# Future Air Defense Missile Enabling Technology

**R-2A activity** of project CJ7 — Future Air Defense Missile Enabling Tech  
**Program element:** 0602141A — Lethality Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602141A/CJ7/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602141A/CJ7

## Summary

This activity requests $120.7M in FY2027, 100% of project CJ7, up 2715% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Will validate modeling and simulation of highly loaded grain (HLG) propulsion technology for air defense interceptor applications through lab testing; validate enhanced lethality from reactive material warhead solutions to improve modeling for lower- tier air and missile defense and C-UAS applications; conduct experiments to validate the design of vertical launch technologies that enable future air defense interceptor launch platforms; investigate concepts for advanced radar component technologies to improve air defense missile seeker Size Weight And Power (SWAP) and improve radar processing capabilities; perform trade studies, mature modeling and simulation capabilities, and design and develop critical missile component technologies required to defeat emerging AMD threats; work alongside industry to design and develop interceptor component technologies and system designs to enhance performance against subsonic and/or supersonic cruise missiles and tactical/lethal UAS threats at greatly reduced costs; enable a highly competitive flyoff environment for multiple vendors and develop independent government modeling and simulation testbed capabilities to assess low-cost counter-cruise missile interceptor technologies.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase reflects acceleration of technology development and system concepts with multiple vendors supporting lower cost extended range advanced concepts and solutions to address the cruise missile threat.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will validate through lab and range testing SFRJ propulsion technology in the current Stinger form factor to achieve increased range while maintaining current launcher compatibility; develop modeling and simulation capability to analyze and design highly loaded grain (HLG) propulsion technology for air defense interceptor applications; validate practicality of reactive material warhead solutions to improve lethality for lower- tier air and missile defense and C-UAS applications; design, develop and analyze vertical launch technologies to inform design of future air defense interceptor launch technologies; investigate, concepts for advanced radar component technologies to improve air defense missile seeker Size Weight And Power (SWAP) and improve radar processing capabilities; perform trade studies, mature modeling and simulation capabilities, and design and develop critical missile component technologies required to defeat emerging AMD threats.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Develop and evaluate solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion technology in the current Stinger form factor to achieve increased range while maintaining current launcher compatibility; validate missile attitude control systems (MACS) design by conducting experiments on component technology for various missile defense applications; develop and evaluate reactive material warhead technologies to improve lethality for lower-tier air and missile defense applications; investigate, develop concepts, perform trade studies, improve modeling and simulation capabilities, and develop critical missile component technologies required to defeat emerging Air and Missile Defense (AMD) threats.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 120.7 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602141A project CJ7 (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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