research to develop advanced blast mitigation strategies to improve Soldier performance, refine training limits, enhance medical standards, optimize PPE, prevent injuries, and reduce health impacts. FY 2027 Plans: Develop and finalize a statistically rigorous study design that includes cohort selection, operational partnerships, baseline measures, and reassessment intervals. Integrate outcomes from retrospective data analysis to inform study approach. Identify and document emerging use cases for predictive analytics for blast mitigation strategies, such as application in enclosed environments or various training conditions. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects development of a pathway to address the Army multifaceted strategy for total force readiness and mitigation of the blast exposure health effects.	-	-	16.041
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	-	-	16.041

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MN6 / Blast & Head Impact Exposure Monitor Advanced Tech

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MN7 / Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
MN7: Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Adv Tech	-	2.398	0.482	0.950	-	0.950	0.968	0.978	0.987	0.997	0.000	7.760
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, funds are realigned within PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technology from Project MO8 / Expeditionary Performance Nutrition Advanced Technology

and Project MP3 / Physical Chemical Toxicity Assessment System Advanced Technology to Project MN7 / Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Advanced Technology.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project develops strategies and technologies to reduce musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) rates and improve outcomes following Return to Duty (RTD) in the Army training, operational, and medical communities to improve Soldier readiness.

The cited research is fully coordinated with PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) and complimentary to PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) and is fully coordinated with the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and other Services in order to avoid duplication of effort.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Leader and Medical Provider Tools to Prevent and Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury in All Settings Description: Project validates in field environment strategies and technologies to reduce MSKI rates and improve outcomes following RTD in the Army training, operational, and medical communities to improve Soldier readiness. Inform blast mitigation strategies to keep Soldiers healthy. FY 2026 Plans: Leverage outcomes in Musculoskeletal Injury (ARMI) study to validate and translate musculoskeletal injury risk and performance degrading prediction tools, as well as strategies to optimize physical readiness to provide evidence-based recommendations for injury resilience and readiness. Validate test methodologies for blast mitigation potential of PPE systems utilizing updated health effects and injury thresholds. Begin validation of damage risk criteria for impulse noise exposure. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the realignment to Advanced Solutions to Prevent Disease Non Battle Injuries Due To Environmental, Nutritional and Musculoskeletal Factors.	2.398	0.482	-
Title: Advanced Solutions to Prevent Disease Non Battle Injuries Due To Environmental, Nutritional and Musculoskeletal Factors	-	-	0.950

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MN7 / Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: Project validates in field environment strategies and technologies to reduce MSKI rates and improve outcomes following RTD in the Army training, operational, and medical communities to improve Soldier readiness. Validate physiological, sensory, and brain health algorithms for improved PPE testing and evaluation and the development of tools to monitor the health effects of blast overpressure exposure. FY 2027 Plans: Initiate randomized controlled trial evaluating the MSKI reduction recommendations in training, implementation is expected to reduce the MSKI in training by ~50%. Continue evaluation of operational environment to determine and evaluate modifiable risk factors for MSKI and improved recovery after injury. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects the realignment from Leader and Medical Provider Tools to Prevent and Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury in All Settings and PE 0603002A Medical Advanced Technology Project Project MO8 / Expeditionary Performance Nutrition Advanced Technology and Project MP3 / Physical Chemical Toxicity Assessment System Advanced Technology and the implementation of additional studies to determine and evaluate modifiable risk factors for improved recovery after MSKI.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	2.398	0.482	0.950

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MO8 / Expeditionary Performance Nutrition Advanced Techn
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
MO8: Expeditionary	-	0.158	0.106	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	0.264
Performance Nutrition Advanced
Techn
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, funds are realigned within PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technology to Project MN7 / Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Advanced Technology.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project covers the development of real-time, specific, and individualized interventions to optimize mental acuity and fatigue and manage metabolic and nutritional needs to sustain soldier physical, mental, and immunological performance.

The cited research is fully coordinated with PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) and complimentary to PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) and is fully coordinated with other services in order to avoid duplication of effort.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Medical Strategies to Sustain Soldier Alertness and Performance in All Settings Description: Develop real-time, specific, and individualized interventions to optimize mental acuity and fatigue and manage metabolic and nutritional needs to sustain Soldier physical, mental, and immunological performance. FY 2026 Plans: Using the Close Combat Assault Rations (CCAR) consumption on Warfighter energy intake and performance study results to develop recommendations for utilization of CCAR in an operational relevant environment. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to PE 0603002A Medical Advanced Technology Project MN7/ Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Advanced Technology.	0.158	0.106	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	0.158	0.106	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MO8 / Expeditionary Performance Nutrition Advanced Techn

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MP3 / Phys Chem Toxicity Assessment Sys Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
MP3: Phys Chem Toxicity Assessment Sys Adv Tech	-	1.042	0.355	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.397
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, funds are realigned within PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technology to Project MN7 / Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Advanced Technology.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project covers the development of products and solutions that will protect and prevent degradation of Soldier health, readiness and performance from environmental stressors (heat, cold, altitude, and chemical toxicants) while conducting prolonged operations in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). Develop algorithms and physiological models to inform unit leaders and Soldiers and provide actionable information and interventions to manage metabolic needs, maintain performance, and avoid non-battle injuries while operating in extreme environments.

This project contains no duplication with any effort within the Military Departments and includes direct participation by other Services. The cited research is fully coordinated with PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) and complimentary to PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Solutions to Sustain Warfighter Performance in Extreme Environments Description: Protect and prevent degradation of Soldier health, readiness and performance from environmental stressors (heat, cold, altitude, chemical toxicants) while conducting prolonged operations in the MDO. Develop algorithms and physiological models to inform unit leaders and Soldiers and provide actionable information and interventions to manage metabolic needs, maintain performance, and avoid non-battle injuries while operating in extreme environments. FY 2026 Plans: Continue validation of an early warning hypoxia monitoring tool for use at high altitude and wrap up the digital twin project. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to PE 0603002A Medical Advanced Technology Project MN7/ Musculoskeletal Injury Screening Tool Advanced Technology.	1.042	0.355	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.042	0.355	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603002A / Medical Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) MP3 / Phys Chem Toxicity Assessment Sys Adv Tech

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603007A / Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	14.693	13.559	11.113	-	11.113	14.887	14.998	15.211	15.292	Continuing	Continuing
792: Personnel Performance & Training	-	14.693	13.559	11.113	-	11.113	14.887	14.998	15.211	15.292	Continuing	Continuing

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Program Element (PE) matures and validates applied behavioral and social science technologies that enhance the Soldier Lifecycle (e.g., selection, assignment,

training, leader development) and human relations (e.g. unit cohesion). These technologies provide advanced personnel measures that more fully assess potential and

predict performance, behavior, attitudes, and resilience. These technologies also provide innovative and effective Talent Management methods to optimize individual

and team performance to ensure the Army can meet mission requirements in uncertain and complex environments. This PE evaluates new selection measures,

assignment methods, and performance metrics for individuals and units, assesses innovative training methods, and conducts scientific assessments to inform Human

Capital policy and programs. Work in this PE will result in effective non-materiel solutions to help the Army adjust to changes in force size and structure, a variety of

mission demands and contexts, challenges in human relations, and budgetary constraints.

Work in this PE complements and is fully coordinated with PE 0602785A (Manpower/Personnel/Training Technology).

The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) priority focus areas, the Army Vision, the Army's Talent Management Strategy, and the Army Modernization Strategy

Work in this PE is performed by the United States Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Ft. Belvoir, VA.

B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions) FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total

Previous President's Budget 16.716 13.559 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 14.693 13.559 11.113 -11.113 Total Adjustments -2.023 0.000 11.113 -11.113

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds --

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -1.413 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.610 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --11.113 -11.113

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603007A / Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603007A / Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) 792 / Personnel Performance & Training
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
792: Personnel Performance & Training	-	14.693	13.559	11.113	-	11.113	14.887	14.998	15.211	15.292	Continuing	Continuing
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates applied behavioral and social science technologies that enhance the Soldier Lifecycle (e.g., selection, assignment, training,

leader development) and team effectiveness. These technologies provide advanced personnel measures that more fully assess potential and predict performance,

behavior, attitudes, and resilience. These technologies also provide innovative and effective talent management methods to optimize individual and team performance to

ensure the Army can meet mission requirements in uncertain and complex environments. This project demonstrates new selection measures, assignment methods, and

performance metrics for individuals and units, and assesses innovative leader development and learning methods. Research will result in effective non-materiel solutions

to help the Army adjust to changes in force size and structure, a variety of mission demands and contexts, challenges in human relations, and budgetary constraints.

Work is performed by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Talent Assessment and Development Description: This effort optimizes and demonstrates innovative talent management approaches to provide the Army the flexibility to adapt to changes in force structure and recruiting environments. This effort matures Soldier selection measures, techniques, and tools to more fully assess Soldier potential and better predict behavior, attrition, Soldier performance, and team effectiveness. This effort also matures and demonstrates methods that develop and model Soldier talents/competencies longitudinally across a career. FY 2026 Plans: Will advance prototype development and mature longitudinal validation of officer talent management assessments; will advance validation of prototypes of automated test item generation for knowledge tests. FY 2027 Plans: Will conduct research to advance prototype assessments of officer and enlisted Soldiers for enhanced Talent Management; advance analytic and modeling techniques to provide more efficient mean of developing assessments; develop and validate competency growth models, assessments, and interventions to enhance complex leader competencies required for large scale combat operations; advance development of tailored self-development training tools. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	14.693	13.559	11.113

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603007A / Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) 792 / Personnel Performance & Training

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
FY 2027 funding decrease due to delayed development of critical talent management interventions and reduced comprehensiveness of competency growth models across careers and job categories.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	14.693	13.559	11.113

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	14.075	44.150	3.325	-	3.325	4.125	4.566	4.887	5.132	0.000	80.260
CK8: Advanced Technology Development and Convergence	-	9.733	1.039	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.772
DA3: Army Advanced Innovation	-	4.342	43.111	3.325	-	3.325	4.125	4.566	4.887	5.132	0.000	69.488

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE funds the Army's goal of accelerating innovative solutions to achieve future force modernization. The Army is using strategic and "non-traditional" partnerships

and working with traditional vendors in novel ways to respond at the speed of innovation to accelerate the development of cutting-edge technology. Critical technologies

that allow for technological superiority are increasingly dual-use or developed in academia-led partnerships that leverage cutting edge innovation. In an era of global

competition, technological superiority requires agile and rapid innovation. Cross-cutting modernization initiatives leveraging strategic partnerships and foster an

environment to bring knowledge and expertise to demonstrate breakthrough and innovative technologies that will benefit the warfighter. These collaborations bring

new ways of doing business to demonstrate emerging technologies and systems with high payoff potential to address current technology shortfalls or future capability

gaps and systems. Leveraging other innovative mechanisms, to include accelerators, incubators, and other technology accelerants, to enhance innovation is part of the

overall innovation strategy. Innovation includes not only hardware, and physical products but also software, software development, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine

learning, all as stand-alone initiatives and as part of broader innovation to programs and technology development. Senior leadership approves Innovation projects in the

budget year and year of execution based on priority and opportunity, ensuring that innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps and transitioning to Army

acquisition to rapidly deliver capabilities to the Soldier through the Army's Innovation Oversight Board or Army Futures Command.

Research in this PE is closely coordinated with PE 0602002A (Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research).

Work is performed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C), Army Applications Laboratory (AAL), the Engineering Research and Development Center, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center, and the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and DemonstrationFY 202615.0003.0008.0007.50033.50033.500FY 2025------

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 14.608 19.679 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 14.075 44.150 3.325 -3.325 Total Adjustments -0.533 24.471 3.325 -3.325

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --9.029

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds -33.500

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings --

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.533 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --3.325 -3.325

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions)

Project: DA3: Army Advanced Innovation Congressional Add: Additive manufacturing for alternative fuel munitions Congressional Add: Contested Logistics Research Consortium Congressional Add: Portable Ground Launched Cruise Missiles Congressional Add: Ruggedized modular fixed-wing sUAS

Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: DA3

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration	Project (Number/Name) CK8 / Advanced Technology Development and Convergence
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CK8: Advanced Technology Development and Convergence	-	9.733	1.039	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.772
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

The Army aims to accelerate finding innovative solutions for the warfighter's difficult technological problems. This effort develops new ways of doing business to include

strategic and non-traditional partnerships while working with traditional vendors in novel ways to allow for agile integration of leading-edge technology. This effort

enables the Army to quickly implement novel solutions garnered from operational experimentation. It allows the Army to accelerate efforts with industry to better inform

requirements. Transformation & Training Command senior leadership approves innovation projects in the budget year and year of execution based on priority and

opportunity, ensuring that innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps. These efforts transition to programs of record; transition to Army Science and

Technology (S&T) projects; inform requirements and concepts; and, when appropriate, transition directly to the warfighter.

Work is performed by the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Technology Development of Existing Commercial Technology Description: Advanced commercial development exists when direct investment leads to rapid technology applications and demonstration. The Army identifies existing technology, often available commercially, to further develop and modify for Army use. Partnerships with industry both traditional and non-traditional, allow the Army to advance non-military commercial research and development investments through focused engagements resulting in commercial adaption and integration to address Army technology and modernization efforts. Initial nominal Army investment in proof of technology and technology demonstrations will expedite novel technologies shaping their development to meet Army requirements and expediting both component and complete system adaptation. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate, and transition innovative technologies that solve warfighter problems. The Army Innovation Oversight Board will approve efforts in the budget year and year of execution based on priority efforts and the potential impact to the warfighter. These efforts may include, but are not limited to, emerging technologies that enhance unit lethality and survivability, promote unit readiness, increase the Army's ability to engage in lethal fires, improve methods to remove Soldiers from harm, and improve unit efficiency. These efforts could transition as new programs of record, transition into existing programs of record, transition to other science and technology efforts, orinform conceptsand requirements. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	9.733	1.039	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration	Project (Number/Name) CK8 / Advanced Technology Development and Convergence

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	9.733	1.039	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration	Project (Number/Name) DA3 / Army Advanced Innovation
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DA3: Army Advanced Innovation	-	4.342	43.111	3.325	-	3.325	4.125	4.566	4.887	5.132	0.000	69.488
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project funds the Advanced Development portion of the Army Innovation Plan, the Army's investment strategy to rapidly accelerate innovative solutions to

challenging Warfighter problems. This project will provide the Army with the most advanced and cutting-edge solutions with the ability to adapt and integrate multi

disciplinary innovative technologies by bridging the interfaces between internal and external efforts for a holistic entry into the acquisition pipeline at the most appropriate

milestone. Cross-cutting modernization initiatives leverage strategic partnerships that foster an environment to bring knowledge and expertise to demonstrate innovative

technologies that will benefit the warfighter. The pace of advancing technology and the flexibility to respond to cutting-edge technology at the Speed of Innovation, will

accelerate the development of unanticipated technology opportunities, and allow the Army to rapidly deliver capabilities to the Soldier. Through the Army's Innovation

Oversight Board, the Army senior leadership approves the Innovation projects in the budget year and year of execution based on priority and opportunity, ensuring that

innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps and transitioning to Army S&T projects to inform an optimal technology investment strategy and rapidly deliver

capabilities to the Soldier.

This project is coordinated with PE 0602002A (Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research) / project DC4 (Army Applied Innovation).

Work is performed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C), the Engineering Research and Development Center, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Army Advanced Innovation Description: The Army seeks to develop and demonstrate technology that display unique and innovative potential in a cross-domain fashion. This effort will serve as funding to rapidly transition disruptive and groundbreaking capabilities that fall outside of the normal acquisition pipeline. FY 2026 Plans: Will evaluate and demonstrate innovative technologies that expedite the transition of capabilities, enabling swift modernization; concentrate on transformational technologies, shifting the emphasis towards the design of the Army in 2040. FY 2027 Plans:	4.342	6.152	3.325

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration	Project (Number/Name) DA3 / Army Advanced Innovation

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature and demonstrate technologies developed by university-led research through experimentation and Soldier engagement in areas such as weapons systems, autonomy, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), logistics, and Soldier-enabling systems. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Title: Advance Army University Research Hubs Description: The Army seeks to exploit the academic innovation ecosystem to capture, mature, and demonstrate disruptive technologies through their existing body of advanced research and their capacity to further develop and deliver cross-cutting technology solutions for Army Transformation. Sources and partners include academic institutions, university entrepreneur/ spin-out programs, international academic partners, Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) underrepresented institutions, designated Army research centers, University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), and similar organizations. Outputs are planned for transition to advance, integrate into, or complement other Army science and technology programs or directly into acquisition programs. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate technologies originating from or through university-led research that have matured to or near a commercial use that has the potential for breakthrough or dual-use capability to significantly advance military applications in priority or directed transformation areas such as weapon systems, human machine interface, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), logistics, and Soldier enabling systems; prototype university technologies for field testing and validation. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	-	3.459	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	4.342	9.611	3.325

	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Additive manufacturing for alternative fuel munitions FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Additive manufacturing for alternative fuel munitions	-	15.000
Congressional Add: Contested Logistics Research Consortium	-	3.000

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603025A / Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration	Project (Number/Name) DA3 / Army Advanced Innovation

	FY 2025	FY 2026
FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Contested Logistics Research Consortium
Congressional Add: Portable Ground Launched Cruise Missiles FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Portable Ground Launched Cruise Missiles	-	8.000
Congressional Add: Ruggedized modular fixed-wing sUAS FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Ruggedized modular fixed-wing sUAS	-	7.500
Congressional Adds Subtotals	-	33.500

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	25.025	37.487	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	62.512
CL1: AI Enhanced Intel Operations Advanced Technologies	-	2.178	1.859	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.037
CL6: ATR Using Multiple Cooperative Sensors Adv Tech	-	5.928	6.525	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.453
CN6: Predictive Maintenance Advanced Technology	-	1.910	5.328	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	7.238
CT8: Army AI Integration Center Adv Research (CA)	-	12.000	17.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	29.000
DA7: AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech	-	1.115	3.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.365
DE9: AI Development Environment Advanced Technology	-	1.894	2.777	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.671
DN3: AI Enabled Contested Logistics Spt Tools Adv Tech	-	-	0.748	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	0.748

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE will mature and demonstrate advanced technologies using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve target recognition/detection using

multiple cooperative autonomous sensors, leader decision-making, and replication of tactical behaviors to enable autonomous capabilities for maneuver, predictive

maintenance, talent management, Intel support for Operations, network and cybersecurity and medical support. The Army's Artificial Intelligence Integration Center

(AI2C) will provide strategic guidance and coordination of these advanced research efforts in AI/ML across the Army Modernization enterprise.

