# Fundamental Science for Advanced Next Generation Batteries

**R-2A activity** of project AA6 — Robotics and Mobile Energy  
**Program element:** 0601102A — Defense Research Sciences  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102A/AA6/a8  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102A/AA6

> **NEW START.** $15.9M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $15.9M in FY2027, 51% of project AA6 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Will investigate the transport and stability of new electrolytes, salts, and solvents as well as their compatibility with high capacity and high voltage electrode materials; study molten salt and eutectic electrolyte composition along with their structure, transport properties, physiochemical properties, and their interactions with lithium- and metal sulfide-based electrodes; explore phase structure and electrochemical stability of metal sulfide based cathodes; conduct research on structure, capacity, rate-capability, and stability of high-voltage nickel- and metal-oxide cathode materials; investigate phase, chemical, thermal, and microstructural stability of lithium-rich cathode active materials; study anode-free and lithium-metal anode materials and interfaces; investigate the initial plating and first cycle efficiency of anode-free and lithium-metal anode cells; conduct research on cylindrical cell designs for high power primary cells based on lithium-ion cathode materials optimized for power, thermal stability, and low temperature performance; study electrode-electrolyte interphase formation as well as its stability and electrochemical properties for electrolytes that promote enhanced safety; explore advanced computational chemistry methods that can be integrated with experimental efforts and data science methods to enable advanced battery and electrochemical materials discovery and analysis; characterize the kinetic and transport phenomena governing the electrochemical separation of critical battery materials in relevant electrolytic media.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increase reflects support development of next generation batteries.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 15.9 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project AA6

- Intelligent Robotics and Autonomy — FY2027 4.9
- Enhanced Resilience Through Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems — FY2027 4.7
- Batteries for Operational Conditions — FY2027 3.9
- Air Mobility — FY2027 1.6
- Robotics Autonomy and Human Robotic Interface Research — FY2027 —
- Intelligent Systems — FY2027 —
- Structurally-Adaptive Unmanned Air Systems Research — FY2027 —
- Resilient Multi-Agent Autonomy for Resilient Autonomous Agents — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0601102A project AA6 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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