# Chemical Processing for Force Protection

**R-2A activity** of project MSL-01 — MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY  
**Program element:** 0602025E — Making, Maintaining, Supply CHAIN AND Logistics  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01

## Summary

This activity requests $12.0M in FY2027, 9.0% of project MSL-01, down 58% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Integrate nitrogen oxidation catalysts into a small-scale reactor capable of delivering nitric acid at a particular rate.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 decrease reflects a shift from heavy system development to integration and testing.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Demonstrate system versatility with exposure to a broader range of usable, raw material inputs to generate an increased number of energetic material outputs. - Administer energetic material synthesis demonstrations at an increasing scale. - Execute additional end-to-end validation testing on energetic materials developed from system level demonstrations. - Conduct a critical design review based on outcomes from demonstrations and validation tests on modular platforms. - Demonstrate sub-scale production capability on modular platforms. - Synthesize energetic materials from program-developed database of precursors at a pilot scale. - Develop direct nitrogen oxidation catalysts capable of achieving a high reaction rate at low energy.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.0 |

> 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 MSL-01

- [Functional Materials and Devices](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a0) — FY2027 41.2
- [Materials for Extreme Environments](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a1) — FY2027 20.1
- [Burn n' Go](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a2) — FY2027 18.7
- [Carbon Crunch](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a3) — FY2027 16.2
- [Making, Maintaining, Supply Chains and Logistics Studies and Concepts](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a7) — FY2027 13.7
- [Grainy Day](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-01/a5) — FY2027 10.5
- Reconfigurable Systems — FY2027 0.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602025E project MSL-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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