Research in this PE contributes to the Army Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio and is fully coordinated with efforts in PE 0601601A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Basic Research) and PE 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies).

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) S&T focus areas, the Army Modernization Strategy and the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO).

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced TechnologiesFY 2026-7.00010.00017.00017.000FY 202512.000--12.00012.000

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 30.263 20.487 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 25.025 37.487 0.000 -0.000 Total Adjustments -5.238 17.000 0.000 -0.000

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --• Congressional Adds 12.000 17.000

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -16.572 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.666 -

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions)

Project: CT8: Army AI Integration Center Adv Research (CA) Congressional Add: Edge based predictive maintenance tools Congressional Add: Ai Cognitive Decision Aids Congressional Add: Multi-Domain Kill Chain Automation

Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: CT8

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CL1 / AI Enhanced Intel Operations Advanced Technologies
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CL1: AI Enhanced Intel	-	2.178	1.859	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.037
Operations Advanced
Technologies
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enabled Intelligence Fusion for Targeting will address a "multi-INT" fusion problem and mature and demonstrate how AI algorithms can fuse

data from various military intelligence systems to support sensor to shooter automation for the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. This effort will mature and

demonstrate AI capabilities for support of Long-Range Precision Fires, Mission Command, and Maneuver Commanders by exploiting Intelligence Community enterprise

investments in sensing, data transport, and Machine Learning (ML) / AI frameworks. These technologies will produce software, novel algorithms and models, and

knowledge products.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project CL2 (AI Enhanced Intel Operations Technologies).

Work in this project is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: AI Enabled Intelligence Fusion for Targeting Description: AI Enabled Intelligence Fusion for Targeting will mature and demonstrate how AI algorithms can fuse data from various military intelligence systems (multi-INT) to support sensor to shooter automation for the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. This effort will design and develop AI capabilities for support of Long Range Precision Fires, Mission Command, and Maneuver Commanders by leveraging Intelligence Community enterprise investments in sensing, data transport, and Machine Learning / AI frameworks. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate a system of applications that utilize AI technologies to identify targets of interest and develop algorithms that use multiple data sources to predict representation for novel object classes from a small number of novel class samples; optimize the fusion of visual, language, signal, and event-based information and semantic relationships to learn new objects and relationships and validate knowledge transfer from base classes to novel classes to reduce the time it takes to train AI algorithms. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	1.162	0.900	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CL1 / AI Enhanced Intel Operations Advanced Technologies

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects realignment to Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech).
Title: Foundation for AI Intel Support to Operations Description: Develop and mature an AI infrastructure/pipeline for training, integrating, and sustaining AI across multiple AI domains to inform requirements for enterprise production systems and edge systems for the Army Military Intelligence and Operations (Intel/Ops) community. FY 2026 Plans: Will continue to mature data frameworks and data pipelines for fusion of intelligence data from multiple military intelligence systems; develop and optimize data frameworks and pipelines with infrastructure components that can implement machine learning algorithms across multiple AI domains. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech).	1.016	0.959	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	2.178	1.859	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CL6 / ATR Using Multiple Cooperative Sensors Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CL6: ATR Using Multiple Cooperative Sensors Adv Tech	-	5.928	6.525	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.453
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project will mature and demonstrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms/models and supporting systems that leverage a team of air and ground sensors to

autonomously navigate and collaborate through shared perception of the optical, thermal, and electromagnetic spectrums to find, identify, geo-locate, track, and help

engage targets during reconnaissance missions. These technologies will produce a mix of fully integrated software, AI algorithms/models, and ground-based/aerial

based drones to execute reconnaissance and engagement tasks in battlefield conditions.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project CL7 (ATR Using Multiple Cooperative Sensors App Tech)

Work in this project supports the Army Science and Technology Lethality Portfolio and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Collaborative Target Detection and Tracking Description: This effort will mature and demonstrate an AI-enabled scalable team of autonomous air and ground vehicles that will cooperatively conduct a zone recon to identify, geolocate, and track threats using on-board electronic intelligence (ELINT) and electro optical-infrared (EO-IR) sensors. FY 2026 Plans: Will directly integrate Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK)-adjacent software onto program of record (POR) support systems, most prominently Nett Warrior; optimize AI algorithms/models for autonomy, automated threat recognition, target geolocation, and auto adjust fire for effective use by POR ecosystems; mature drone autonomy and tasking options to enable Soldier control at a minimum cognitive burden; demonstrate the creation and support of advanced expendable, attributional drone designs to execute targeted reconnaissance and engagement tasks in field conditions; extend the infrastructure necessary to support effective AI model retraining, movement, and monitoring leveraging both edge and enterprise environments; participate in government-run demonstrations to support technology transition. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	5.928	6.525	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.928	6.525	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CL6 / ATR Using Multiple Cooperative Sensors Adv Tech

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CN6 / Predictive Maintenance Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CN6: Predictive Maintenance Advanced Technology	-	1.910	5.328	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	7.238
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools and capabilities to predict and analyze maintenance status for

emerging and legacy aviation and ground platforms. Will extract maintenance data from databases and sensors and make inferences of missing data via virtual

simulations and improve and provide AI data capture and other AI tools for enterprise maintenance resource planning for military aviation and ground vehicles. Platforms

of focus will be prioritized by cost and value to Army missions and include the UH60, AH64, CH47, Stryker, and Abrams. Each platform will be sequentially evaluated

both at the component (i.e. engine health) and fleet level. This project matures and demonstrates the use of predictive maintenance to increase fleet operational

readiness through reduced downtime by preventing critical failure during missions to maximize availability to combatant commands. Results from this project will inform

requirements and technical architectures for a predicative maintenance platform that will include data engineering, data pipelines, AI development eco-system, and

application delivery. These technologies will produce a suite of applications hosted at both the enterprise and at the edge that provide AI-enabled support tools decision-

making for maintainers and commanders.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project CN7 (Predictive Maintenance Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: PMx Platform Data Management and Integrated Environment Refinement Description: This effort will mature and optimize a predictive maintenance (PMx) cloud-based environment, mature and validate data collection/aggregation techniques, and demonstrate and validate a data architecture and the data pipelines to a cloud-based environment. FY 2026 Plans: Will optimize predictive maintenance application capabilities in a disconnected, denied, intermittent and/or with limited bandwidth (DDIL) environment through integration during deployments and training exercises; continue to utilize maintainer support device architectures; demonstrate applications that demonstrate a proof of concept for a design based on the network available for warfighters to access. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	1.910	5.328	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CN6 / Predictive Maintenance Advanced Technology

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.910	5.328	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) CT8 / Army AI Integration Center Adv Research (CA)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CT8: Army AI Integration Center Adv Research (CA)	-	12.000	17.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	29.000
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Army AI Integration Center Advanced Research.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Edge based predictive maintenance tools FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item for Edge based predictive maintenance tools	12.000	-
Congressional Add: Ai Cognitive Decision Aids FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item for Ai Cognitive Decision Aids	-	7.000
Congressional Add: Multi-Domain Kill Chain Automation FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item for Multi-Domain Kill Chain Automation	-	10.000
Congressional Adds Subtotals	12.000	17.000

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DA7 / AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DA7: AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech	-	1.115	3.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.365
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates solutions for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Command and Coordination (C2) that provide timely understanding and

application of the commander's intent. This project improves sensor-to-shooter and course of action development timelines by developing algorithms, software, and

hardware to efficiently capture, transport, process, and convey complex battlefield data into user friendly, streamlined, interfaces. This project also exploits advances

in the application of game theory to explore hypothetical operational scenarios that inform mission planning. These technologies will optimize mission command and

network capabilities to fully realize AI on the battlefield. These technologies will produce software, novel algorithms and models, and knowledge products that focus on

enabling commanders and their staffs with the ability to conduct mission command to achieve C2 overmatch.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies) / Project DA6 (AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Apl Research).

Work in this project is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: AI-Enabled Common Operating Picture and Battle Tracking Description: This effort will develop and mature AI-enabled tools that allow commanders and staff to prepare for, execute, and assess Army operations to enable decision dominance. Will mature and demonstrate human-machine interfaces that take input of commanders' intent and plans and provides computer-based battle tracking to identify risk to mission and force and AI-optimized direction to Army forces and unified action partners. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate AI-enabled common operating picture through enhancements that surface machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI) insights from the Sustainment, Intelligence, Fires, Protection, Movement and Maneuver, and Information Advantage warfighting functions. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	0.480	0.500	-
Title: AI Foundations for Command and Coordination	0.385	0.405	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DA7 / AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: Matures and optimizes novel foundational models in computer vision, natural language processing/understanding, and temporal/event series analysis that analyze, understand, and optimize AI-operations across Army Battle Command Systems and data fabrics. Establishes access to fused multitudinous data sources in support of AI-based analytics capabilities. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate advanced algorithms for use by wider force and Operational Data Science Teams (ODSTs); build and support enhanced artificial intelligence enabled mission command information applications for the command post; conduct experiments to validate lower echelon analytic platform tactical data fabric. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Title: AI Enhanced Planning for Optimal Operations Description: Designs and develops AI-enabled systems that link people, processes, networks, and command posts in support of command and control. Develops and trains models that analyze, understand, and optimize AI-operations across Army Battle Command Systems and data fabrics. Establishes access to fused multitudinous data sources in support of AI-based analytics capabilities. FY 2026 Plans: Will continue maturation of foundational AI models and algorithms that integrate into simulation framework and create course of actions at the theater echelons; previously developed game theory and multi-agent reinforcement learning will be optimized to validate algorithm function, design, learning strategies, and utility functions so that AI systems enable model training. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	0.250	0.251	-
Title: Soldier Assistant Language Technologies Description: This effort will investigate and mature application of cutting-edge language technologies onto warfighter systems in order to increase network effectiveness and resilience, reduce personnel requirements, and increase Solder situational awareness. Exploitation of semantic understanding, machine translation, natural language processing, automated speech recognition and other emerging language-based technologies and techniques to enable decisions at machine speed, expanding the scope of useful data to include natural language. FY 2026 Plans:	-	2.094	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DA7 / AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will demonstrate, and mature appropriate application(s) or system(s) leveraging emerging language-based AI technologies for mission command of operational forces. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to consolidate data driven decision tools and related activities into one project.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.115	3.250	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DE9 / AI Development Environment Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DE9: AI Development	-	1.894	2.777	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.671
Environment Advanced
Technology
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project funds the Army lacking a common platform to develop AI/ML. This results in siloed and duplicative work that is inefficient. Many current solutions have

narrow application and are proprietary, requiring additional funding, time, and labor to make even minor modifications. The AI-enabled Army of the future will require

low cost, rapid AI/ML solutions at the edge. This project will mature and demonstrate a set of platform(s), and infrastructure optimized for Army use and ready for

rapid employment in enterprise, multi, and hybrid cloud environments to support modular software (cloud native) intended to continuously develop and integrate AI/

ML models. It will mature and demonstrate hardware and software technologies, including cloud native applications and infrastructure for globally dispersed AI/ML

development collaboration, artifact sharing, automated resource provisioning, and continuous ML Operations. The AI Development Environment will provide the

AI-enabled Army of the future with low cost, rapid AI/ML solutions at the edge and accelerated algorithm development for faster delivery to the field.as well as less

expensive AI/ML development by leveraging shared resources.These technologies will produce a software prototype deployed in a cloud environment to demonstrate

ability to conduct distributed development of AI/ML solutions.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602180A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project DE8 (AI Development Environment Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Artificial Intelligence Development Environment Advanced Technology Development Description: Will mature and optimize a cloud native AI model development architecture, mature and validate data integration techniques, and demonstrate and validate an AI model operationalization architecture to cloud or edge endpoints. FY 2026 Plans: Will further improve the ability to connect to additional external data sources, refine the ability to manage collaborative development of AI/ML solutions, and improve the visibility of telemetry data collected via the MLOps pipeline; develop additional capabilities to expand the scope of technologies supported for AI model development, operationalization, and testing. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	1.894	2.777	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DE9 / AI Development Environment Advanced Technology

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)		FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects the completion of this effort.
	Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.894	2.777	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DN3 / AI Enabled Contested Logistics Spt Tools Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DN3: AI Enabled Contested Logistics Spt Tools Adv Tech	-	-	0.748	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	0.748
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, this Project is a New Start

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project provides AI-enabled contested logistics tools to warfighters for all platforms (legacy and future) at all echelons. This effort will improve data from systems of record and leverage additional data streams to provide a complete picture of logistics and sustainment operations in contested environments. This project will provide analysis of maintenance operations, asset visibility, and people personnel capacity to assess current and predict future unit readiness and reduce to logistics and sustainment decision making timelines in contested environments. These technologies will provide a suite of applications uniquely tailored to the end-user that demonstrates machine learning capabilities across the force with regards to contested logistics.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603040A (Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project CN6 (Predictive Maintenance Advanced Technology).

Work in this project is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Federated Predictive Logistics Adv Tech Dev Description: This effort provides predictive logistics analytics by leveraging the collection and input of structured, quality data from the warfighter and networked sensors; validated and verified algorithms; and by leveraging artificially intelligent modeling machine learning models for use by maintainers, warfighters, and commanders to identify and quantify risk, effectively allocate and prioritize resources, and assess future courses of action in support of logistics and sustainment operations in contested environments. FY 2026 Plans: Will provide the full spectrum of information necessary to integrate predictive logistics to include data streams for operations, personnel, and maintenance. Predictive modeling will focus on maturing predictive modeling techniques that increase decision making capabilities for the warfighter. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	-	0.249	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603040A / Artificial Intelligence and Ma chine Learning Advanced Technologies	Project (Number/Name) DN3 / AI Enabled Contested Logistics Spt Tools Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Title: Contested Logistics Decision Support Tools Description: This effort will mature a light weight, containerized environment technologies that allows access to logistics and sustainment support tools in both an enterprise and disconnected, denied, intermittent and/or with limited bandwidth (DDIL) environment. This effort will demonstrate the utility of leveraging machine learning models for use by warfighters to identify and quantify risk, effectively allocate and prioritize resources, and assess future courses of action in support of logistics and sustainment operations in a contested environment. This effort will leverage machine learning models and analyze data incorporating unit operations, personnel and training to assess and predict unit readiness and future unit effectiveness conducting logistics and sustainment operations in contested environments. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature the architecture and implementation of data flows from the tactical edge to the enterprise; deliver predictive models from the enterprise back to the tactical edge based on modeling and decision requirements from warfighters. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	-	0.499	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	-	0.748	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603041A / All Domain Convergence Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	23.183	10.560	3.575	-	3.575	4.170	4.480	4.651	4.654	0.000	55.273
CM2: Collaborative Convergence Adv Tech Development	-	23.183	10.560	3.575	-	3.575	4.170	4.480	4.651	4.654	0.000	55.273

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

The PE develops, matures, and demonstrates as part of a campaign of learning, technologies in an operational environment, learning from early failure and re-scope research to improve speed of response, scalability, interoperability and range of engagement. This PE will deliver technologies that will enable sensor to shooter applications, from tactical to strategic level, taking a system design approach in support of Army experimentation events and DoW Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The research will enable optimal lethal and non-lethal effects across all domains using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve how we recognize threats, augment and enhance leader decision-making, and replicate tactical behaviors to enable autonomous capabilities.

Work in this PE complements PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology), PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology), and PE 0603463 (Network C3I Advanced Technology).

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) Priority focus areas.

B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions) FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total

Previous President's Budget 23.722 10.560 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 23.183 10.560 3.575 -3.575 Total Adjustments -0.539 0.000 3.575 -3.575

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds --

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings --

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.539 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --3.575 -3.575

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603041A / All Domain Convergence A dvanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CM2 / Collaborative Convergence Adv Tech Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CM2: Collaborative	-	23.183	10.560	3.575	-	3.575	4.170	4.480	4.651	4.654	0.000	55.273
Convergence Adv Tech
Development
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project develops and integrates critical persistent experimentation technologies and the architecture through which the persistent experimentation technologies will

operate. This is accomplished using adaptive data fusion and task allocation algorithm to support the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) decision support agents.

This project includes development of advanced methods for processing and information extraction for mission oriented tasks in support of tactical decision makers.

Additionally, this project will develop the scalable architecture solutions necessary to facilitate tactical data collection, movement, processing, storage and modeling and

simulation necessary to enable mission command in multi-domain operations. Also, the project will shape early programs to accelerate technologies and achieve sensor

to shooter dominance.

