# CL-20 Development, Production, and Integration

**R-2A activity** of project 356 — Energetics Advanced Technology  
**Program element:** 0603000D8Z — Joint Munitions Advanced Technology  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603000D8Z/356/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603000D8Z/356

## Summary

This activity requests $14.0M in FY2027, 26% of project 356, up 17% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Complete and deliver CL-20 Military Specifications to developers and manufacturers that meets broader Department of War requirements and defines the necessary parameters to produce high quality, low sensitivity CL-20 feedstocks for reproducible explosive and propellant formulations at production scales. - Deliver two CL-20-based explosive formulations and begin qualification testing for incorporation into munitions. - Mature and develop CL-20 formulations into Industry-Government collaborative pilot scale up efforts.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of $2.000 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 reflects the Department’s continued emphasis on developing and fielding CL-20 as a primary ingredient in explosives and propellants.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Provide weapon designers the most capable, safe, and reliable CL-20 material as a critical component and the technical data and material models to support its incorporation into systems. Conduct the chemistry and materials science of CL-20, which requires a planned effort to fully determine basic physical properties and to mature propellant and explosive formulations using CL-20. - Develop U.S. Military Specifications for CL-20 that meets broader Department of War requirements and defines the necessary parameters to produce high quality, low sensitivity CL-20 feedstocks for reproducible explosive and propellant formulations at production scales. - Mature CL-20-based formulations for qualification in preparation for their incorporation into munitions. Conduct assessments of the most promising formulations to inform focused efforts and scale up for development.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.0 |

> 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 356

- [Energetics Advanced Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603000D8Z/356/a0) — FY2027 28.0
- Munitions - Affordable Cruise Missile Development (U) — FY2027 9.0
- High Reliability Cluster Munitions (HRCM) Development and Prototype Demonstration — FY2027 3.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603000D8Z project 356 (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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