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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies

PE 0602134A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Army · RDT&E
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U.S. Army funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$6.2M
▲ 51% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.1M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $0.0M for Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies under RDT&E program element 0602134A, down 100% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

04.1FY25ACTUAL6.2FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual4.1
FY2026Enacted6.2
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 2 — Applied Research.

Current
Research
BA 1–2
Later
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0602134A

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project CD2

Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies

—FY2027 request ▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$4.1M
FY2026 enacted$6.2M
FY2027 request—

This project investigates novel methods for the detection and classification complex obstacles, including new advanced surface-laid and buried anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines, off-route effectors, wire, anti-vehicle obstacles, and other threat constructed obstacles under the expected environmental conditions in Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) to enable application to maneuver and breaching. This project is executed by the Transformation & Training Command (T2COM) in coordination with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Work in this project is fully coordinated with PE 0603134A (Counter Improvised Threat Simulation) / Project CD3 (Counter Improvised Threat Simulation). Work in this project is executed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) in coordination with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Counter IED Emerging Technologies▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$4.1M
FY2026 enacted$6.2M
FY2027 request—

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decrease reflects strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.

FY2026 plans — current year Will mature electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), and radio frequency (RF) techniques to detect buried and hidden Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other explosive threats; optimize data processing and data fusion techniques to improve detection of hidden IEDs and broaden applications to detect IEDs in various environmental conditions; validate performance of electromagnetic and bulk explosive detection technologies to detect personnel and vehicle borne IEDs. Will investigate emerging techniques to counter future radio controlled IED threats in complex electromagnetic environments.

FY2025 accomplishments Will continue to investigate and develop Electro-Optical, Infrared, and Radio Frequency (RF) techniques to detect buried Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and their components. Develop data processing and data fusing techniques to detect partially hidden IEDs. Investigate and develop wide bandwidth electronics to counter radio controlled IEDs. Investigate electromagnetic and bulk detection technologies to detect personnel and vehicle borne IEDs.

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This PE executes applied research into novel methods for the detection and classification complex obstacles, including new advanced surface-laid and buried anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines, off-route effectors, wire, anti-vehicle obstacles, and other threat constructed obstacles under the expected environmental conditions in Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) to enable application to maneuver and breaching. This PE is executed in coordination with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

Project CD2 — Counter Improvised-Threat Advanced Studies
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602134A (President's Budget PB2027).
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