Work in this project complements PE 0602181A (All Domain Convergence Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the DEVCOM Analysis Center (DAC), Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), and Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Joint Systems Integration Description: This effort integrates and demonstrates tactical network and associated command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) technologies in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) laboratory experiments through live, virtual, and constructive environments. The effort will integrate these technologies for tactical ground, air, air and missile defense, fires, network platforms and other missions to demonstrate system of systems integration and evaluate operational performance in representative MDO scenarios during laboratory experiments.	10.546	-	-
Title: Analytics for Convergence Technology Integration Description: Validate maturity of battlefield integration of Army ground and air assets with all sensor and command assets via the Tactical Network (TN) by collecting, providing, optimizing, and fully exploiting available data concerning system and system-ofsystems interface performance and effectiveness. FY 2026 Plans:	5.038	4.046	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603041A / All Domain Convergence A dvanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CM2 / Collaborative Convergence Adv Tech Development

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature cyber and electromagnetic analytical methods and perform system resilience, human-system integration, and reliability analyses to address emerging threats in contested cyber and electromagnetic environments; reduce risks through laboratory-based / field-based technology integration experiments, optimize scalability of next generation Command and Control (C2) solutions, improve interface designs, and exploit available data for mitigation recommendations and inform development requirements for Army S&T technologies. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Analytics for Forecasting Technology within this project.
Title: Convergence Ground and Aviation Platform Integration Description: Integration of ground and aviation efforts in direct support of maturing and demonstrating persistent experimentation capabilities. This effort matures and demonstrates ground vehicle technologies as an integrated system and system of systems to reduce sensor to shooter targeting time, increase real-time battlefield understanding and ensure communications across all echelons. It also integrates capabilities such as geo-location and identification of targets from Army aviation assets, air to ground situational awareness and target data exchange, exchange of unmanned asset control, advanced tactical and teaming behaviors, synchronized data management, and efficient usage of air lethality assets. Lastly it focuses on the integration of ground and aviation capabilities to demonstrate Multi-Domain Operations as part of persistent experimentation.	7.599	-	-
Title: Systems and Platform Integration Description: Integration of systems and platforms efforts in direct support of maturing and demonstrating capabilities. This effort matures and demonstrates ground vehicle technologies as an integrated system and system of systems to reduce sensor to shooter targeting time, increase real-time battlefield understanding and ensure communications across all echelons. It also integrates capabilities such as geo-location and identification of targets from Army aviation assets, air to ground situational awareness and target data exchange, exchange of unmanned asset control, advanced tactical and teaming behaviors, synchronized data management, and efficient usage of air lethality assets. Lastly it focuses on the integration of systems and platforms capabilities to demonstrate Multi-Domain Operations as part of persistent experimentation. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate technologies and behaviors for unmanned ground and air systems. These systems will primarily have modular mission payloads that will demonstrate increased lethality, survivability, situational awareness, and extended network communications from dismounted, mounted, and stationary Soldier operator control units. Will mature and demonstrate improved air-ground cooperative human-machine operations in contested, dynamic, and complex battlespace. Will evaluate	-	6.514	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603041A / All Domain Convergence A dvanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CM2 / Collaborative Convergence Adv Tech Development

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
interoperability of Joint-All Domain robotic capabilities, including advanced autonomous behaviors and fused battlespace situational understanding, through operationally relevant use case execution with ground forces. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects termination of this effort.
Title: Analytics for Forecasting Technology Description: This effort will assess maturity of Army ground and air assets with all sensor and command assets via the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) by collecting, providing, optimizing, and fully exploiting available data concerning system and system-ofsystems interface performance and effectiveness FY 2027 Plans: Will demonstrate cyber, electromagnetic warfare, and Cyber and Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) analytical methods to address vulnerabilities to emerging threats during laboratory-based / field-based technology integration experiments; demonstrate analytical methods to assess system resilience, human-system integration, identify development risk, and reliability; provide mitigation recommendations to reduce vulnerabilities, improve interface designs, and increase reliability for Army S&T technologies (e.g., Command and Control (C2)/Counter C2, expanded maneuver, formation based layered protection, and cross domain fires). FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: This is not a new start effort. Funding increase reflects realignment within this project from Analytics for Convergence Technology Integration.	-	-	3.575
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	23.183	10.560	3.575

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

N/A

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	19.860	26.228	1.211	-	1.211	1.248	1.258	1.273	1.286	0.000	52.364
CN3: Network Enabling University Adv Development	-	1.290	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.290
CU1: C3I Advanced Technology (CA)	-	-	11.200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.200
CX7: Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Adv Tech	-	7.902	7.448	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	15.350
CX8: Persistent Geophysical Sensing-Infrasound Adv Tech	-	3.059	1.951	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.010
CX9: Sensing in Contested Environments Adv Technologies	-	2.050	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	2.050
CZ5: Subterranean Detection and Monitoring Adv Tech	-	1.398	1.819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	3.217
DB5: Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Adv Tech	-	1.471	2.586	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.057
DE7: Understanding Environment as a Threat Adv Tech	-	1.411	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.411
DI6: Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development	-	1.279	1.224	1.211	-	1.211	1.248	1.258	1.273	1.286	0.000	8.779

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE matures, demonstrates, optimizes, and validates Network Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) technologies through the integration of

future equipment and systems that improve overmatch and meet mission needs in the future operating environments. This PE provides mid-to-long term tactical C3I

capabilities (e.g. networking, cyber, electronic warfare, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), space, persistent surveillance) based upon promising technologies

that address emerging and future threats, and includes research critical and unique to the Army and DoW. Efforts focus on advanced maturation and demonstration of

materials, technologies, methodologies and systems that span the range from electronics, protective technologies, electronic warfare, and mission support capabilities

such as situational awareness. These efforts directly inform and transition key capabilities to Army programs of record that support the Army modernization priorities.

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced TechnologyFY 202611.20011.20011.200FY 2025---

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total

B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 21.889 15.028 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 19.860 26.228 1.211 -1.211 Total Adjustments -2.029 11.200 1.211 -1.211

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds -11.200

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -1.607 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.422 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --1.211 -1.211

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions) Project: CU1: C3I Advanced Technology (CA) Congressional Add: Category 3 Subterranean Research Facility Lease Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: CU1

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CN3 / Network Enabling University Adv Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CN3: Network Enabling University Adv Development	-	1.290	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.290
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates advanced Network Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) technologies into future equipment and systems.

This project accelerates advanced technologies originating from extramural research in academia, will enable intelligent networks, self-sensing/self-healing network,

network security, advanced teaming and operations in a Global Positioning System (GPS) degraded or denied GPS environment. This project also accelerates the Army

modernization in next generation Network and Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) systems. Work in this project will lead to emerging technologies in

areas of strategic importance to the Army in communications and networking, by engaging competitively selected Universities.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project CN4 (Network Enabling University Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Intelligent, Secure and Self-Sensing/Self-Healing Networks Description: This effort matures and integrates advanced intelligent network solutions with autonomous or self-sensing intelligence to deny corruption, and/or attacks and to execute operational missions securely and reliably.	0.456	-	-
Title: Advanced Real-Time Tactical Networks Description: This effort develops tactical network technology platforms consisting of a fleet of ground and air vehicles that will perform an autonomous reconnaissance mission in a relevant environment.	0.625	-	-
Title: Advanced Sensors and Non-GPS PNT Systems Description: Develop advanced sensors with enhanced signal processing software/algorithms to improve assurance against both electronic and kinetic attacks relative to Global Positioning System (GPS), and that can provide matured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology in disrupted, degraded or denied GPS environments.	0.209	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.290	-	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CN3 / Network Enabling University Adv Development

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CU1 / C3I Advanced Technology (CA)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CU1: C3I Advanced Technology (CA)	-	-	11.200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.200
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Category 3 Subterranean Research Facility Lease.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Category 3 Subterranean Research Facility Lease FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Category 3 Subterranean Research Facility Lease	-	11.200
Congressional Adds Subtotals	-	11.200

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX7 / Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CX7: Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Adv Tech	-	7.902	7.448	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	15.350
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, this project is realigned to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to consolidate

intelligence efforts into a project.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project optimizes and demonstrates technologies to allow soldiers to maneuver faster around or through existing environmental (urban/industrial) conditions and physical landscape constraints. This effort matures and demonstrates web modules/software tools delivering advanced knowledge of geo-environmental infrastructure to mission planners. This project delivers critical technologies that provide situational awareness for multi-source intelligence, particularly for anti-access/area denial (A2/ AD) outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) sites.

Work in this project complements PE 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project CX3 (Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Apl Tech).

Work in this project is performed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory, Geospatial Research Laboratory, Information Technology Laboratory, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Construction Research Engineering Laboratory, and Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Predictive Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping (physical) Demonstration Description: This effort reduces the impact of unknown and changing terrain conditions by automating the integration of disparate datasets and overlays of terrain obstacles producing a high-fidelity map that integrates soil composition, vegetation, hydrology, and permafrost/ice data. FY 2026 Plans: Will integrate high resolution hydrological models into a global mapping system incorporating previous cold region conditions and soil texture efforts to establish a topologically sound geoinformation system for battlefield understanding. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects planned conclusion of the task.	2.056	2.069	-
Title: Hydrology Mapping Demonstrations	1.449	0.984	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX7 / Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: This effort matures and demonstrates data tools and models to support high-fidelity battlefield overlay maps that accurately show hydrologic/soil moisture threats (soil, hydrology, and snow/ice) not captured by current terrain mapping capabilities. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature models that describe the seasonality of stream flow, stream flow characteristics, and location of inundated areas. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects planned conclusion of the task.
Title: Vegetation Property Demonstrations Description: This effort provides forest metrics with other Intelligent Environmental Battlefield Awareness Tech threat area parameters to inform global ecological analogues in areas with limited data. FY 2026 Plans: Will validate global predictions using NATO country datasets to improve vegetation clustering and output predictions. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease due to realignment to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to consolidate intelligence efforts into one project.	2.977	2.054	-
Title: Extreme Environmental Effects on Operations Demonstrations Description: This effort designs and develops modeling of natural terrain following extreme disturbances that impact operational environments such as wildfires, flash floods, earthquakes and landscape changes induced by high intensity military conflict. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate mature algorithms that reduce the error and uncertainty of soil proxy database for landslide hazard analysis with improved data collection and validation. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease due to realignment to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to consolidate intelligence efforts into one project.	1.420	2.086	-
Title: Terrestrial Ice Operations Demonstration Description: This effort will mature and demonstrate a capability that utilizes data tools and models to support projection of forces and materials on frozen inland water bodies, specifically located in complex Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.	-	0.255	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX7 / Intelligent Env Battlefield Awareness Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
FY 2026 Plans: Will validate mature algorithms estimating lake ice load capacity with requirements for supporting force and material projection activities. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease due to realignment to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to consolidate intelligence efforts into one project.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	7.902	7.448	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX8 / Persistent Geophysical Sensing-Infrasound Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CX8: Persistent Geophysical Sensing-Infrasound Adv Tech	-	3.059	1.951	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.010
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, this project realigned to PE 0603119A (Ground Advanced Technology) / Project CV5 (Engineer Enablers for Contested Maneuver, Logistics, Sustainment)

to consolidate engineering functions into a project.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates kitted hardware and software solutions that provide passive, persistent, non-line-of-sight, multi-modal sensing capable of providing fused battlefield intelligence for increased situational awareness in a dynamic operational environment. These technologies provide near-real-time data collection, processing, and alerting on evolving cross-domain threats including strategic and tactical fires, air and ground platforms, as well as critical transportation infrastructure (bridges) and explosive events with applications for deep sensing. These technologies deliver time-critical intelligence for engineer and intelligence communities to provide decisive advantage.

Work in this project complements PE 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project CX4 (Persistent Geophysical Sensing-Infrasound Apl Tech).

Work in this project is performed at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Environmental Laboratory, and Information Technology Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Battlefield Intelligence by Geophysical Sensing (BIGS) Demonstration Description: This effort matures and demonstrates geophysical and geo-sensing technologies to persistently assess battlefield elements to include infrastructure (algorithm refinements) and additional sources of interest, such as explosive and fires events and various threats. Optimization of the array sensors and geometry to improve array performance for new sources of interest while reducing logistics will also be matured and demonstrated. New detection and classification signal processing algorithms will be validated throughout the life of the task in a phased demonstration schedule.	3.059	-	-
Title: Adaptable Wide Area Reconnaissance (AWARe) Demonstrations Description: This effort matures an easily emplaced, rapidly deployable, multi-modal geophysical tactical array for persistent, wide area, remote, non-line-of-sight monitoring for potential deep sensing to extend monitoring ranges and validates new	-	1.951	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX8 / Persistent Geophysical Sensing-Infrasound Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
processing techniques to allow for the battlespace awareness needed in Multi-Domain Operations in both Competition and Armed Conflict phases. Optimization of processing algorithms based on the edge processing concept will be validated through demonstration. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate hardware supporting computing at the tactical edge to detect and localize threats of interest. Will evaluate a tactical array optimization tool. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding realigned to PE 0603119A (Ground Advanced Technology), Project CV5 (Engineer Enablers for Contested Maneuver, Logistics, Sustainment) to consolidate engineering functions into a project.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	3.059	1.951	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CX9 / Sensing in Contested Environments Adv Technologies
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CX9: Sensing in Contested Environments Adv Technologies	-	2.050	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	2.050
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

Project completed in FY 2025.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project matures and demonstrates advanced sensor technologies that characterize hazards posed to warfighters by non-weaponized biological hazards in subterranean environments. Demonstrations of previously developed sensor packages and adaptive commercial off the shelf sensor technologies on existing unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) platforms to gather end-user feedback. The capabilities resulting from this project provide Soldiers the capability to understand biological hazards present in subterranean environments and take necessary steps to mitigate or avoid these threats.

Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project CX5 (Sensing in Contested Environments Technologies).

Work in this Project is performed at the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Non-traditional Threat Detection in Contested Environments Tech Description: This effort identifies, examines, prioritizes, and exploits commercial of the shelf capabilities from multiple sources that can accurately detect biological and water quality hazards relevant to operations in subterranean environments from point of ingress/egress to evaluate exposure potential and affects.	2.050	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	2.050	-	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CZ5 / Subterranean Detection and Monitoring Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete		Total Cost
CZ5: Subterranean Detection and Monitoring Adv Tech	-	1.398	1.819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000		3.217
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, the project realigned to PE 0603119A (Ground Advanced Technology) / Project BL6 (Expedient Passive Protection Advanced Technology) to combine

passive protection capabilities into a project.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project validates and demonstrates advanced subterranean monitoring and vulnerability assessment technologies providing mobile and man-portable solutions to enhance survivability and threat awareness during urban operations and negate enemy subterranean operation advantage. This project also optimizes and demonstrates enhanced technologies to detect tunnels and tunneling activity in complex and varied environments. These capabilities are critical to provide greater situational awareness of the subterranean domain and enhanced survivability for the soldier.

Work in this project complements PE 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project CX6 (Subterranean Detection and Monitoring Apl Tech).

Work in this project is performed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Cavity Assessment in Variable Environments-Subterranean (CAVES) Demonstrations Description: This effort validates and demonstrates an integrated suite of tunnel detection and perimeter security systems for application in variable terrain, and complex geologic environments, such as mountains, and hard rock geology common in the western pacific. FY 2026 Plans: Will optimize tunnel detection and perimeter security technologies through component level demonstrations of geophysical sensing technologies conducted in an operationally relevant environment. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Decrease is due to realignment of effort to PE 0603119A (Ground Advanced Technology) / Project BL6 (Expedient Passive Protection Advanced Technology) to combine passive protection capabilities into one project.	1.398	1.819	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.398	1.819	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) CZ5 / Subterranean Detection and Monitoring Adv Tech

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) DB5 / Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DB5: Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Adv Tech	-	1.471	2.586	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.057
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2027, this project realigned to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT- Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to combine

intelligence related efforts into one project.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project will integrate and demonstrate and mature a low size, weight, and power (SWAP) laser transmitter, processing algorithms and calibration models tailored for higher resolution 3D data collections over larger areas from longer stand-off for mapping, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting. Long standoff airborne collection of high-resolution quick turnaround 3D data is vital for mission planning, target detection and identification, fire control, autonomous navigation, kinetic targeting, and battle damage assessment. Existing light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems are limited to short standoff and/or near-nadir collection, limiting their use against near-peer adversaries and restricting the provision of 3D data. The payoff will enable long standoff airborne collection of high-resolution quick turnaround 3D data through the development LIDAR subsystems and processing algorithms.

Work in this project complements PE 0602182A (C3I Applied Research) / Project DB4 (Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Tech).

Work in this project is performed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Demonstration Description: This effort will demonstrate and integrate a prototype airborne system to collect long standoff high-resolution quick turnaround 3D data. Sensors will be ruggedized for operation at very high altitudes for collection of high-resolution 3D data. This long standoff collection will meet Army needs for mapping, ISR, and targeting, and be of a sufficient SWAP to be integrated onto Army platforms. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature sensor design and performance metrics aligned to available hardware and identify needs for further hardware investment. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	1.471	2.586	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) DB5 / Enabling Long Standoff 3D (ELS3D) Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Decrease is due to realignment to PE 0603463A (Network/C3I Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT- Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Technology) to combine intelligence related efforts into one project.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.471	2.586	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) DE7 / Understanding Environment as a Threat Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DE7: Understanding	-	1.411	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.411
Environment as a Threat Adv
Tech
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

Project completed in FY 2025.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project matures and demonstrates tools that provide capability to inform the Solider of different routes through a complex urban landscape. Optimizes tools that balance exposure to environmental threats with mission constraints to provide a risk versus reward capability of operating in different areas of the urban theater. This Project matures and demonstrates predictive software accurately integrating the risks of physical, chemical, and biological threats in an urban environment into route planning tools.

Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0602182A (C3I Applied Technology) / Project DE6 (Understanding the Environment as a Threat Tech).

Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory, Geospatial Research Laboratory, and Information Technology Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Subsurface Forensics Demonstration Description: This effort matures and demonstrates sensing technologies for TIC/TIMs to detect illicit activities with authentic wastewater treatment influent.	1.411	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.411	-	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) DI6 / Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DI6: Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development	-	1.279	1.224	1.211	-	1.211	1.248	1.258	1.273	1.286	0.000	8.779
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates Anti-Tamper tools, devices, and techniques that protect acquisition program systems and Critical Program Information (CPI) from

evolving adversarial reverse engineering threats. These technologies will help adopting Army weapons programs meet their DoDD 5200.47e and AR 70-77 protection

requirements.

Work in this project complements PE 0602146A (Protective Technologies) / Project AV5 (Protective Technologies).

Work in this project is performed by the Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development Description: This effort matures and demonstrates tools, devices, and techniques that protect acquisition program systems and (CPI) from adversarial reverse engineering threats. FY 2026 Plans: Will continue to mature, optimize and demonstrate Anti-Tamper tools, devices, techniques and technologies in support of U.S. Army and DoW Program Protection requirements. FY 2027 Plans: Will continue to mature, optimize and demonstrate Anti-Tamper tools, devices, techniques and technologies under development by the Army or DoW in support of U.S. Army and DoW weapons systems' Program Protection requirements under DoDD 5200-47e and AR 70-77. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects economic adjustment.	1.279	1.224	1.211
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.279	1.224	1.211

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603042A / C3I Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) DI6 / Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	16.596	51.266	23.471	-	23.471	49.755	45.716	42.096	38.408	0.000	267.308
CL4: Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development	-	1.361	10.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.361
CV1: Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv	-	1.211	10.271	13.271	-	13.271	16.988	14.515	14.829	14.962	0.000	86.047
CV2: Structures Platform Int Resilience & Efficiency	-	4.960	6.520	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.480
CX1: Advanced Rotors Advanced Tech	-	2.591	7.463	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.054
DC3: HPC For Army Aviation Concepts	-	5.508	7.234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.742
DK2: Air Vehicle Improvement & Adv Tech (AVIATe)	-	0.965	9.778	10.200	-	10.200	32.767	31.201	27.267	23.446	0.000	135.624

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE undertakes advanced technology efforts that support and enable the overall Army Aviation portfolio in general, and the Army's modernization priority for Future

Vertical Lift (FVL). Vital and enduring research into advanced technologies is conducted pertinent to the air portfolio that supports mid-to-long term requirements in

contested operational environments and technologies that have broad application to FVL modernization, as well as overall Army and specific DoW aviation needs.

Research in this PE contributes to the Army Science and Technology (S&T) air systems portfolio and is fully coordinated with efforts in PE 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology), PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology) and PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Research).

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) S&T focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Research in this PE is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Aviation and Missiles Center (AvMC) and Information Technology Laboratory.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced TechnologyFY 202610.00010.00010.000FY 2025---

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total

B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 17.076 41.266 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 16.596 51.266 23.471 -23.471 Total Adjustments -0.480 10.000 23.471 -23.471

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds -10.000

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -0.052 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.428 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --23.471 -23.471

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions) Project: CL4: Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development Congressional Add: Hybrid VTOL logistics demonstration Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: CL4

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CL4 / Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CL4: Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development	-	1.361	10.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.361
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2026, Project CL4 / Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development is transitioned to Program Element 0603025A (Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration) /

Project DA3 (Army Advanced Innovation).

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project focuses on experimentation and demonstration of advanced technologies originating from extramural applied research in academia pertaining to navigation/ routing, autonomous robotic vehicles, artificial intelligence and machine learning as applied to aerial mobility and maneuver, holistic survivability, teaming, integrated mission systems, air-launched effects, and other innovative air enabling applied research technologies, that will accelerate the Army modernization in next generation aerial vehicles. This project will mature and integrate advanced efforts to focus more on mid to far-term Army modernization priorities while also maintaining delivery of near-term technologies fundamental to the modernization priorities. This effort conducts and demonstrates advanced technology efforts arising from academic research in all areas of strategic importance to Army Aviation in artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML), autonomous teaming systems, survivability, aeromechanics, advanced vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) design & concepts, flight dynamics, vibration & noise control, propulsion, human factor engineering and structures and materials, etc., by bringing competitively selected Universities with research and development teams into Technical Alliances. The project will continuously experiment with methods to identify, demonstrate and transition novel technology from entities that might not otherwise collaborate with the DoW, with the end goal of accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge applied research technology for the warfighter in the Army aviation portfolio.

Work in this project complements PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology), PE 0603119A (Ground Advanced Technology), PE 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology) and PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Vertical Lift Advanced Technologies Description: Conduct advanced development within academia to mature and integrate Vertical Lift research of promising and emerging technologies.	1.361	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.361	-	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CL4 / Air Platform Enabling University Adv Development

	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Hybrid VTOL logistics demonstration FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Hybrid VTOL logistics demonstration	-	10.000
Congressional Adds Subtotals	-	10.000

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CV1 / Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CV1: Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv	-	1.211	10.271	13.271	-	13.271	16.988	14.515	14.829	14.962	0.000	86.047
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project will deliver advanced flight controls, autonomy technologies, and new handling qualities criteria are implemented and tested in a realistic environment to

demonstrate their functionality and increase their technology readiness level (TRL). This project also delivers demonstrated and matured flight controls and autonomy

technologies at TRL 6 to transition partners.

Work in this project complements PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Technology) / Project CU7 (Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Tech).

Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Adaptive Tactical Autonomy and Control (ATAC) Technology Demonstration Description: Mature, integrate, and demonstrate advanced flight control technologies and state-of-the-art autonomy algorithms that provide Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft with enhanced maneuverability and agility, reduced cognitive workload, improved survivability through damage tolerance, and the ability to operate on an autonomy spectrum from piloted to fully autonomous and exploit degraded environments as a force multiplier. FY 2026 Plans: Will integrate and flight-test demonstrate methods for using estimation to compensate for failed sensors to enable graceful degradation; integrate and demonstrate non-emitting sensors on AvMC's flying laboratories. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects completion of this effort.	1.211	3.643	-
Title: Autonomy for Combat Environment Sustainment (ACES) Demo Description: This effort matures and integrates a tailored set of autonomy algorithms and technologies aimed at combat environment sustainment leveraging enduring fleet assets. Demonstrate technologies and capabilities through flight testing on Army flying laboratories. FY 2026 Plans:	-	6.628	9.626

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CV1 / Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will start integration of new hardware components needed to integrate AvMC's autonomy algorithms on Army research aircraft. FY 2027 Plans: Will implement DARPA/Sikorsky Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) autonomy algorithms on Army's UH-60Mx flying laboratory. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects flight testing of autonomy technologies to increase Technology Readiness Levels.
Title: Scalable Maneuver Autonomy and Control (SMAC) Tech Demo Description: This effort will develop, integrate, and test autonomy functions on a continuous spectrum from manual to fully autonomous to allow optionally piloted operations and pilotage by exception. FY 2027 Plans: Will test AvMC's platform autonomy algorithms on Tactical Resupply Vehicle family of UAVs; generate training data set for vision-based navigation algorithm. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects initiation of efforts related to piloted simulations and demonstrations, focused on scalable maneuver autonomy.	-	-	3.645
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.211	10.271	13.271

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CV2 / Structures Platform Int Resilience & Efficiency
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CV2: Structures Platform Int Resilience & Efficiency	-	4.960	6.520	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	11.480
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project will ensure a continuous stream of transition-ready critical structures advanced technologies for improvement of performance (via weight efficiency and

multifunctionality for parasitic weight avoidance) and resilience (survivability, sustainment, and operational availability).

Work in this project is fully coordinated with Program element (PE) 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Technology) / Project CU8 (Structures Tech for Enduring Efficient Resilience).

Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Adaptive Resilient Engineered Structures (ARES) Description: Mature, integrate, and demonstrate advanced structures technologies providing performance, survivability, and sustainment benefits with broad applicability across platform scale and role, enabling mission success for manned/unmanned Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms in the contested environment of multi-domain operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate integration of lightweight, high-performance, affordable, air platform structures technologies analyzed against relevant environments. Technologies for improving structural durability, damage tolerance, weight efficiency, operational availability and repair will be demonstrated. The demonstrations will include physical articles and analysis of structural components, as well as selective testing to support technology insertion. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	4.960	6.520	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	4.960	6.520	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CV2 / Structures Platform Int Resilience & Efficiency

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CX1 / Advanced Rotors Advanced Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CX1: Advanced Rotors Advanced Tech	-	2.591	7.463	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.054
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project investigates Future Vertical Lift (FVL) and other Army and DoW advanced drive train technologies that increase performance and double current drivetrain life cycles while improving their reliability and maintainability. Work in this project is fully coordinated with PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Technology) / Project CW3 (Advanced Rotors Applied Technology). Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Lightweight Durable Rotor Technologies Description: This effort matures and demonstrates full scale, integrated durable rotor system technologies to improve rotor blade service lives and reduce maintenance costs aimed to satisfy future capability needs for aviation and FVL increased system durability, efficiency, speed, range, and payload. Potential technologies include lightweight and highly durable blade erosion protection, low power and more reliable blade deicing capability, more reliable rotor system sensors/instrumentation, reliable and durable rotor actuation, low drag/low part count hubs, and improved blade repair methodologies. FY 2026 Plans: Will conduct design of durable rotor blade prototype. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	2.591	1.973	-
Title: Innovative Rotor Design Methodology Description: Full scale demonstration of Government led blade design optimized, including high fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics / Computational Structural Dynamics analysis, for hover & forward flight. Activities include rotor blade fabrication, structural substantiation testing, airworthiness process, whirl testing, & flight testing. FY 2026 Plans:	-	5.490	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) CX1 / Advanced Rotors Advanced Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will conduct rotor blade structural testing. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	2.591	7.463	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) DC3 / HPC For Army Aviation Concepts
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DC3: HPC For Army Aviation Concepts	-	5.508	7.234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	12.742
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

This project has been terminated in FY 2027.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates the use of high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms through the utilization of DoW High-Performance Computing (HPC) and software tools for cutting-edge modeling and simulation, as well as adding software capabilities for workflow automation and design space exploration. Efforts in this Project are also applicable to the family of FVL and Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) platforms.

Work in this project complements PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Research).

Work in this project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Information Technology Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Computational Technologies for Army Aviation Description: This effort supports FVL by utilizing advanced computational techniques leveraging automated design processes to expand computational testbeds in support of testing and evaluation. Increase high accuracy physics in modeling and simulation to optimize platforms for all operational environments and mission scenarios. Provide multi-fidelity computational models of candidate FLRAA and FTUAS platforms to support acquisition decision-makers.	3.019	-	-
Title: Machine-Assisted Design and Evaluation Description: This effort matures advanced machine-assisted design algorithms to explore design spaces and improve resilience for Future Vertical Lift (FVL). Physics-informed machine learning will improve and augment high-fidelity simulation and expand availability of high-fidelity data for tradespace generation and analysis. Reinforcement learning and other computational exploration methods will improve evaluation of mission effectiveness of FVL platforms. FY 2026 Plans:	2.489	2.522	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) DC3 / HPC For Army Aviation Concepts

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will demonstrate machine learning techniques that reduce rotorcraft simulation time. Will provide machine guided capability to aid in design exploration. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease reflects termination of effort.
Title: Advanced Computational Environments Description: This effort provides a web-delivered, HPC-enabled computational environment to improve execution and transition of modeling and simulation activities in support of Future Vertical Lift (FVL). The computational environment demonstrates an advanced, extensible framework for putting new or improved methods directly in the hands of designers and evaluators. FY 2026 Plans: Will develop a web-delivered application to host capabilities for performing parameter sweeps using high-fidelity rotorcraft simulations on HPC resources. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease reflects termination of effort.	-	1.802	-
Title: Data Curation & Analysis Resource (DCAR) Description: This effort provides a suite of modular, generalizable capabilities designed to support integrated, cradle-to-grave, useful, and responsible workflows for data-driven decision-making in support of Future Vertical Lift. FY 2026 Plans: Develop a modular capability suite for streamlining, standardizing, and vetting the production of analysis-ready data and validated analytic models to support fleet-wide analysis and decision-making. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease reflects termination of effort.	-	0.911	-
Title: Advanced Simulation for Army Aviation (ASAA) Description: This effort expands the application of high-fidelity simulation by reducing solution times and incorporating multidisciplinary analysis through the integration of advanced aviation simulation and HPC-enabled coupled-physics modeling. FY 2026 Plans:	-	1.999	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) DC3 / HPC For Army Aviation Concepts

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will develop a multi-disciplinary analysis of rotorcraft components through the integration of advanced aviation simulation and HPC-enabled coupled-physics modeling. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease reflects termination of effort.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.508	7.234	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) DK2 / Air Vehicle Improvement & Adv Tech (AVIATe)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DK2: Air Vehicle Improvement & Adv Tech (AVIATe)	-	0.965	9.778	10.200	-	10.200	32.767	31.201	27.267	23.446	0.000	135.624
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project enhances Army aviation mission capability and addresses operational energy challenges. Includes the maturation, system integration, and demonstration of

technologies including advanced engines, hybrid and electric systems, power and control allocation, propulsive power delivery, electric actuation, structures, and other

technologies that enhance performance, efficiency or are critical to implementation up to the aircraft system level.

Work in this project is fully coordinated with PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Technology) / Project DK1 (Air Vehicle Integrated & Alternative Tech (AVIATe)).

Work within this effort is jointly performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) and the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR Center).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Hybrid-Electric Aviation Technology (HEAT) Demonstration Description: This effort focuses on developing data to assess the viability of meeting future rotorcraft motive and mission equipment power needs through demonstration of hybrid-electric technology up to the aircraft system level. Emphasis will be on analytical tool and technology maturation, identifying hybrid-electric applications through system design and optimization, executing risk mitigation through analysis and test, system integration, and addressing suitability aspects in order to inform and plan future transition into current fleet and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) aircraft. FY 2026 Plans: Will partner with one or more Industry vendors to demonstrate critical technologies that enable military-suitable hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft at the system level; determine exact phase of entry into the design-build-test cycle during source selection; system level technology demonstration ground test systems, surrogate aircraft, or flight test articles will be identified; conduct initial design and risk mitigation activities. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the delay of this effort to FY 2028 and the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	0.965	9.778	-
Title: Domestic Advanced Lithium Batteries for Increased Aviation Survivability	-	-	10.200

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603043A / Air Platform Advanced Tech nology	Project (Number/Name) DK2 / Air Vehicle Improvement & Adv Tech (AVIATe)

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: This effort matures and integrates energy storage systems suitable for manned and unmanned aviation platforms. Standardized advanced energy storage solutions for aviation systems & platforms will be matured to improve safety during use, transport and storage, minimize custom/proprietary battery solutions, improve Warfighter logistics, increase system range and flight time, and ensure supply chain security. Technical analysis and operational assessments will be conducted using system components. FY 2027 Plans: Will optimize lightweight lithium battery solutions for increased aviation system survivability by establishing a family of standardized batteries and/or cells to power advanced electronics; initiate integration of standardized connectors and interfaces into a common battery form factor; and assess interoperability of a standard battery with common/universal Army battery chargers and aviation platforms to extend operational performance while also ensuring battery safety under varying environmental conditions. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase is to develop battery technology for increased aviation system survivability.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	0.965	9.778	10.200

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	13.580	10.807	3.951	-	3.951	1.016	-	-	-	0.000	29.354
CN8: Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development	-	6.586	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	6.586
CW1: Technical-SAVVY Soldier Advanced Research	-	1.009	1.360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	2.369
DN4: Joint Service Small Arms Adv Tech	-	-	4.591	3.951	-	3.951	1.016	-	-	-	0.000	9.558
DO2: Modernized Composites & Manufacturing Adv Dev	-	-	3.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	3.000
EA7: Enhanced Indirect Fire Adv Tech	-	5.985	1.856	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	7.841

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE matures, optimizes, and validates applied research technologies to demonstrate improved capabilities and systems that advance soldier and squad lethality

overmatch and soldier performance beyond those technologies planned within the Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team. Advanced technology research efforts focus

on the maturation and integration of broad capabilities and systems that span a range of technical areas to address enduring Soldier needs. These efforts transition

outputs to existing and emerging systems in support of continuing enhancement of soldier capabilities. This PE will fund civilian salaries for in-house researchers/

scientists and program managers collaborating with external subject matter experts in academia and industry who are leaders in these technology research areas.

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War (Research and Engineering) priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technology

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 14.094 18.143 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 13.580 10.807 3.951 -3.951 Total Adjustments -0.514 -7.336 3.951 -3.951

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --7.336

• Congressional Rescissions --

• Congressional Adds --

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings --

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -0.514 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --3.951 -3.951

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CN8 / Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CN8: Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development	-	6.586	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	6.586
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

In FY 2026, Project CN8 / Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development is transitioned to Program Element 0603025A (Army Agile Innovation and

Demonstration) / Project DA3 (Army Advanced Innovation).

