# 1) Emerging Threat Innovation

**R-2A activity** of project ET3 — Emerging Threats (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/ET3/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/ET3

## Summary

This activity requests $11.0M in FY2027, 100% of project ET3, up 22% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue enhanced capability to more rapidly characterize and develop medical countermeasures against, emerging chemical and biological threats through investment in high throughput technologies. Continue development of challenges advancing concept and technology development.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase supports expanded activities to strengthen industry collaboration, support adaptive acquisition and expand concept and technology development activities aligned to priority threats.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue enhanced capability to more rapidly characterize, and the development of medical countermeasures against, emerging chemical and biological threats through investment in high throughput technologies. Continue development of challenges advancing concept and technology development.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continued to enhance and rapidly develop capabilities against emerging chemical and biological threats through investment in high throughput technologies. Continued development of challenges advancing concept and technology development.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.0 |
| 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603384BP project ET3 (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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