# Lethality Advanced Technology — Program Element 0603116A

**Program element:** 0603116A  
**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/0603116A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 38% to a $31.8M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 24% (to $39.3M); the Senate added 31% (to $41.8M); House appropriators added 110% (to $66.7M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 39.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 51.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 34.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 33.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 26.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 21.5 |

> 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 | 31.8 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 39.3 | +7.5 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 41.8 | +10.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 66.7 | +34.9 |

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

## Projects (4)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB2 | Future Armaments Scalable Technologies | 10.5 | 6.9 | 22.2 | +220% |
| LR1 | Long Range Sensing Adv Tech | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.8 | +48% |
| CH5 | Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | +75% |
| BO7 | Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA) | 19.0 | 38.0 | — | −100% |

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

### Project DB2 — Future Armaments Scalable Technologies

Future Armaments Scalable Technologies addresses the need to enhance the capability of existing and future critical enabling technologies. This effort will mature critical armament component technologies in the areas of energetics & warheads, fuzing & sensing, guidance navigation and control (GNC), materials & structures in order to support critical technology insertions into program requirements. Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center (AC).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future Armaments Scalable Technology | 10.5 | 3.9 | — |
| CL-20 Hellfire Warhead Demo | — | 2.4 | — |
| Common Armament Guidance & Fuzing Tech (CAG-FT) | — | 0.6 | — |
| Low Overpressure Breaching Charge | — | — | 0.7 |
| Enhanced Liquid Reserve for Counter UAS | — | — | 3.5 |
| Battery Enabled Missiles & Munitions Range Enhancements (BEMMRE) | — | — | 15.0 |
| Future Armaments Scalable Advanced Technology | — | — | 3.1 |

> 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 LR1 — Long Range Sensing Adv Tech

This project develops the modeling and simulation tools, physics-based models, virtual and scaled radio frequency (RF) hardware and software prototypes to validate and mature adaptive multi-function resource management, tracking and discrimination algorithms, and radar sensor technologies in support of Long Range Precision Fires. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CG4 (Advanced Radar Concepts and Technologies). Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Radar Multifunction Manager (ARMM) Adv Tech | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.8 |

> 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 CH5 — Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Adv Tech

This project matures and demonstrates engineering tools and high-fidelity modeling and simulation capabilities to predict and optimize weapon performance to ensure lethality against structures and critical assets. This project provides validated engineering tools and technologies to rapidly evaluate and predict weapon performance. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CF8 (Terminal Effects Against Critical Targets Tech). Work in this project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Terminal Effects Demonstration | 5.1 | — | — |
| Adaptive Technologies for Advanced Weapons Demonstrations | — | 1.0 | 1.8 |

> 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 BO7 — Weapons & Munitions Adv Lethality Technology (CA)

Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Weapons and Munitions Advanced Lethality Technology.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Work done in this Program Element (PE) matures technologies, methodologies, and models required to enable next generation lethality. The PE focuses on: lethal mechanism technologies for projectiles and warheads that provide revolutionary capability to defeat Tier 1 adversary vehicle and body armors; selection of propulsion and energetic materials and technology to validate novel energetic materials concepts to exploit controllable energy release for future gun/missile systems; scalable effects for mixed target defeat while simultaneously decreasing warhead mass; experimentation of materials solutions for improvement of weight and volume efficiency, lethal effects and sustainability for the…

## Related program elements

- [0602141A — Lethality Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602141A) (Army)
- [0603882C — Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603882C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0708051F — Rapid Sustainment Modernization Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0708051F) (Air Force)
- [0101328F — ICBM Reentry Vehicles](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101328F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603116A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603116A")`.

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