# Fast and Curious

**R-2A activity** of project MSL-03 — ELECTRONIC 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-03/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-03

## Summary

This activity requests $25.9M in FY2027, 39% of project MSL-03, up 182% 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.** - Fabricate and engineer non-traditional heterostructures with ultralow energy and high-speed switching characteristics. - Design and develop basic computational circuits using non-traditional transistor heterostructures. - Begin radiation hardness testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 increase reflects a shift from initial design to design refinement and fabrication.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Fabricate and engineer non-traditional transistor heterostructures with ultralow energy and high-speed switching characteristics. - Design and develop circuits using non-traditional transistor heterostructures for basic logic gates. - Perform theoretical analysis and modeling of non-traditional transistor materials and heterostructures to predict performance in logic circuits.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 25.9 |

> 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 MSL-03

- [Microsystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-03/a0) — FY2027 18.2
- [Scalable Analog Neural networks (ScAN)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E/MSL-03/a1) — FY2027 12.3
- Electronic Technology Studies and Concepts — FY2027 9.5
- Highly Accelerated Learnings of Vibratory Systems (HALOVS) — FY2027 —
- Emon — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602025E project MSL-03 (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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