# Foundational Hypersonics

**R-2A activity** of project CZ9 — Foundational Hypersonic Weapons Research  
**Program element:** 0602141A — Lethality Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602141A/CZ9/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602141A/CZ9

> **NEW START.** $10.8M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $10.8M in FY2027, 71% of project CZ9 — 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.** Will investigate processing methods for making robust materials suitable for high temperature environments; develop and validate optimization tools that enable performance improvements through novel processes; deepen understanding and identify relationships between materials processing methods and mechanical properties; advance current capabilities for mixing and processing materials used for propulsion; create analysis tools to accelerate assessment of structures and architectures of complex multi-material systems; conduct computational and experimental studies on Army-relevant, canonical flight geometries; incorporate components such as post-launch propulsion, navigation, and guidance to study the feasibility and effectiveness of low-cost hypersonic weapons.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** This is not a new start effort. FY 2027 funding increase reflects the consolidation of other ongoing efforts within this project from Foundational Hypersonic Weapon Materials and Foundational Hypersonic Weapons Flight and Control to support the creation of Foundational Hypersonics. Funding increase reflects additional research supporting processing methods for materials in high temperature environments and analysis tools to assess structures and architectures of complex multi-material systems.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 10.8 |

> 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 CZ9

- Foundational Hypersonic System Component — FY2027 4.4
- Foundational Hypersonic Weapon Materials — FY2027 —
- Foundational Hypersonic Weapons Flight and Control — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602141A project CZ9 (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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