# 2) CBRND Forward Element Experimentation and Prototyping

**R-2A activity** of project EN3 — Enabling Investments (ATD)  
**Program element:** 0603384BP — Chemical and Biological Defense Program - Advanced Development  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/EN3/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/EN3

> **NEW START.** $11.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $11.0M in FY2027, 12% of project EN3 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Design and execute advanced technology development and experiments with USINDOPACOM and CBRND units and other applicable stakeholders to refine subsystem development, to include integrated early warning capabilities, and integrate CBRND experimentation into Combatant Command field exercises. Experimentation efforts funded by this program in FY27 will primarily support materiel capability development required for biological deterrence.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increased investment focuses and expands existing experimentation and technology development efforts focused on biological deterrence.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 11.0 |

> 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 EN3

- [3) Forge High Performance Computing](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/EN3/a2) — FY2027 60.0
- 1) Biological Warfare Defense Prophylaxis — FY2027 7.5
- 4) Advanced Technology Demonstration — FY2027 6.2
- 5) Technology Concepts — FY2027 2.6
- 6) User Assessment — FY2027 2.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603384BP project EN3 (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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