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project leverages advanced technological innovations from academia to accelerate the optimization and demonstration of improved capabilities and systems that advance Soldier and Squad lethality-overmatch and Soldier performance and meet mission needs in the future operating environments. This Project funds collaborative, enduring advanced extramural university-based maturation and demonstration of technologies and brings together competitively selected universities with Army research teams into Technical Alliances. This project will focus efforts on mid- to far-term Army modernization priorities while also maintaining delivery of near-term technologies critical to supporting the modernization priorities. The technical scope of this project includes the optimization, maturation and demonstration of overarching Soldier-centric technologies including human systems integration, simplified synthetic training environments, advanced protective materials, power and energy, Warfighter endurance, robotics, as well as other innovative Soldier enabled advanced research technologies that will accelerate the Army modernization in Synthetic Training Environment, and Soldier Lethality. This project conducts advanced research and development leading to potential emerging technologies in areas of strategic importance to the Army in Soldier capabilities related to increased protection, performance, agility, situational awareness, and lethality. This project will also continuously strive to engage and collaborate with entities that might not otherwise collaborate with the Department of War (DoW) to demonstrate and provide novel Soldier-centric technologies for accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies for the Warfighter in the Army Soldier portfolio.

Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Soldier Performance and Training Description: Mature and demonstrates Soldier capabilities related to increased protection, performance, agility, situational awareness, training, and lethality.	6.586	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	6.586	-	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CN8 / Soldier Enabled University Advanced Development

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CW1 / Technical-SAVVY Soldier Advanced Research
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CW1: Technical-SAVVY Soldier Advanced Research	-	1.009	1.360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	2.369
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project conducts applied technology development to provide critical breakthroughs in developing a technologically fluent force. This research will refine, adapt, and

validate methods and measures to assess and develop the technological fluency (TF) of Soldiers across a career and technologies to maximize technological fluency

resilience and performance in Soldiers and units. TF is defined as the ability of Soldier and units to use and rapidly adapt new and intelligent technologies without formal

training on these technologies, and it will be a decisive factor in a future operating environment in which Soldiers and squads are teamed with increasingly sophisticated

and evolving technologies. Soldiers and leaders in specialty areas (e.g., Cyber, and Emerging Tech) and General Purpose forces will require increased technological

aptitudes and skills to adapt emerging technologies to evolving mission sets and avoid being overmatched by Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled smart technologies.

This project supports key Army needs and will coordinate and/or leverage findings of several PEs to include 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research), and 0603007A (Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology).

This research will be performed by the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) for Behavioral and Social Sciences, and in coordination with collaborative research between ARI and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) performed within 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Soldier Technical Enhancement Advanced Research FY 2026 Plans: Will validate assessment protocols to measure TF attributes (e.g., a battery of assessments for TF attributes). FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: FY 2027 funding decrease reflects a strategic pause to ensure schedule and funding requirements are in alignment.	1.009	1.360	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	1.009	1.360	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CW1 / Technical-SAVVY Soldier Advanced Research

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DN4 / Joint Service Small Arms Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DN4: Joint Service Small Arms Adv Tech	-	-	4.591	3.951	-	3.951	1.016	-	-	-	0.000	9.558
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates individual and crew-served armament systems; weapon, munitions, and fire control that enable increased capability, lethality,

survivability and reduced negative health effects of the dismounted Warfighter across the Joint Services. This project demonstrates blast overpressure characterization,

monitoring and a wearable system that captures real-time physiological and blast exposure data to enable integrated Soldier monitoring in operational environments.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602148A (Soldier Applied Research) / Project DN2 (Joint Service Small Arms Enabling Tech).

Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center (AC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Joint Small Arms Advanced Tech (JSAAT) Description: This effort matures and demonstrates advanced small arms ammunition, enablers, and weapon system technologies for integration into live fire demonstrations. It refines and optimizes weapon system integration in support of the Joint Warfighters' small arms capability needs at reduced size, weight, power, and cost. The effort improves small arms weapon system technology readiness levels and confidence of design functionality in advanced and emerging operating scenarios. FY 2026 Plans: Will provide improved performance to small arms weapons and munitions systems against future targets in relevant environments; optimize signature reduction devices and automated target recognition & engagement technologies; demonstrate hardware, software, and algorithms to improve small arms fire control targeting performance. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project AY5 (Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	-	4.591	-
Title: Blast Overpressure Mitigation and Soldier Exposure Technologies Description: This effort focuses on the development and demonstration of integrated systems to address blast overpressure (BOP) challenges. It includes wearable and weapon-mounted sensors for collecting weapon-specific BOP data, progressing through concept development, lab validation, system integration, and operational testing with Soldier users. Additionally, it	-	-	3.951

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DN4 / Joint Service Small Arms Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
involves creating a validated overpressure data acquisition system with next-generation wearable physiological sensors to enable real-time Soldier exposure tracking, readiness assessment, and data-driven mitigation strategies. The effort also encompasses the development of suppression technologies to reduce blast overpressure from the M2A1 heavy machine gun, with applicability to future heavy machine gun iterations FY 2027 Plans: Acquisition-Ready Ecosystem for Soldier Exposure (ARES): Will mature wearable device that tracks both BOP exposure and electrophysiological data. Blast Overpressure Lightweight Tracker (BOLT): Will mature and demonstrate the integration of BOP sensors into finalized BOLT system and provide BOP characterization of weapons systems. Blast Overpressure Reduction for M2A1 (BORM): Will optimize and improve performance of blast overpressure mitigation technologies for the M2A1 heavy machine gun. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects investments to focus on developing signature suppressor technologies compatible with the recoil operated M2A1 and sufficient to work with future iterations of heavy machine guns. Funding increase supports strategic priorities in providing blast overpressure mitigating technologies.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	-	4.591	3.951

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DO2 / Modernized Composites & Manufacturing Adv Dev
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
DO2: Modernized Composites & Manufacturing Adv Dev	-	-	3.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	3.000
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project matures and demonstrates advanced composite materials and manufacturing processes to deliver materials with properties to support broad applications

across the DoW. Focus will be on properties required for understanding operation in future contested environments. This Project integrates manufacturing processes

and advanced automation through additive, subtractive, and digital manufacturing sciences of novel composite materials, for use in both existing and future DoW-wide

systems. The Project will use unique contract and collaborative approaches to accelerate transitions into and from university programs.

Work in this Project complements Project Element (PE) 0602184A (Soldier Applied Research) / Project DO1 (Modernized Composites & Manufacturing).

The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Advanced Materials Critical Technology Area and the Army modernization strategy.

Work in this Project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Institute for Advanced Composites Engineering - Advanced Technology Development Description: This effort will advance technology maturation associated with manufacturing technologies and advanced materials that support the unique needs of the Army in future operating environments, to include the challenges associated with sustaining distribution operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will competitively award the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) via cooperative agreement or contract vehicle and establish technical objectives; exploit material properties for operations in future contested environments. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	-	3.000	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	-	3.000	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DO2 / Modernized Composites & Manufacturing Adv Dev

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) EA7 / Enhanced Indirect Fire Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
EA7: Enhanced Indirect Fire Adv Tech	-	5.985	1.856	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	7.841
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates enhancements to current mortar systems. This effort will provide solutions that increase the range and lethality of currently fielded systems and mitigate blast overpressure. Work in this project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project AH9 (Advanced Warheads Technology). Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center (AC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Enhanced Range & Lethality Mortar System Description: This effort demonstrates technology to support increased mortar system lethality and effective range across 81mm and 120mm calibers for enhanced Brigade Combat Team (BCT) operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate mortar airframe and propulsion systems to maximize range and accuracy. Will optimize lethal payloads to achieve maximum effects against current and emerging threats. Will mature cartridge packaging solutions for extended range mortar cartridges. Will mature and validate optimized mortar system components to comply with safe firing standards. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project AY5 (Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	5.985	1.856	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.985	1.856	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603044A / Soldier Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) EA7 / Enhanced Indirect Fire Adv Tech

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	53.785	51.232	31.812	-	31.812	34.073	33.941	26.928	21.466	0.000	253.237
BO7: Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)	-	19.000	38.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	57.000
CG2: Lethality Enabling University Adv Development	-	4.560	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.560
CH5: Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech	-	5.068	1.026	1.796	-	1.796	2.588	3.826	2.196	2.218	0.000	18.718
CID: Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology	-	9.600	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	9.600
DB2: Future Armaments Scalable Technologies	-	10.467	6.949	22.217	-	22.217	19.966	18.510	13.000	7.400	0.000	98.509
LR1: Long Range Sensing Adv Tech	-	5.090	5.257	7.799	-	7.799	11.519	11.605	11.732	11.848	0.000	64.850

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Work done in this Program Element (PE) matures technologies, methodologies, and models required to enable next generation lethality. The PE focuses on: lethal

mechanism technologies for projectiles and warheads that provide revolutionary capability to defeat Tier 1 adversary vehicle and body armors; selection of propulsion

and energetic materials and technology to validate novel energetic materials concepts to exploit controllable energy release for future gun/missile systems; scalable

effects for mixed target defeat while simultaneously decreasing warhead mass; experimentation of materials solutions for improvement of weight and volume efficiency,

lethal effects and sustainability for the warfighter in the Army of today and beyond; and multiple pathways to enhance lethal effects by investigating synergistic effects of

novel micro warheads using advanced materials.

This PE continues to mature and demonstrate technology developed under PE 0602141A (Lethality Technology).

Work in this PE complements PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology), PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology), PE 0603464A (Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology), 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology), and 0603466A (Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology).

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 Army		Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technology

Research in this PE is performed by University Technologies Development Division (UTDD), GeoTechnical Instructors Laboratory, Armaments Center, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center and Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 49.629 13.232 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 53.785 51.232 31.812 -31.812 Total Adjustments 4.156 38.000 31.812 -31.812

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions --• Congressional Adds 19.000 38.000

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -22.805 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -1.039 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years 9.000 -31.812 -31.812

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions) Project: BO7: Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)

Congressional Add: Autonomous long-range resupply

Congressional Add: Hypersonics test range infrastructure

Congressional Add: Advancing expeditionary manufacturing and workforce development for modular UAS solutions

Congressional Add: High Strength Ordinance Packaging, Handling, Storage And Transportation

Congressional Add: Project Linchpin

Congressional Add: Remote Electric Submersible Vehicle

Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: BO7

Congressional Add Totals for all Projects

FY 2025	FY 2026
4.000	-
15.000	-
-	4.000
-	3.000
-	6.000
-	25.000
19.000	38.000
19.000	38.000

Change Summary Explanation

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) BO7 / Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BO7: Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)	-	19.000	38.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	57.000
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Weapons and Munitions Advanced Lethality Technology.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Autonomous long-range resupply FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Autonomous long-range resupply	4.000	-
Congressional Add: Hypersonics test range infrastructure FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Hypersonics test range infrastructure	15.000	-
Congressional Add: Advancing expeditionary manufacturing and workforce development for modular UAS solutions FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Advancing expeditionary manufacturing and workforce development for modular UAS solutions	-	4.000
Congressional Add: High Strength Ordinance Packaging, Handling, Storage And Transportation FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for High Strength Ordinance Packaging, Handling, Storage And Transportation	-	3.000
Congressional Add: Project Linchpin FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Project Linchpin	-	6.000
Congressional Add: Remote Electric Submersible Vehicle FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Remote Electric Submersible Vehicle	-	25.000
Congressional Adds Subtotals	19.000	38.000

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) BO7 / Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CG2 / Lethality Enabling University Adv Development
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CG2: Lethality Enabling University Adv Development	-	4.560	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	4.560
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

The project leverages advanced developments and technological innovations from academia, lethal directed energy, laser diagnostics and accelerated design of

future hypersonics, deep learning, novel materials, and emerging technologies of importance to the Army by maturing developments and performs demonstrations

focused on getting technology to the warfighter more quickly. This project exploits advanced research and development efforts to focus more on mid to far-term Army

modernization priorities while also maintaining delivery of near-term technologies critical to the Long Range Precision Fires and Air and Missile Defense. This project

focuses on maturation and demonstration of various advanced technologies originating from extramural applied research in academia pertaining to lethal directed

energy, laser diagnostics, future hypersonic glide body and scramjet propulsor design, deep learning, novel materials, and expansion of the Ballistic, Aero- Optics and

Materials (B.A.M.) range applied to lethality. This effort validates advanced research and performs demonstrations leading to potential emerging technologies in areas of

importance to the Army in directed energy, future hypersonic glide body design, deep learning and novel materials, etc., by bringing competitively selected Universities

with research and development teams into Technical Alliances.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CJ1 (Lethality Enabling University), PE 0602147A (Long Range Precision Fires), PE 0603464A (Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology) / Project BY2 (Advanced Hypersonic Technology)., and (PE) 0602150A (Air and Missile Defense Technology) / Project DC1 (Next Generation DE Concept Development & Analysis).

Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Laser Diagnostics for Hypersonics and Directed Energy Description: This effort matures laser diagnostics to assess turbulence and boundary layer transition, leading to validation of hypersonic flight models and enhanced directed energy system effectiveness and range through improved targeting, prediction and beam control.	1.610	-	-
Title: Turbulence and Transition Modeling and Validation for Hypersonic Vehicles Description: This effort matures modeling turbulence and transition for hypersonic vehicles to accelerate design of future hypersonic glide bodies and systems through modeling and sub scale testing.	1.557	-	-
Title: Novel Materials for Extreme Environments	1.135	-	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CG2 / Lethality Enabling University Adv Development

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: This effort matures the development of novel materials for extreme environments. It validates computational and multiscale models of high strain rate materials to mitigate the effects of extreme environments and offer thermal protection. It matures and demonstrates material characteristics and improves likelihood of manufacturability and repair at scale.
Title: Intelligent Hypersonics and Other Missile Defense Systems Description: This effort matures and validates hypersonic vehicle flight systems with deep learning neural networks that can adapt to changing conditions and become more lethal. Integration of air and missile defense (AMD) command and control (C2) systems and their instrumentation, simulation, and stimulation.	0.258	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	4.560	-	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CH5 / Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CH5: Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech	-	5.068	1.026	1.796	-	1.796	2.588	3.826	2.196	2.218	0.000	18.718
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates engineering tools and high-fidelity modeling and simulation capabilities to predict and optimize weapon performance to ensure lethality against structures and critical assets. This project provides validated engineering tools and technologies to rapidly evaluate and predict weapon performance. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CF8 (Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Tech). Work in this project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Terminal Effects Demonstration Description: Demonstrates and provides a predictive capability for terminal effects and lethality and a fast running engineering tool to support Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) weaponeering on critical structural and geological targets of interest.	5.068	-	-
Title: Adaptive Technologies for Advanced Weapons Demonstrations Description: Demonstrate and provide predictive and analysis capability for terminal weapons effects of new advanced warheads and weapon systems with initial operational capabilities against geomaterials, structures, and other critical assets. FY 2026 Plans: Will validate and demonstrate prediction and analysis of weapon effects codes for penetration of high velocity weapon systems against critical targets; mature and validate warhead models for enhanced penetration predictions and transition to JTCG/ME for integration into weaponeering software; validate advanced fast running blast predictive models for new warhead technologies. FY 2027 Plans: Demonstrate high fidelity and fast-running tools for prediction of Army hypersonic munitions. Validate initial weapons effects damage predictive algorithms for munition effects on critical logistical target sets. Demonstrate new blast predictive model for new warhead and explosives technologies. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	-	1.026	1.796

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CH5 / Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding increase reflects addition of workflows to demonstrate tools to predict Army hypersonic munitions, validate algorithms for munition effects on critical logistical target sets, and demonstrate new blast predictive model for warhead and explosives technologies.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.068	1.026	1.796

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

N/A

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CID / Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
CID: Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology	-	9.600	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	9.600
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates an advanced network lethality architecture to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control decision aid algorithms for

coordinated and synchronized response and incorporates a full spectrum of effects and scalability to reduce the sensor to shooter timeline for Large Scale Combat

Operations.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CIB (Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research).

Work in this project supports Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Tactical Network, Future Vertical Lift, and Long-Range Precision Fires Army Modernization Priorities.

Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center and Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Lethal Effects Architecture for Decision Synchronization Advanced Technology Description: This effort demonstrates an enhanced decision aid architecture to automate synchronized effects, improve sensor to shooter interaction, and optimize threat engagement in support of Large-Scale Combat Operations in a joint all-domain command and control environment.	7.908	-	-
Title: Real Time Multi-Int Support to Terminal Guidance Targeting (RTMTG) Description: This project extends intelligence targeting capabilities to support updating and/or altering onboard terminal guidance of emerging munitions while in flight for enhanced lethality. This project seeks to augment/adjust munition target seeking (e.g. coordinate seeking technology and Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM)) and target identification capabilities post-launch to ensure that steel meets target.	1.692	-	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	9.600	-	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) CID / Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DB2 / Future Armaments Scalable Technologies
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete		Total Cost
DB2: Future Armaments Scalable Technologies	-	10.467	6.949	22.217	-	22.217	19.966	18.510	13.000	7.400	0.000		98.509
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Future Armaments Scalable Technologies addresses the need to enhance the capability of existing and future critical enabling technologies. This effort will mature

critical armament component technologies in the areas of energetics & warheads, fuzing & sensing, guidance navigation and control (GNC), materials & structures in

order to support critical technology insertions into program requirements.

Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center (AC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Future Armaments Scalable Technology Description: This effort will mature and demonstrate armament sub-components to improve end item performance of critical enabling technologies. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate a full thermal reserve battery capable of providing power and energy for munition extended range applications utilizing advanced materials and the secondary heating element developed by this effort; validate the thermal reserve battery in a relevant environment; demonstrate an Electronic Safe and Arm Device (ESAD) capable of extended range application in a fully electronic fuze that has been ballistically fired to verify functionality. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects the completion of this effort.	10.467	3.926	-
Title: CL-20 Hellfire Warhead Demo Description: This effort matures and demonstrates innovative warhead design for application with CL-20 based energetics. Optimizes warhead design parameters to improve performance relative to similar conventional warheads. Validates warhead design in a relevant environment. FY 2026 Plans:	-	2.422	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DB2 / Future Armaments Scalable Technologies

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature and demonstrate advanced CL-20 explosive formulations; optimize warhead design and assembly procedures and demonstrate performance metrics for system integration in a relevant environment. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Future Armaments Scalable Technology Applied Tech within this project.
Title: Common Armament Guidance & Fuzing Tech (CAG-FT) Description: This effort provides a highly configurable, platform agnostic fuzing architecture that promotes scalability across commodity items, reduces logistical burden, and enables spiral technology upgrades to occur with minimal effect to the safety architecture. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature the design of a configurable fuzing architecture, optimizing interface configurability against a broad range of requirements, and improve the design through selection of common component footprints and functionality; assess common operational and technical requirements to validate design framework, optimizing the initial design of the fuze architecture schematic with demonstration of form factor standards. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Future Armaments Scalable Technology Applied Tech within this project.	-	0.601	-
Title: Low Overpressure Breaching Charge Description: This effort will address the critical need to reduce the health risks associated with blast overpressure exposure during breaching operations by characterizing the BOP profiles of breaching charges and leveraging this data to optimize and improve novel inert charge forms with reduced BOP signatures. FY 2027 Plans: Will improve prototype breaching charges to minimize blast overpressure exposure to soldiers and optimize effects on target. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase to improve and optimize prototype breaching charges.	-	-	0.650
Title: Enhanced Liquid Reserve for Counter UAS Description: Advanced sensors and electronic components increase the amount of power needed to complete the c-UAS mission and current reserve battery technology cannot meet the demand. This effort will deliver improved liquid reserve battery technology for medium caliber munitions. Increased electromechanical performance of liquid reserve batteries will be applicable to emerging power requirements for counter UAS engagements.	-	-	3.510

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DB2 / Future Armaments Scalable Technologies

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
FY 2027 Plans: Will mature and optimize liquid reserve battery prototypes for activation and performance metrics. Will demonstrate improved liquid reserve battery prototypes activation and performance via air gun and live fire. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase to conduct the live fire demonstrations of the liquid reserve battery prototypes.
Title: Battery Enabled Missiles & Munitions Range Enhancements (BEMMRE) Description: This effort will mature next-generation batteries for munitions. Exploits advanced materials to enable improved performance of thermal batteries, liquid reserve batteries, and alternative reserve power sources with a focus on mitigating material obsolescence issues that will plague the domestic battery supply chain. Provides solutions that can be transitioned into current manufacturing lines and products. FY 2027 Plans: Will exploit new materials for thermal batteries, liquid reserve batteries, and power generators to mitigate material obsolescence issues and reduce supply chain risk in the munitions power industry. Will mature liquid reserve batteries for lethal engagements. Will mature liquid reserve and thermal batteries for artillery. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Not a new start. Funding reflects additional research in next-generation batteries for munitions.	-	-	15.000
Title: Future Armaments Scalable Advanced Technology Description: This effort matures and demonstrates advanced warhead designs, scalable fuzing architectures, and energetics technologies, to enhance lethality, safety, and operational effectiveness across multiple applications, including counter-UAS, and anti-armor; improves performance of power sources for medium-caliber munitions; validates integrated designs in relevant environments. FY 2027 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate advanced warhead designs, including higher-performance JAGM warheads and integrated solutions for counter-UAS, by evaluating penetration at various standoffs and validating full system configurations; mature configurable fuzing architectures to meet standards and mission requirements and demonstrates their scalability. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Not a new start. Funding increase reflects realignment within the project to mature and demonstrate advanced warheads.	-	-	3.057
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	10.467	6.949	22.217

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) DB2 / Future Armaments Scalable Technologies

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) LR1 / Long Range Sensing Adv Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
LR1: Long Range Sensing Adv Tech	-	5.090	5.257	7.799	-	7.799	11.519	11.605	11.732	11.848	0.000	64.850
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project develops the modeling and simulation tools, physics-based models, virtual and scaled radio frequency (RF) hardware and software prototypes to validate

and mature adaptive multi-function resource management, tracking and discrimination algorithms, and radar sensor technologies in support of Long Range Precision

Fires.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CG4 (Advanced Radar Concepts and Technologies).

Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Adaptive Radar Multifunction Manager (ARMM) Adv Tech Description: Provides radar algorithms and software to enable communications between existing radar systems. Matures and demonstrates advanced techniques to enable adaptive multi- function resource management and expand the utility of current and future sensor technologies in support of Long-Range Precision Fires. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate advanced radar counterfire mode with improved range performance; will optimize resource management algorithms based on defined radar hardware utilization; will mature tracking, discrimination, and locator algorithms for expanded/ emerging counterfire threat sets. FY 2027 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate advanced radar algorithm performance capabilities within a persistent virtual environment to inform performance analysis documentation. Will demonstrate tracking and discrimination algorithms against operational vignettes validating performance improvement. Will provide necessary supporting documentation and algorithms to reduce transition to stakeholder partner. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	5.090	5.257	7.799

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603116A / Lethality Advanced Technol ogy	Project (Number/Name) LR1 / Long Range Sensing Adv Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding increase reflects planned milestones for updating, assessing and demonstrating developed algorithms within a virtual operational environment.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.090	5.257	7.799

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	100.309	166.186	125.121	-	125.121	146.706	151.371	154.120	154.350	0.000	998.163
AY5: Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech	-	9.075	4.034	11.739	-	11.739	13.718	13.794	14.042	13.065	0.000	79.467
AY9: Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech	-	5.454	4.577	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.031
BB3: Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equip/Tech Integ	-	13.317	9.361	9.594	-	9.594	14.200	13.993	14.122	14.208	0.000	88.795
BC1: Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality	-	7.099	10.848	54.830	-	54.830	72.434	76.738	78.547	79.309	0.000	379.805
BC8: Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)	-	7.793	22.644	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	30.437
BC9: Adv Soldier Sensors/ Displays AdvTech for Dismounts	-	19.047	25.684	48.958	-	48.958	46.354	46.846	47.409	47.768	0.000	282.066
BD7: Soldier Sys Interfaces/ Integration-Sensor AdvTech	-	13.018	4.662	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	17.680
BE2: Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology	-	2.580	2.749	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.329
BE5: Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology	-	6.539	9.813	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	16.352
BE9: STE Advanced Technology	-	4.387	0.814	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.201
BS8: Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	-	12.000	71.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	83.000

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates Soldier Lethality technologies that improve Soldier operational performance by increasing lethality, mobility,

protection, and optimizing situational awareness across the spectrum of operating environments and missions. This PE matures Soldier weapons and enabling

components / subsystems, demonstrates lethal weapons systems with potential to provide greater lethality, target acquisition, fire control, and range at a significantly

reduced weight for optimized Soldier and Small Unit system performance. The major focus areas for Soldier Lethality Science and Technology are Soldier weapons

and ammunition technologies, protection technologies, cognitive and physical performance measures, training in synthetic training environments, and mission support

capabilities such as situational awareness sensors and displays, dismounted power and energy technologies, and Soldier and Small Unit sustainment capabilities. This

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology---FY 2025FY 20265.0002.0005.000-7.500

technology diverse PE also matures and demonstrates sensor technologies that increase Warfighter situational understanding, survivability, and lethality by providing sensor capabilities to acquire and engage all targets and threats at longer ranges in complex environments and operational conditions (e.g. day/night, obscured, smoke, adverse weather, and other degraded visual environments), and for advancing live training technologies that accurately replicate and realistically represent the effects of current and future weapons systems during force-on-force and force-on-target training. This PE matures and demonstrates effective technology in personal combat clothing, protective equipment such as personal armor, helmets, and eyewear, combat rations, shelters, logistical support items for aerial delivery of personnel and cargo, and energy systems to power current and emerging Soldier-born Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), sensor, optical, and communication systems with the least weight and sustainment burden on the Soldiers and Small Combat Units. This PE also matures and demonstrates technologies supporting the Army's Synthetic Training Environment (STE), a single, interconnected synthetic training system that will enable Army units and leaders to conduct realistic multi-echelon / multi-domain combined arms maneuver and mission command training, increasing proficiency through repetition. A specific research thrust area is applying systems-based practices to mature and demonstrate scientific and tailored knowledge of Soldiers' physical and cognitive architecture to facilitate rapid and efficient designs, assessments and trade-off analyses of technology insertions on the Soldier. Significant science and technology (S&T) investments are directed to improve the effectiveness of the technologies a Soldier utilizes while reducing the size and weight of the form factor of the equipment.

Research in this PE complements PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology).

FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 Base FY 2027 OOC FY 2027 Total B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)

Previous President's Budget 98.032 95.186 0.000 -0.000 Current President's Budget 100.309 166.186 125.121 -125.121 Total Adjustments 2.277 71.000 125.121 -125.121

• Congressional General Reductions --

• Congressional Directed Reductions --

• Congressional Rescissions -7.577 -• Congressional Adds 12.000 71.000

• Congressional Directed Transfers --

• Reprogrammings -0.525 -

• SBIR/STTR Transfer -1.621 -

• Adjustments to Budget Years --125.121 -125.121

Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions)

Project: BS8: Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology

Congressional Add: Military footwear research

Congressional Add: Enhanced head protection system

Congressional Add: Foundational models for generative AI

Congressional Add: Advanced Textiles & Structures- Soldier Sustainment In Extreme Environments Change Summary Explanation

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology
Congressional Add Details ($ in Millions, and Includes General Reductions) Congressional Add: Aerial Delivery Of Fire Suppression Congressional Add: Alternative Proteins Research Congressional Add: Controlled Filament Propagation Of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Beams Congressional Add: Fragment Protection In Soldier Protective Equipment Congressional Add: Long Range Attritable UAS For Contested Environments Congressional Add: LRPADS Congressional Add: Modular Adaptive Multi-Threat Protective Panel System Congressional Add: Rapid Manufacturing Of Parachutes And Fabrics Congressional Add: Soldier Ballistic Head Protection Congressional Add: Uncooled Thermal Technology Capabilities Congressional Add Subtotals for Project: BS8 Congressional Add Totals for all Projects	FY 2025	FY 2026
-	10.000
-	7.000
-	14.000
-	2.500
-	10.000
-	4.000
-	3.500
-	2.500
-	5.000
-	5.000
12.000	71.000
12.000	71.000

FY 2027 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2026 President's Budget request did not include out-year funding.

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) AY5 / Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
AY5: Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech	-	9.075	4.034	11.739	-	11.739	13.718	13.794	14.042	13.065	0.000	79.467
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project demonstrates individual and crew-served weapon designs and technologies that enhance the fighting capabilities and survivability of the dismounted

Warfighter in support of the Army's Soldier Lethality Modernization priority and all of the Services. This project matures blast overpressure characterization, monitoring

and a wearable system that captures real-time physiological and blast exposure data to enable integrated Soldier monitoring in operational environments. All work is

led by the Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP) and is based upon the Joint Service Small Arms Master Plan (JSSAMP) and the Joint Capabilities Integration

Development System's Small Arms Analyses.

Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / AY6 (Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Technology).

Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center (AC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Small Arms Technology Demonstration Description: This effort matures and demonstrates advanced small arms ammunition, enablers, and weapon system technologies for integration into live fire demonstrations. It refines and optimizes weapon system integration and supports the Joint Warfighters' small arms capability needs. The effort validates small arms weapon system technology readiness levels and confidence of design functionality in advanced and emerging operating scenarios.	6.939	-	-
Title: Medium Machinegun for Maneuvers (Mounted and Dismounted) Technology (M4DT) Description: This effort demonstrates feasibility of advanced small arms weapon, ammunition, enablers, and subsystem concepts by means of live-fire demonstrations and Soldier assessment. Mature small caliber gun system technologies to achieve infantry mobility needs and increase lethality. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature modeling and simulation of advanced small arms concepts by integrating projectile concept technologies into small caliber cartridges. Will improve ammunition, fire control, and operating group system technologies for enhanced performance. Will mature Future Medium Machine Gun test bed/surrogate for concept technology performance validation. FY 2027 Plans:	2.136	4.034	4.009

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) AY5 / Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature projectile and cartridge case technologies for target defeat and target suppression; Will improve weapon test bed/ surrogate for performance demonstration and validation. Will mature Future Medium Machine Gun barrel, suppressor, and system technologies to rapidly detect, suppress, and defeat personnel and vehicles. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease is an economic adjustment.
Title: Joint Small Arms Advanced Tech (JSAAT) Description: This effort matures and demonstrates advanced small arms ammunition, enablers, and weapon system technologies for integration into live fire demonstrations. It refines and optimizes weapon system integration in support of the Joint Warfighters' small arms capability needs at reduced size, weight, power, and cost. The effort improves small arms weapon system technology readiness levels and confidence of design functionality in advanced and emerging operating scenarios. FY 2027 Plans: Will mature high performance weapon enabler and munition prototypes and diagnostic tools to improve small arms system performance against future targets in relevant environments. Will optimize signature reduction, aided target recognition, and aim augmentation technologies. Will demonstrate integrated hardware, software, and algorithms to improve small arms fire control targeting performance with improved probability of hit and reduced time to effectively engage. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: This is not a new start effort. Funding increase reflects realignment from Program Element (PE) 0603044A (Soldier Advanced Technology) / Project DN4 (Joint Service Small Arms Adv Tech) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	-	-	4.638
Title: Enhanced Range & Lethality Mortar System Description: This effort demonstrates technology to support increased mortar system lethality and effective range across 81mm and 120mm calibers for enhanced Brigade Combat Team (BCT) operations. FY 2027 Plans: Will optimize the lethal capabilities of mortar system, validate the lethal capability by conducting developmental testing and demonstrations. Will validate the projectile aeroballistic performance through system demonstration in conjunction with planned programs. Will demonstrate, in a relevant environment, that mortar system comply with safe firing standards and that packaging prototypes comply with safe logistical transportation standards. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	-	-	3.092

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) AY5 / Soldier Squad Small Arms Armaments Advanced Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
This is not a new start effort. Funding increase reflects realignment from Program Element (PE) 0603044A (Soldier Advanced Technology) / Project EA7 (Enhanced Indirect Fire Adv Tech) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	9.075	4.034	11.739

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) AY9 / Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
AY9: Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech	-	5.454	4.577	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	10.031
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates body armor weight reductions and improves the performance of personal protection and survivability equipment. It also

demonstrates combat helmet ballistic, blast, and small arms protection performance enhancements and the integration and optimization of power, energy, and digital

sensor and display headborne technologies.

This project supports Force Protection capability demonstrations for Soldiers and Small Units and demonstrated technologies from this effort transition to various Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier programs.

This project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / AZ2 (Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Technology).

Work in this project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Body Armor and Integrated Headborne Advanced Technology Description: This effort focuses on maturing, integrating and demonstrating personal protective capabilities against ballistic, blast, and directed energy threats as well as the development and demonstration of Soldier worn platform architectures to optimize the integration of personal protective equipment and Soldier lethality enabling technologies. Demonstrates advanced test methods to validate personal protective equipment performance enhancements against current and emerging small arms, fragmentation, and blast threats from anti-personnel munitions. The objective of these technology development efforts is to significantly increase Soldier lethality by enhancing the protective capabilities and reducing sub-system and system-level weight of individual protective equipment to reduce the Soldier burden and increase survivability. FY 2026 Plans: Will begin demonstration of validated power and data interface architecture for combat helmets and integrated headborne accessories utilizing universal interfaces to enable active technology insertion; demonstrate novel helmet shell forming techniques and emerging ballistic materials to increase helmet ballistic and blunt impact performance; and demonstrate integrated communication headset subsystems. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	5.454	4.577	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) AY9 / Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project AZ2 (Soldier Protection Technology - Vulnerability) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	5.454	4.577	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BB3 / Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equip/Tech Integ
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BB3: Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equip/Tech Integ	-	13.317	9.361	9.594	-	9.594	14.200	13.993	14.122	14.208	0.000	88.795
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project focuses on improving dismounted Soldier survivability, mobility, and operational effectiveness by advancing materials, technologies, and systems. It

addresses key challenges such as reducing the weight and bulk of Soldier-worn equipment while enhancing integration, performance, and protection against combat

threats (e.g., flame, thermal, blast, ballistic, multispectral sensors, and lasers) and environmental threats (e.g., extreme temperatures, wet conditions, vectors, water

contamination, and concealment). The project matures and demonstrates advancements in body armor, helmets, personal protective equipment, camouflage,

concealment, deception technologies, and Soldier-borne systems to ensure protection and readiness in diverse environments. By leveraging innovations in materials

science and engineering, this effort reduces Soldier detectability, susceptibility, and vulnerability while improving system integration and mission performance.

Additionally, it validates water purification devices and advanced water quality sensors to support operational readiness in contaminated environments.

This project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BB4 (Dismounted Soldier Survivability Materials).

