# Medical Technology — Program Element 0602787A

**Program element:** 0602787A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602787A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 20% to a $149.2M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 4.7% (to $142.2M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 42% (to $211.2M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 64.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 186.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 149.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 155.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 156.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 158.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 156.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 149.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 142.2 | −7.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 149.2 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 211.2 | +62.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (3)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK4 | Warfigher Health Applied Rsch Technology | 63.6 | 141.8 | 147.5 | +4% |
| MM4 | Cbt Casualty Care Applied Rsch Technology | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | +13% |
| BS7 | Medical Technology (CA) | — | 43.5 | — | −100% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project MK4 — Warfigher Health Applied Rsch Technology

This project conducts research to develop and evaluate solutions to enhance Warfighter health and readiness by preventing non-battle injuries stemming from environmental (heat, cold, altitude, etc.) exposures, informing optimized logistics for nutrition to ensure sustained lethality, and developing comprehensive countermeasures and blast mitigation strategies to enhance Solider performance. This research will directly inform improved training procedures, medical standards, and injury prevention protocols, ultimately reducing injury rates, accelerating recovery, and minimizing long term health consequences and the associated medical costs. Research in this Project is coordinated and is complementary to work done in PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) and PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology). Work is performed at U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) and the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) and Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational Risk Planning Tools for Battlefield Environmental Threats | 1.8 | 1.4 | — |
| Prevention of Soldier Performance Degradation in Extreme Environments | 3.4 | 3.0 | — |
| Leader Decision Aid to Manage Blast Head Injury in All Settings | 1.1 | 0.8 | — |
| Physical Fitness Standards to Prevent Musculoskeletal Injuries | 0.9 | 1.1 | — |
| Leader Tools to Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury In All Settings | 2.8 | 2.3 | — |
| Biomedical Performance Enhancement | 5.9 | 4.0 | — |
| Expeditionary Force Nutrition to Improve Performance | 1.5 | 1.1 | — |
| Energy Field Biological Effects and Mechanisms | 46.2 | 128.0 | 128.7 |
| Develop Solutions to Prevent Disease Non-Battle Injuries Due to Environmental, Nutritional and Musculoskeletal Factors | — | — | 10.8 |
| Army Medical Blast Overpressure (BOP) Risk Mitigation | — | — | 8.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MM4 — Cbt Casualty Care Applied Rsch Technology

This project refines and assesses concepts, techniques, and materiel that improve survivability and treatment outcomes for Warfighters wounded during combat operations and treated under austere field conditions, including prolonged field care, and during medical evacuation, and maintains laboratory capability to perform these functions. Combat casualty care research addresses control of severe bleeding; resuscitation and stabilization; advanced automated life support systems suitable for use in forward areas, treatment of severe orthopedic injuries, treatment of severe burns, and combat-related brain injury. Promising efforts identified in this Project are further matured under Program Element (PE) 0603002A (Medical Advanced Technology). Research in this project is performed by the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Fort Detrick, MD.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future En Route Casualty Care Sustainment System Cap Set | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project BS7 — Medical Technology (CA)

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Medical Technology.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This PE supports application of knowledge gained through basic research to optimize drugs, medical devices, medical practices/procedures, and other preventive measures to include injury predictive strategies and tools essential to the protection and sustainment of Warfighter health and performance. Projects are coordinated with the Defense Health Agency. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering science and technology focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. All medical applied research is conducted in compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.

## Related program elements

- [0603002A — Medical Advanced Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603002A) (Army)
- [0602144A — Ground Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602144A) (Army)
- [0603713N — Ocean Engineering Tech Dev](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603713N) (Navy)
- [0901218F — Civilian Compensation Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901218F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602787A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602787A")`.

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