# 7) Operational Diagnostics

**R-2A activity** of project UN3 — Understand (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/UN3/a6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/UN3

## Summary

This activity requests $13.1M in FY2027, 14% of project UN3, up 5.5% 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.** - Complete the development of a minimally invasive diagnostic platform that can predict severity of disease which will enable logistical and resource optimization as well as a more prompt return to duty for a majority of patients. - Continue expanding development of molecular and immunological diagnostic and screening tests on a rapid development timeline.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Minor change due to routine program adjustments.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue the development of a point of care (POC) diagnostic platform, capable of pre-symptomatically diagnosing infection within minutes to align to requirements needed for transition to the Advanced Differential Diagnostics (ADD) program. - Continue the development of a minimally invasive diagnostic platform that can predict severity of disease which will enable logistical and resource optimization as well as a more prompt return to duty for a majority of patients. - Expand development of molecular and immunological diagnostic and screening tests on a rapid development timeline.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** - Completed the development of a point of care (POC) diagnostic platform, capable of pre-symptomatically diagnosing infection within minutes. - Continued the development of a minimally invasive diagnostic platform that can predict severity of disease which will enable logistical and resource optimization as well as a more prompt return to duty for a majority of patients.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.1 |

> 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 UN3

- [12) Operational Chemical Sensing - Chemical Detection](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/UN3/a11) — FY2027 16.9
- [3) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Situational Awareness](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603384BP/UN3/a2) — FY2027 12.9
- 9) Diagnostic Building Blocks — FY2027 7.8
- 11) Emerging and Enhanced Biothreat Sensing - Waste Water Surveillance — FY2027 7.5
- 13) Modernized and Enhanced Chemical Sensing - Chemical Detection — FY2027 7.5
- 2) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Decision Aids — FY2027 7.3
- 16) Emerging and Enhanced Biothreat Sensing - Biological Detection — FY2027 7.1
- 1) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Battlespace Sensing, Alerting, and Response — FY2027 5.8
- 10) Emerging Threats — FY2027 1.9
- 15) Operational Biological Sensing - Biological Detection — FY2027 1.5
- 14) Unconventional Detection Modalities - Chemical Detection — FY2027 1.0
- 8) Clinical Evaluation — FY2027 1.0
- 4) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Battlespace Sensing, Alerting, and Response - Enhanced Biological Defense — FY2027 0.8
- 6) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Situational Awareness - Enhanced Biological Defense — FY2027 0.8
- 5) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Decision Aids - Enhanced Biological Defense — FY2027 0.5
- 17) Unconventional Detection Modalities - Biological Detection — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603384BP project UN3 (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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