Work in this project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equipment and Technology Integration Description: This effort matures and integrates multifunctional protective materials, sub-components, and systems for field demonstrations to significantly increase the survivability of Soldiers through their multi-functional clothing and individual protective equipment. This effort also demonstrates and validates tradeoff analyses in sub-component and system-level designs of ballistic, blast, signature management and integrated protection clothing and equipment technologies. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate a power/data management hub design that is low profile and provides flexibility for connection with a variety of peripheral electronic devices within the load management system; demonstrate a modular load management system that is tailorable in extreme cold environments to mission needs in terms of protection from environment or threat while maximizing comfort and maneuverability; improve Soldier performance on cold/extreme cold environmental to protect extremities; prevent cold weather injury while maintaining combat effectiveness; mature and demonstrate water quality sensor technologies in relevant environments to indicate end-of-life for filtration devices and identify potential threats for removal in indigenous waters, relevant to contested logistic operations; optimize a lightweight small arms protective insert plate technologies that provides protection	13.317	9.361	9.594

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BB3 / Dismounted Soldier Survivability Equip/Tech Integ

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
at muzzle against the most prevalent threats and protection at relevant standoff distances for higher level threats; demonstrate mission-tailorable blast and fragmentation protection technologies from ground and aerial based anti-personnel munitions; mature and demonstrate prototypes to mitigate Soldier's signature from ground surveillance radar threats; demonstrate integration of new components within the temperate-to-cold and temperate-to-hot ensembles through Soldier user assessments. FY 2027 Plans: Will improve Soldier survivability by maturing and demonstrating integrated materials, technologies, and systems that enhance protection, mobility, and operational effectiveness across operationally relevant environments and threat landscapes; reduce equipment weight and bulk; and improve system integration of camouflage and concealment technology. Will perform Soldier user assessments of helmet power and data architecture integrating headborne accessories. Exploit emerging ballistic materials and novel processing techniques to increase helmet performance and mature lightweight small arms protective insert plate technologies. Will perform Soldier user assessments of environmental protection technologies and demonstrate water quality sensor technologies in relevant environments and identify potential threats for removal in indigenous waters, relevant to contested logistic operations. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects transfer from Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project AY9 (Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech)
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	13.317	9.361	9.594

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BC1: Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality	-	7.099	10.848	54.830	-	54.830	72.434	76.738	78.547	79.309	0.000	379.805
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures technologies, methodologies and models to enhance Soldier and small unit performance, survivability, and effectiveness across operational and

training environments. By integrating innovative methodologies, advanced materials, and cutting-edge technologies and training techniques, the project addresses

critical challenges in Soldier and small unit mobility, sustainment, lethality, and readiness. It optimizes and integrates Soldier Performance through the development

of methods, metrics, and modeling tools that quantify Soldier-system interactions, improve physical and cognitive capacity, and enhance resiliency under combat

stress, while improving the collection, aggregation, processing and display of data to inform operationally relevant decisions within the Command. Combat ration and

field feeding technologies are optimized to enhance Warfighter performance, mitigate risks from chemical and biological contaminants, and reduce logistical burdens

to enable semi-independent operations. It matures advanced manufacturing technologies and novel materials to meet the Army's unique needs in future operating

environments, including sustaining distribution operations in contested areas. This project matures live, virtual and constructive training technologies for dismounted

Soldiers by reducing computational burden and enhancing scalability of training exercises as well as architectures to integrate cyberspace and information warfare

effects across these environments. Precision aerial delivery systems are advanced to improve the accuracy of cargo delivery in GPS-denied environments and enhance

personnel insertion safety, supporting tactical resupply and operational concepts. This project also advances integration of power and energy technologies to support

dismounted Soldier and small unit operations, enabling effective use of command, control, communications, computers, and sensor devices while reducing physical

burden.

This project also complements and is fully coordinated with work performed across Army, Navy, and Air Force under the Human Systems Community of Interest: Systems Interfaces & Cognitive Processes and Protection, Sustainment, and Warfighter Performance.

This project supports key Army needs and complements the technical research of several Program Elements (PE) to include PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BC2 (Next Gen Mobility & Lethality Tech for Warfighters) and PE 0602787A (Medical Technology) / Project MK4 (Warfigher Health Applied Rsch Technology). This research is in partnership with Forces Command (FORSCOM) operational units and the appropriate Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) organizations as well as established transition partners, including Program Executive Office-Soldier (PEO-S), Program Executive Office - Combat Support and Combat Service Support, and (PEO-CS&CSS), and Program Executive Office - Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI). This project also complements research done in the Science & Technology Precision, Navigation and Timing Modernization priority.

Work in this project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC) and the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR Center).

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Operational Unit Partnership and Soldier Touch Point Description: This effort optimizes innovation through Science and Technology touch points with the Operational force, resulting in rapid iteration, concept maturation, integration, validation of laboratory findings, and transition of technologies and methodologies in response to operational unit demand signal. This effort streamlines demonstration, data collection, and technology maturation for near term DOTMLPF solutions, enabling faster delivery of materiel and non-materiel products/knowledge refined with direct Soldier input. This body of work allows validated, empirical, assessment of any equipment capability or training intervention as part of the Soldier architecture to inform future acquisition investments, training, and operational trade space decisions. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature automated advanced analytics using large language models (LLM) to enable small unit and leader decision making and work with partners to refine uses cases, user interface, and information needs; mature and demonstrate advanced analytics (performance prediction models) into a human-performance ecosystem and work with FORSCOM partners to refine use-cases, user interface, information needs, organization data flows, system and network requirements, etc. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Soldier/Squad-System Technology Integration for Lethality & Readiness within project.	2.734	5.287	-
Title: Soldier/Squad Performance Metrics for Lethality Description: This effort validates and matures technologies, methodologies, and human performance models to demonstrate increased Soldier and small unit mobility & lethality to achieve overmatch in maneuverability and tempo to degrade enemy targeting on the transparent battlefield. The effort validates and integrates human performance sensors, models, and design guidance into training/education, test and evaluation, and materiel. The results of this work will allow the Army to develop equipment, systems and training devices that maximize the close combat Soldier and small unit performancein multi-domain operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will continue to validate supplementation interventions to mitigate fatigue and enhance Soldier operational performance; assess the impact of select commercial technologies on cognitive and physical performance; demonstrate methods/metrics that quantify impacts of tech and equipment on aspects of Soldier & Squad combat power and mission performance via lab and/or field STPs; improve 3D digital models for integration into modeling and simulation tools. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects realignment to Soldier/Squad-System Technology Integration for Lethality & Readiness within project.	4.365	5.561	-
Title: Soldier/Squad-System Technology Integration for Lethality & Readiness	-	-	15.596

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: This effort matures and demonstrates methods, metrics, and modeling & simulation tools to quantify equipment/ performance trade-offs and Soldier/Squad-System integration on task performance; improves, optimizes, and demonstrates tools to quantify Soldier-System interactions (e.g. augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), Brain Computer Interface) and performance outcomes; matures and demonstrates platforms, analytics, and forecasting tools for Command decision support; and validates technologies and strategies that optimize and enhance Soldier & Squad physical and cognitive capacity as well as resiliency under combat relevant stress. FY 2027 Plans: Will initiate integration of predictive models and artificial intelligence (AI) recommender tool for Command decision support; will demonstrate and validate integration of the advanced analytic platform into a human performance data management system for Command decisions at echelon; demonstrate human-machine interaction (multi-modal input techniques) best practices; provide a family of male and female models for standard clothing and equipment applications; validate impact of technologies on physical performance, cognitive performance, recovery, etc. while under adverse conditions; mature musculoskeletal model for head-supported mass impacts on performance; mature and demonstrate refined squad combat power framework for equipment capability set evaluation. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: This is not a new start effort. FY 2027 funding increase reflects the consolidation of other ongoing efforts within this project from Operational Unit Partnership and Soldier Touch Point and Soldier/Squad-System Technology Integration for Lethality & Readiness.
Title: Training and Simulation Technology, AdvTech Description: This effort aims to enhance technologies for live training environments by reducing computational burden, latency, and power consumption, enabling dismounted Soldiers to engage in simulated tactical scenarios with virtual ballistic calculations and casualty assessments. It matures and demonstrates tools/methods that significantly increase speed, fidelity and delivery of synthetic terrain and models to both training and operational systems across the Army. It advances a data exchange model and brokering architecture to integrate cyberspace and information warfare effects across Live, Virtual, and Constructive training environments, while developing dynamic automation for scalable exercise configurations. Additionally, it establishes a Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) competency framework to support machine-driven training performance tracking and readiness projections, validating operational paradigms and non-combat factors for Information Advantage. The effort also focuses on medical training simulations, improving haptic capabilities, bio-fidelity, and automated performance measures to optimize Army medical training across all levels of care. FY 2027 Plans:	-	-	14.260

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature training, simulation, and operational capabilities by optimizing and integrating cutting-edge technologies across multiple domains. Will validate and demonstrate Spatial Phase Imaging (SPI) sensors for real-time 3D object identification, target recognition, and direct fire engagements during simulated exercises. Cyberspace data models and brokering architectures will be integrated into programs like Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC), Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE), and Intelligence Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer (IEWTPT), while dynamic behavior algorithms and hardware acceleration architectures will be matured for large-scale training exercises. Additionally, the effort will validate Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) profiles, authoring tools, and user interfaces aligned to Knowledge Skills Abilities Behaviors (KSABs), as well as simulating first-order effects in the information warfare domain. Synthetic terrain pipeline processes, tools, and software will be matured and demonstrated, along with operationalizing synthetic terrain databases and validating them against existing, non-synthetic datasets, supported by subject matter expertise. Additional maturation and validation will include developing physics-based algorithms for munitions effects, wireless data compression architectures, and scalable terrain solutions for live range environments to enable high-fidelity simulations. Prolonged care solutions for Army medical training will be optimized, including maturing and demonstrating consolidated physiology engines and haptic hardware to address extended austere environments and patient handoff scenarios. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Title: Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology Description: This effort matures and demonstrates combat ration and field feeding technologies to optimize Warfighter performance, decrease risk of exposure to chemical and biological contaminants in foods, and reduce the logistics burden to enable semi-independent operations. The Army serves as the Executive Agent for this Department of War (DoW) program outlined in DoDD 3235.02E, with oversight and coordination provided by the DoW Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Board. FY 2027 Plans: Will advance novel thermal sterilization technologies with reduced heat exposure time, for improved ration quality and nutrient retention; will develop a side component with optimized protein content to maximize energy and minimize nutrient deficiency, supporting the Unitized Group Ration Heat & Serve/Express ration platforms; will demonstrate a high-performance rapid biological water decontamination technology, using locally-sourced water, to reduce reliance and facilitate expeditionary 7-day missions without resupply. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	-	-	2.094

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding increase reflects transfer from Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BE2 (Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Title: Personnel and Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology Description: This effort matures and demonstrates parachute materials and designs, precision guidance, navigation software and hardware, tracking sensors, and safety devices to increase the accuracy of delivering cargo to remote locations and/or complex terrains in global positioning system (GPS) denied environments. This effort also provides technologies that increase safety during personnel insertions into theaters of operation. This effort supports capability demonstrations for mitigating the Army' s challenge of overburdened Soldiers through the use of tactical aerial resupply technologies, as well as supporting Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/ AD) and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operational concepts by demonstrating airdrop from non-traditional platforms. FY 2027 Plans: Will begin demonstration and validation of next generation static line parachute, incorporating new material and design characteristics; Perform integration and demonstration of technologies in support of long range Joint Precision AirDrop System (JPADS) variants, at distances in excess of 10x of current capabilities; Validate mission planning software algorithms, to rapidly facilitate route planning of autonomous aerial delivery vehicles; Demonstrate and validate technologies to increase Dual Row Airdrop System (DRAS) capability by ~20%. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects transfer from Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BE5 (Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	-	-	10.589
Title: Institute for Advanced Composites Engineering - Advanced Technology Development Description: This effort focuses on advanced technology maturation associated with manufacturing technologies and advanced materials that support the unique needs of the Army in future operating environments, to include the challenges associated with sustaining distribution operations. FY 2027 Plans: Will continue advancing research and development in the competency areas of advanced manufacturing processes; composite research in support of advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing technologies; design for additive manufacturing and digital manufacturing and design innovation; research will focus on large scale, large-volume additive / subtractive and hybrid manufacturing capable of rapidly producing large-scale attritable items for a variety of future operational environment use cases. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement:	-	-	6.056

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Funding increase reflects transfer from Program Element (PE) 0603044A (Soldier Advanced Technology) / Project DO2 (Modernized Composites & Manufacturing Adv Dev) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Title: Blast Overpressure Data Movement & Display Technologies Description: This effort provides and demonstrates a device agnostic capability to move, store, and display blast/impact/ physiological sensor data to inform exposure risk. This effort allows for the collection, aggregation, processing, and display of these data to inform operationally relevant decisions within the Command. This effort will inform requirements for the data management and flow of blast overpressure data and ensure integration into the appropriate systems of record (e.g. Joint Health Risk Management (JHRM) to Defense Occupational Environmental and Health Readiness System - Industrial Hygiene (DOEHRSIH)). FY 2027 Plans: Will demonstrate proof-of-concept in operational setting for data movement and storage (e.g., one of the Combat Training Centers); mature data flow and display within the Command to support decisions at the correct echelon; mature the data pipeline for JHRM integration to ensure blast exposure can be tracked over a Soldier's career. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects the strategic realignment of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.	-	-	2.500
Title: Domestically Sourced Next Generation Batteries Advanced Technology Description: This effort advances and matures energy storage systems and battery charging systems across formations to lighten equipment load, reduce resupply need, and enhance mobility. Technical analysis and operational assessments will be conducted using system components. FY 2027 Plans: Will improve charging infrastructure components at company and below for dismounted optimized charging of Soldier equipment and sUAS platforms and standardize a small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) battery-to-charger adapter to support all dismounted standardized batteries, improving sustainment, reducing battery downtime, and increasing availability of rechargeable energy storage systems. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase is to develop domestically sourced battery technology.	-	-	3.735
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	7.099	10.848	54.830

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC1 / Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC8 / Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BC8: Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)	-	7.793	22.644	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	30.437
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates advanced training technologies in support of the Army's need for simulations that accurately replicate and realistically represent

the effects of current and future weapons systems during live and synthetic training. Integration of the live and synthetic environments into a single synthetic training

environment will modernize the current Live Training Environment and allow fair fight engagements across all training environments and training devices.

This project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BC7 (Training Technology (Other than STE) and Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BE9 STE Advanced Technology.

Work in this project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Processing Technologies for Live Training Description: This effort will improve technologies that reduce the computational burden, latency, and power consumption (battery weight) associated with training dismounted Soldiers in live training environments that leverage simulated tactical engagements. Such live training use-cases require virtual ballistic flyout calculations, casualty assessment, and visualization of terminal effects (e.g., munition impacts). FY 2026 Plans: Will optimize and validate Spatial Phase Imaging (SPI) sensor that is used to capture and identifying 3D objects in real time for target recognition, range finding and probability hit / kill adjudication during simulated engagements. Will integrate and demonstrate sensor for direct fire engagements in programs of record. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	2.357	4.127	-
Title: Synthetic Cyberspace Effects for Training	3.413	3.263	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC8 / Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Description: This effort matures, demonstrates, and validates a data exchange model for cyberspace effects and a brokering architecture to propagate those cyberspace effects across Live, Virtual and Constructive models and simulations within distributed training environments for collective training. FY 2026 Plans: Will integrate and optimize cyberspace data models and brokering architecture into Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC), Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) and Intelligence Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer (IEWTPT) programs of record. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Title: Advanced Simulation Management Technologies Description: Develop dynamic automation capability of advanced simulation architecture to enable automatic configuration of small, medium and large scale Live/Virtual/Constructive exercises. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature hardware acceleration architecture; finish implementation/integration of dynamic behavior algorithms for large-scale training exercise use-cases, mature configuration and authoring components in relevant planning pre-exercise use-cases; and start validation of component architecture and integration into a single solution for implementation in execution phase of large-scale collective simulated exercises. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	2.023	5.633	-
Title: Advanced Multi-Domain Environments for Training Description: This effort matures and demonstrates a new, common Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) competency framework to drive machine-supported training performance data collection, tracking and readiness projections for current and new MDO use-cases. This effort also validates emerging operational/training paradigms, including a detailed focus on modeling non-combat factors of operational environments and validates models necessary to train for Information Advantage. FY 2026 Plans:	-	2.656	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC8 / Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will begin initial validation activities of architecture previously designed to leverage mature/reusable Measures of Performance/ Effectiveness (MOPs/MOEs); demonstrate Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) profiles and authoring tools/user interfaces aligned to knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors (KSABs) across identified MDO task structures; demonstrate architecture to simulate first order effects in information warfare domain. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Title: Advanced Digital Terrain for LIve Training Description: This effort matures and demonstrates technologies to enhance the fidelity and visual effects of digital terrain for live training systems, with an objective metric of reducing overall training time to gain proficiency in the live environment. It addresses live training needs for conducting force-on-force, combined arms exercises to enhance readiness at Army home stations and Combat Training Centers by enhancing vertical terrain resolution, physics-based blast effects on terrain, and data compression technologies. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature and demonstrate physics- based algorithms for munitions effects in live range environment based on initial validation, demonstrate wireless data compression architecture for live/virtual/constructive training environments; demonstrate data models that enable high fidelity engagements in live environment; and demonstrate and optimize layered and scalable terrain architecture for live range environment use cases. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	-	6.180	-
Title: Advanced Medical Training Technology Description: Included in this effort is the demonstration and maturation of new medical training simulations to train medical personnel across all levels of care resulting in improvements in haptic capabilities will with hyper bio-fidelity for all levels of care. It optimizes automated measures of student performance in support of Army medical Individual Critical Task Lists (ICTLs). It will demonstrate more realistic tissue properties supporting part-task trainers and modular patient simulator systems. FY 2026 Plans:	-	0.785	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC8 / Training Advanced Technology (Other than STE)

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will mature and demonstrate physical and software solutions for prolonged care in support of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) training environment; optimize consolidated physiology engine and updated haptic hardware against Live prolonged care use cases that support Army medical training, such as extended austere environment, gender care differences and patient handoff. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	7.793	22.644	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC9 / Adv Soldier Sensors/Displays AdvTech for Dismounts
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BC9: Adv Soldier Sensors/ Displays AdvTech for Dismounts	-	19.047	25.684	48.958	-	48.958	46.354	46.846	47.409	47.768	0.000	282.066
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures, optimizes, and demonstrates fully digital sensor systems, architectures, and interfacing capabilities to fuse sensors, and network situational

understanding information and targeting capabilities to enable maintained mounted and dismounted visual advantage, increased situational awareness, decreased

fratricide, and decreased response times to all threats in all environments.

