# Project CV1 — Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv

**Program element:** 0603043A — Air Platform Advanced Technology  
**Project:** CV1  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603043A/CV1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603043A

## Summary

Project CV1 — Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Adv requests $13.3M in FY2027, 57% of the $23.5M requested for program element 0603043A, up 29% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle.

**Markets:** Uncrewed & Autonomy — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 14.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 15.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603043A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project CV1 buys

This project will deliver advanced flight controls, autonomy technologies, and new handling qualities criteria are implemented and tested in a realistic environment to demonstrate their functionality and increase their technology readiness level (TRL). This project also delivers demonstrated and matured flight controls and autonomy technologies at TRL 6 to transition partners. Work in this project complements PE 0602183A (Air Platform Applied Technology) / Project CU7 (Control & Autonomy for Tactical Superiority Tech). Work in this project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy for Combat Environment Sustainment (ACES) Demo | — | 6.6 | 9.6 | +45% | — |
| Scalable Maneuver Autonomy and Control (SMAC) Tech Demo | — | — | 3.6 | new | — |
| Adaptive Tactical Autonomy and Control (ATAC) Technology Demonstration | 1.2 | 3.6 | — | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Autonomy for Combat Environment Sustainment (ACES) Demo

**FY2027 planned work.** Will implement DARPA/Sikorsky Aircrew Labor In-cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) autonomy algorithms on Army's UH-60Mx flying laboratory.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase reflects flight testing of autonomy technologies to increase Technology Readiness Levels.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will start integration of new hardware components needed to integrate AvMC's autonomy algorithms on Army research aircraft.

### Scalable Maneuver Autonomy and Control (SMAC) Tech Demo — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Will test AvMC's platform autonomy algorithms on Tactical Resupply Vehicle family of UAVs; generate training data set for vision-based navigation algorithm.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase reflects initiation of efforts related to piloted simulations and demonstrations, focused on scalable maneuver autonomy.

### Adaptive Tactical Autonomy and Control (ATAC) Technology Demonstration

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects completion of this effort.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will integrate and flight-test demonstrate methods for using estimation to compensate for failed sensors to enable graceful degradation; integrate and demonstrate non-emitting sensors on AvMC's flying laboratories.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Will explore pilot-assist/autonomous functions for autorotation such as automatically lowering of collective and configuring the aircraft for best autorotation airspeed; integrate and demonstrate concepts for transition of control between pilot and autonomous system and back.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603043A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603043A project CV1 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603043A")`.

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