# Energy Field Biological Effects and Mechanisms

**R-2A activity** of project MK4 — Warfigher Health Applied Rsch Technology  
**Program element:** 0602787A — Medical Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602787A/MK4/a7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602787A/MK4

## Summary

This activity requests $128.7M in FY2027, 87% of project MK4, up 0.5% 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 conduct extensive data analysis and documentation of energy field bioeffects modeling, simulation, laboratory and data collection results across biologically relevant scales.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase reflects partial completion of research activities supporting the comparison of model and laboratory data against real world data.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will expand high-throughput biological effects assessment platforms at multiple scales to accelerate threat characterization; continue building on research within this program and accelerate efforts towards a detailed understanding of biophysical mechanisms (cellular to system level) of adverse bioeffects discovered in prior years; expand efforts studying biophysical theoretical and computational analyses on identified threat mechanisms; continue research on previously developed integrated multi-scale (molecular to organismal) modeling and simulation techniques for enhanced biophysical understanding; assess and document progress and discoveries through the investigation of electromagnetic bioeffects; investigate multiple next generation energy field source technologies for laboratory testing; compare multiple next generation energy field source technologies as components in laboratory experiments to modeling and simulation results; continue to validate expanded efforts in directed energy biological effect modeling and simulation tools based on laboratory results; characterize multiple next generation energy field source technologies as components in outdoor environment; integrate the component technologies necessary to complete laboratory research identified in FY 2025; conduct research in the theory of energy penetration, absorption, coupling through physical structures to identify new physical mechanisms and parameters of interest; evaluate results and execute the validated methods to optimize directed energy coupling, penetration, and absorption in multiple surrogate structures and at relevant protocol levels; continue and expand research to compare biological effects theories, models and laboratory data against real world data; investigate pre-clinical diagnostics methods (imaging, functional testing, biomarkers) for detecting exposure to pathological energy fields; continue to transition information and parameters related to validated energy field threat sources to the DoW community for medical and materiel (sensors/detectors, shielding material) countermeasure development; continue to collaborate with the intelligence community to drive research objectives, support threat assessments, and mitigate technological surprise; continue to transition data on biological mechanisms and effects to DoW community to support research and development efforts for directed energy detection and protection as well as induced injury prevention and treatment.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Will establish comprehensive understanding of biophysical mechanisms (cellular to system level) of adverse bioeffects discovered in prior years; perform characterization of toxicity for new threat mechanisms prioritized from modeling and simulation and intelligence community inputs; continue thorough biophysical theoretical and computational analyses on identified threat mechanisms (acoustic and electromagnetic); establish high-throughput biological effects assessment platforms to accelerate threat characterization; mature threat proxy energy field source technologies for laboratory testing including high frequencies; develop integrated multi-scale (molecular to organismal) modeling and simulation techniques for enhanced biophysical understanding; integrate the component technologies necessary to complete laboratory research identified in FY24; derive and start the validation of methods to optimize directed energy coupling, penetration, and absorption in surrogate structures and at relevant protocol levels; investigate electromagnetic bioeffects; validate directed energy biological effect modeling and simulation tools based on laboratory results; conduct research to compare biological effects theories, models and laboratory data against real world data; identify pre-clinical diagnostics methods (imaging, functional testing, biomarkers) for detecting exposure to pathological energy fields; transition information and parameters related to validated energy field threat sources to the DoD community for medical and materiel (sensors/detectors, shielding material) countermeasure development; continue to collaborate with the intelligence community to drive research objectives, support threat assessments, transition bioeffects data, and mitigate technological surprise; continue to transition data on biological mechanisms and effects to DoD community to support research and development efforts for directed energy detection and protection as well as induced injury prevention and treatment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 46.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 128.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 128.7 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project MK4

- [Develop Solutions to Prevent Disease Non-Battle Injuries Due to Environmental, Nutritional and Musculoskeletal Factors](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602787A/MK4/a8) — FY2027 10.8
- Army Medical Blast Overpressure (BOP) Risk Mitigation — FY2027 8.0
- Operational Risk Planning Tools for Battlefield Environmental Threats — FY2027 —
- Prevention of Soldier Performance Degradation in Extreme Environments — FY2027 —
- Leader Decision Aid to Manage Blast Head Injury in All Settings — FY2027 —
- Physical Fitness Standards to Prevent Musculoskeletal Injuries — FY2027 —
- Leader Tools to Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury In All Settings — FY2027 —
- Biomedical Performance Enhancement — FY2027 —
- Expeditionary Force Nutrition to Improve Performance — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602787A project MK4 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
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