This project complements work done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / BD1 (Advanced Soldier Sensors/Displays Tech for Dismounts).

Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center and the Soldier Center.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Advanced Soldier Sensors/Displays Advanced Technology for Dismounts Description: This effort will mature and demonstrate low cost Soldier-borne situational understanding systems with greater fidelity for improved maneuver and lethality, as well as integrates automated target cueing to increase probability of recognition/ identification and tracking of threats in all environments. FY 2026 Plans: Will mature methodologies and techniques to enable robust head tracking estimation when displaying augmented reality; demonstrate methodologies and techniques through Soldier feedback; optimize processing techniques to reduce overall power requirements for heads up displays; mature and demonstrate advanced threat cueing modules for display on devices that are not co-located for improved distribution of situational awareness and target handoff; mature and demonstrate a modular payload for dismounted hostile fire detection on robotic platforms; optimize covert target pointing to reduce Soldier signature during target handoff scenarios; optimize modular payloads for unmanned aerial assets to track and geolocate mobile targets while on the move, at tactical ranges; optimize aided sensing methodology in a laboratory environment to improve situational awareness for the dismounted Soldier. FY 2027 Plans:	19.047	25.684	34.322

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC9 / Adv Soldier Sensors/Displays AdvTech for Dismounts

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will demonstrate robust head tracking estimation when displaying augmented reality. Will validate image processing techniques providing reduced overall power requirements for heads up displays. Will optimize advanced threat cueing modules for display on devices that are not co-located for improved distribution of situational awareness and target handoff supporting advanced teaming for the forward observer. Will mature and demonstrate a very low SWaP, Soldier-borne acoustic sensing capability needed to detect emerging threats, to including unmanned aerial assets. Will mature technologies for optical disruption of unmanned aerial assets using a rifle mounted system. Will demonstrate covert target pointing to reduce Soldier signature during target handoff scenarios. Will validate and demonstrate an advanced aided sensing methodology with demonstration of prioritized targeting using aim augmentation to provide the dismounted Soldier with increased situational awareness and lethality. Will mature advanced sensors for fire control solutions to provide augmented view of the battlefield to the Soldier. Will integrate Soldier mission command systems with threat sensors, unmanned systems, tactical networks, tactical data sources and intelligent systems to provide the Small Unit leader with actionable information to enhance their decision dominance and situational awareness during combat operations. Will mature and demonstrate multi-agent control applications for Army Squad and Platoon level Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) and technologies to enable collaborative autonomy between SUAS in denied, degraded, intermittent and limited (DDIL) environments. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Increase represents efforts to mature advanced sensors for fire control solutions.
Title: Advanced Tactical Power and Battery Technologies Description: This effort focuses on developing advanced power and energy technologies to enhance the lethality, situational awareness, and mission duration of dismounted Small Units while reducing their physical burden through lighter, more efficient power sources capable of operating in extreme environmental conditions. It aims to advance, demonstrate, and transition battery cell chemistry, cylindrical form factors, power generation, and storage technologies to support the power and recharging needs of Soldier Lethality systems, small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and mission command systems during dismounted operations, including in extreme cold environments. FY 2027 Plans: Extreme Batteries Technology: Will integrate and demonstrate low temperature / high-capacity Group 3 UAS batteries into a UAS platform TRV150 for demonstration at a relevant operational environment during Arctic Edge 27 to increase operational capacity at extreme cold weather by at least 50%. Will develop and demonstrate high temperature high humidity batteries for soldier applications in a lab environment. Advanced Small Unit Tactical Power: Will demonstrate rechargeable safe, high-energy density batteries that operate in extreme temperature environments to provide power for the Soldier's mission command, communication, and small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); demonstrate Soldier and Squad power generators to enable expeditionary recharging of batteries during	-	-	14.636

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BC9 / Adv Soldier Sensors/Displays AdvTech for Dismounts

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
extended dismounted operations; conduct operational user assessments to evaluate Small Unit power systems in the field with Soldiers. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding increase reflects investments to focus on developing high-density, lightweight, and durable batteries that perform in diverse environments. Funding increase supports of strategic priorities in providing small unit power solutions.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	19.047	25.684	48.958

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BD7 / Soldier Sys Interfaces/Integration-Sensor AdvTech
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BD7: Soldier Sys Interfaces/ Integration-Sensor AdvTech	-	13.018	4.662	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	17.680
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project will integrate and mature technologies for sensing, processing, displaying information, interfacing with users, and cognitive improvement to enhance Soldier

& Small Unit situational awareness & understanding. This Project will integrate and demonstrate battlefield, body-worn sensors, and data fusion algorithms to provide the

dismounted Small Unit leader with clear, actionable information for making well informed, rapid, tactical decisions over long duration in extreme conditions. This Project

will also mature and integrate advanced dismounted Soldier robotic and autonomous systems technologies to demonstrate autonomous navigation, manned-unmanned

teaming, and networked reconnaissance to improve Soldier lethality, situational awareness, and survivability during tactical operations in extreme conditions.

Research in this Project complements several Program Elements (PEs) and Projects to include PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / BD6 (Soldier Sys Interfaces/Integration - Sensor Tech), PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance AdvTech for Mobility & Lethality) and Project BC9 (Adv Soldier Sensors/Displays AdvTech for Dismounts).

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Research in this Project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Soldier Situational Awareness AdvTech Description: This effort will integrate battlefield and body-worn sensors and mature data-fusion algorithms to provide the dismounted Small Unit leader with clear, actionable information to make well informed, rapid, tactical decisions. This effort will mature and integrate advanced dismounted Soldier robotic and autonomous systems technologies to demonstrate autonomous navigation, manned-unmanned teaming, and networked reconnaissance to improve Soldier lethality, situational awareness, and survivability during tactical operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will integrate Soldier mission-command systems, threat-detection sensors, unmanned systems, data fusion, intelligent systems, and tactical networks to enhance the small unit's decision dominance, lethality, and survivability during combat operations; mature	13.018	4.662	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BD7 / Soldier Sys Interfaces/Integration-Sensor AdvTech

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
and demonstrate collaborative autonomy and multi-agent teaming technologies for advanced control and planning of Army unmanned systems during dismounted operations to improve Soldier lethality and situational awareness. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC9 (Adv Soldier Sensors/Displays Adv Tech for Dismounts) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	13.018	4.662	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE2 / Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BE2: Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology	-	2.580	2.749	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.329
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This project matures and demonstrates combat ration and field feeding technologies to optimize Warfighter performance, decrease the risk of exposure to chemical and

biological contaminants in foods, and reduce the logistics burden to enable semi-independent operations. The Army serves as the Executive Agent for this Department

of War (DoW) program, with oversight and coordination provided by the DoW Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Board.

This project matures and demonstrates research done in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BE3 (Joint Service Combat Feeding Technology).

Research work in this project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology Demonstration Description: This effort matures and demonstrates combat ration and field feeding technologies to optimize Warfighter performance, decrease risk of exposure to chemical and biological contaminants in foods, and reduce the logistics burden to enable semi-independent operations. FY 2026 Plans: Will demonstrate and validate technologies for rapid biological decontamination of water, to augment potable water supplies for individual Warfighters, in support of expeditionary missions with seven-day water needs without resupply; demonstrate and mature technologies that will reduce battlefield waste, while minimizing logistical tail; validate Technologies demonstrated to determine sustainable solutions, while also reducing disposal costs; Demonstrate technical approaches for beverage delivery, reducing ration waste while increasing warfighter hydration. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.	2.580	2.749	-
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	2.580	2.749	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE2 / Joint Service Combat Feeding Advanced Technology

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE5 / Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BE5: Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology	-	6.539	9.813	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	16.352
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project matures and demonstrates equipment and innovative techniques for precision aerial delivery of cargo and personnel. Technologies support Army

Modernization Priority, Soldier Lethality. Aerial delivery is a key capability for rapid force projection and global precision delivery to support the mission readiness profile

for Global Response Force (GRF). These efforts are designed to advance state of the art precision delivery technologies such as parachutes; guidance, navigation, and

control (GNC) components and subsystems; tracking sensors; software algorithms; and safety rigging that integrates with currently equipped aircraft, unmanned aerial

systems (UAS), and advanced rotary wing aircraft. These efforts provide the Warfighter with highly accurate, timely cargo/payload delivery and resupply in all terrain

and weather conditions. Precision delivery/resupply reduces vulnerability of ground Soldiers, aircraft, and aircrew. Precision aerial delivery supports remote warfare with

activities such as placement of battlefield sensors and reduction of Soldier load.

Research in this Project supports key Army needs and complements the technical research in Program Element (PE) 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BR9 (Personnel & Airdrop Safety Technology).

This Project also complements research done in the Science & Technology Precision, Navigation and Timing Modernization priority.

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

Research work in this Project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology Description: This effort matures and demonstrates parachute materials and designs, precision guidance, navigation software and hardware, tracking sensors, and safety devices to increase the accuracy of delivering cargo to remote locations and/or complex terrains in global positioning system (GPS) denied environments. This effort also provides technologies that increase safety during personnel insertions into theaters of operation. This effort supports capability demonstrations for mitigating the Army' s challenge of overburdened Soldiers through the use of tactical aerial resupply technologies, as well as supporting Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/ AD) and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operational concepts by demonstrating airdrop from non-traditional platforms. FY 2026 Plans:	6.539	9.813	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE5 / Personnel & Airdrop Safety Advanced Technology

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will conduct full scale end-to-end assessments, in support of technology demonstration for autonomously guided battlefield resupply from >10,000 ft altitude, with payloads distance offsets exceeding 200 km; mature main canopy technical approaches for use within static line paratrooper operations; conduct demonstration of autonomous battlefield resupply technology through consumption initiated requests. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	6.539	9.813	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE9 / STE Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BE9: STE Advanced Technology	-	4.387	0.814	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.201
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This Project matures and demonstrates technologies supporting the Army's Synthetic Training Environment (STE). The STE is the next generation holistic collective

training capability that will train units where they will fight, with whom they will fight with, and in complex operational environments to include dense urban and sub-

terrain; within the entire range of combined arms maneuver tasks in support of Multi- Domain Operations. STE Information Systems (STE-IS) delivers the Common

Synthetic Environment consisting of Global Terrain/One World Terrain (OWT), Training Simulation Software (TSS), and Training Management Tools (TMT). The STE will

be available where training occurs (home station, combat training centers, armories, institutions, shipboard, deployed) and will include Air and Ground Reconfigurable

Virtual Collective Trainers (RVCTs), a Soldier/Squad Virtual Training (S/SVT), and a live training capability. The STE will be cloud-enabled, compatible with the Army

Enterprise Network, and service-based through the Common Operating Environment, including Live and Constructive. The STE will provide the realistic repetitions

necessary to fight 25 bloodless battles before the first battle.

The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas, the Army modernization strategy, and supports the STE Cross Functional Team efforts.

Work in this Project is performed by the Soldier Center (SC).

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Title: STE Training Management Tool Description: This effort matures and demonstrates STE-relevant tools and technologies that automatically adapt training to the learner's skill level, conduct intelligent after action reviews, automate team training assessments, and enable the visualization of and interaction with a Mixed Reality Common Operating Picture of the battlespace.	1.403	-	-
Title: STE One World Terrain Description: This effort matures and demonstrates tools and methods that improve the speed, fidelity and delivery of synthetic terrain and environmental data needed to support mission rehearsal and training in a representation of the globe, fully accessible through the Army network and usable by all simulation trainers. This effort also matures and develops complex representations (including megacities and subterranean) of the operational environment and the Multi-Domain battlefield in synthetic training environments. FY 2026 Plans:	2.984	0.814	-

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BE9 / STE Advanced Technology

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Will continue terrain pipeline maturation, specifically shifting to support new Program of Record requirements for OWT-Operational; demonstrate Operational level fidelity for terrain pipeline on specific Operational Use Cases. FY 2026 to FY 2027 Increase/Decrease Statement: Funding decrease reflects transfer to Program Element (PE) 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology) / Project BC1 (Human Performance Adv Tech for Mobility & Lethality) to streamline and optimize the Science and Technology (S&T) portfolio.
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals	4.387	0.814	-

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3					R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BS8 / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
BS8: Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	-	12.000	71.000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	83.000
Quantity of RDT&E Articles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology.

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology.

The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
Congressional Add: Military footwear research FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Military footwear research	5.000	-
Congressional Add: Enhanced head protection system FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Enhanced head protection system	2.000	-
Congressional Add: Foundational models for generative AI FY 2025 Accomplishments: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Foundational models for generative AI	5.000	-
Congressional Add: Advanced Textiles & Structures- Soldier Sustainment In Extreme Environments FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Congressional Interest Item funding provided for	-	7.500
Congressional Add: Aerial Delivery Of Fire Suppression FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Aerial Delivery Of Fire Suppression	-	10.000
Congressional Add: Alternative Proteins Research	-	7.000

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BS8 / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology

B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)	FY 2025	FY 2026
FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Alternative Proteins Research
Congressional Add: Controlled Filament Propagation Of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Beams FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Controlled Filament Propagation Of Ultrashort Pulse Laser Beams	-	14.000
Congressional Add: Fragment Protection In Soldier Protective Equipment FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Fragment Protection In Soldier Protective Equipment	-	2.500
Congressional Add: Long Range Attritable UAS For Contested Environments FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Long Range Attritable UAS For Contested Environments	-	10.000
Congressional Add: LRPADS FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for LRPADS	-	4.000
Congressional Add: Modular Adaptive Multi-Threat Protective Panel System FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Modular Adaptive Multi-Threat Protective Panel System	-	3.500
Congressional Add: Rapid Manufacturing Of Parachutes And Fabrics FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Rapid Manufacturing Of Parachutes And Fabrics	-	2.500
Congressional Add: Soldier Ballistic Head Protection FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Soldier Ballistic Head Protection	-	5.000
Congressional Add: Uncooled Thermal Technology Capabilities FY 2026 Plans: Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Uncooled Thermal Technology Capabilities	-	5.000
Congressional Adds Subtotals	12.000	71.000

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)

N/A

Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB 2027 Army			Date: April 2026
Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040 / 3	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603118A / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology	Project (Number/Name) BS8 / Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology

C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions) Remarks

D. Acquisition Strategy

N/A

Appropriation/Budget Activity 2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD)	R-1 Program Element (Number/Name) PE 0603119A / Ground Advanced Technology
COST ($ in Millions)	Prior Years	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027 Base	FY 2027 OOC	FY 2027 Total	FY 2028	FY 2029	FY 2030	FY 2031	Cost To Complete	Total Cost
Total Program Element	-	89.885	187.007	25.043	-	25.043	37.273	45.065	44.095	45.636	0.000	474.004
BK8: Robotics for Engineer Operations Adv Tech	-	2.759	6.001	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	8.760
BL3: Explosives Forensics Advanced Technology	-	1.700	2.049	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	3.749
BL6: Expedient Passive Protection Advanced Technology	-	8.755	4.152	4.752	-	4.752	5.697	7.634	5.954	5.891	0.000	42.835
BL8: Power Projection in A2AD Environments Adv Tech	-	4.705	2.658	9.467	-	9.467	13.983	17.219	14.235	15.664	0.000	77.931
BM1: Protection from Advanced Weapon Effects Adv Tech	-	5.058	5.298	5.564	-	5.564	4.014	4.535	5.250	5.302	0.000	35.021
BO3: MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (CA)	-	47.500	156.500	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	204.000
CJ9: Ground Enabling University Adv Development	-	5.701	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	5.701
CV5: Engineer Enablers Maneuver, LOG, & Sustainment Adv	-	4.648	2.643	2.340	-	2.340	10.088	12.140	15.066	15.154	0.000	62.079
DA2: SAFR Alternatives for Readiness Advanced Tech	-	6.150	3.298	0.405	-	0.405	0.961	0.980	1.001	1.011	0.000	13.806
DG2: Advanced Development of Obscurants	-	2.729	2.655	2.515	-	2.515	2.530	2.557	2.589	2.614	0.000	18.189
DI8: Environmental Security Resilience Adv Tech	-	0.180	1.753	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.000	1.933

Note

The FY 2026 spend plan amount for Ground Advanced Technology includes $187,007 thousand of discretionary and $1,500 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a

total of $188,507 thousand.

Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB 2027 ArmyDate: April 2026Appropriation/Budget Activity2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 3: AdvancedTechnology Development (ATD)R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)PE 0603119A / Ground Advanced TechnologyFY 2025FY 20262.5002.00010.00010.000

A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

This PE matures and demonstrates ground movement and maneuver technologies that support and enable the Army's modernization priority for the Next Generation of Combat Vehicles. This PE also matures, integrates and demonstrates advanced technologies that are necessary and foundational for legacy and future ground platforms and ground maneuver. These technology areas include robotic and autonomous Army Combat Engineer equipment, liquid logistics (i.e., fuels, lubricants, and oils) and related monitoring and distribution, forensic analysis of explosives and other chemical materials, rapidly deployable passive protection technologies, entry and maneuver assessment technologies and structural hardening technologies to protect personnel and critical assets from advanced weapon effects.

Project BK9: Ground System Fluids and Fuels Adv Tech was eliminated in PE 0603119A to reflect Department of War priorities. Project CJ9: Ground Enabling University Adv Development in PE 0603119A was eliminated to reflect Department of War priorities.