# Biologically Based Materials and Devices Studies and Concepts

**R-2A activity** of project WP-01 — BIOLOGICALLY BASED MATERIALS AND DEVICES  
**Program element:** 0602024E — Warfighting Performance  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a9  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01

> **NEW START.** $30.1M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $30.1M in FY2027, 20% of project WP-01 — 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.** - Initiate technology development for the integration of dynamic and responsive biological organisms or bio-inspired molecules into composite materials. - Investigate approaches for the development of biological processes and biologically derived materials to support and sustain the warfighter in austere conditions. - Explore methods that leverage and combine recent advances in biological sensors, interventions, and technologies to develop novel platforms for threat detection and analysis, in both humans and agricultural crops. - Investigate the ability of biological molecules and processes to perform calculations to enable highly adaptable and efficient computational systems and sensors. - Initiate technology development for biohybrid systems capable of enhanced threat sensing, protection, and remediation.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 increase reflects studies and concepts initiations including, but not limited to, applied research in biologically based computational systems and sensors, and novel biological sensors for threat detection and analysis.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 30.1 |

> 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 WP-01

- [BioFuse](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a7) — FY2027 33.6
- [Genetic Utilization for Advanced Regulation and Defense of Indigenous And Native Species (GUARDIAN)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a6) — FY2027 25.3
- [Fleetwood](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a8) — FY2027 20.0
- [eX Virentia (eXVi)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a1) — FY2027 12.8
- [Turning Upcycled Waste into Novel, Sustainable Materials](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602024E/WP-01/a0) — FY2027 11.7
- Biological Undersea Energy — FY2027 5.4
- Biotechnology for Challenging Environments — FY2027 5.0
- Field Forward Biothreat Storage Solutions for Force Protection — FY2027 2.5
- Strengthening Resilient Emotions and Nimble Cognition Through Engineering Neuroplasticity (STRENGTHEN) — FY2027 0.6
- Materiel Protection through Biologics — FY2027 —
- Environmental Microbes as a Bioengineering Resource (EMBER) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602024E project WP-01 (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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