# Project A72 — Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology

**Program element:** 0603275A — Electronic Warfare Advanced Technology  
**Project:** A72  
**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/0603275A/A72  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603275A

## Summary

Project A72 — Sensor to Shooter (STS) Advanced Technology requests $11.3M in FY2027, 7.3% of the $156.3M requested for program element 0603275A, down 54% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 24.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603275A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project A72 buys

This project matures and demonstrates an advanced network lethality architecture to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control decision aid algorithms for coordinated and synchronized response and incorporates a full spectrum of effects and scalability to reduce the sensor to shooter timeline for Large Scale Combat Operations. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CIB (Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research). Work in this project supports Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Tactical Network, Future Vertical Lift, and Long-Range Precision Fires Army Modernization Priorities. This project matures and demonstrates advanced fire control integrated with existing/emerging armaments systems for Counter small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) engagements. These capabilities will demonstrate C-sUAS mobility, increased stowed kills vs sUAS threats, increased protection for maneuver units, and maximize affordability. This project demonstrates unit common C-sUAS capabilities for maneuver formations. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602141A (Lethality Technology) / Project CIB (Sensor to Shooter (STS) Applied Research). The cited work is consistent with Secretary of War Memorandum, Army Transformation and Acquisition reform. Work in this project supports Air and Missile Defense, Soldier Lethality, and Long-Range Precision Fires Army Modernization Priorities. Work in this project is performed by the Armaments Center and Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Effects Architecture for Decision Synchronization Advanced Technology | — | 14.2 | 7.8 | −45% | — |
| Pivot | — | 4.0 | 3.5 | −11% | — |
| Maestro | — | 4.5 | — | −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.

### Lethal Effects Architecture for Decision Synchronization Advanced Technology

**FY2027 planned work.** Will mature C-sUAS Fire On the Move (OTM) advanced fire control algorithms. Will demonstrate C-sUAS fire OTM advanced fire control software with current and emerging armament systems in operationally relevant conditions. Will mature intelligent, distributed lethality fire control capabilities with automation-enabled collaborative engagement software for remote weapon systems to provide supervised automated operations for C-sUAS.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects the shift from initial closed loop fire control capabilities to maturation of closed loop fire control algorithms.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will integrate and demonstrate collaborative distributed closed loop fire control capabilities utilizing fielded weapon systems to demonstrate C-sUAS fire control target prioritization capability; demonstrate C-sUAS closed loop fire control software for onboard optical sensors; demonstrate C-sUAS closed loop fire control software for non-collocated sensors over the network; demonstrate networked C-sUAS fire control interfaces and architecture to maximize efficiency and increase stowed kills; demonstrate C-sUAS closed loop fire control software for multiple weapon systems

### Pivot

**FY2027 planned work.** Will mature algorithms that leverage intelligence sensor data to provide semi-automated battle damage assessment of non-kinetic effects. Will mature message protocols for delivery and orchestration of distributed battlefield electronic warfare effects.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects maturation of tracking and data fusion techniques required to enable algorithms for semi-automated battle damage assessment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will mature tracking and data fusion techniques to provide continuous target tracking & reconnaissance via time variable multi- Intelligence data from disparate intel sources; optimize object/signal classification and tracking algorithm performance within complex and congested environments; validate sensor-to-non-kinetic weapon system messaging capabilities and provide necessary updates to support near real time updates to electronic fires/effects.

### Maestro

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** In FY 2027, this effort is terminated.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will improve system components of intelligence analytics for non-kinetic effects and overlay of non-kinetic effects to be integrated with kinetic targeting in support of layer fires effect planning and execution; demonstrate intelligence analytics for non-kinetic effects and overlay in a laboratory environment.

## 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/0603275A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603275A project A72 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603275A")`.

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