# Biotechnology for Materials - Advanced Research — Program Element 0603386A

**Program element:** 0603386A  
**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/0603386A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $22.4M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 27% (to $28.4M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 35.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 24.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 22.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 23.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 24.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 24.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 24.6 |

> 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 | 22.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 22.4 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 22.4 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 28.4 | +6.0 |

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

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP7 | Biotechnology Demonstration and Evaluation | 35.0 | 24.7 | 22.4 | −9% |

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

### Project CP7 — Biotechnology Demonstration and Evaluation

This project collaborates with Joint Service partners to mature, optimize, and demonstrate novel biotechnologies and related methods to establish a domestic resilient supply chain for defense needs. Advanced research validates and provides bio-derived, bio-functionalized, and bio-manufactured materials. This project matures and demonstrates high-throughput screening and small-scale prototyping, enhances material performance, and exploits biotechnologies to provide drop-in replacements and materials with enhanced properties for defense applications. Areas of focus may include high-density, high-performance fuels for high-speed weapons, bio-based propellants, optical materials, and bio-derived systems that sense and respond to the presence of contaminants. Work in this project compliments Program Element (PE) 0602386A (Biotechnology for Materials - Applied Research) / CP6 (Foundational Biotechnology Design and Dev).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosynthetic Material Demonstration | 35.0 | 24.7 | 22.4 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates novel biotechnological methods, processes, and materials to enhance military supply chain resilience. The Army is responsible for centrally managing funding for Tri-Service Biotechnology for a Resilient Supply Chain (T-BRSC) efforts. T-BRSC leverages bio-industrial manufacturing to ensure critical domestic supply chain resilience for defense needs through domestic production of raw materials and critical products. The Army supports this Tri-Service effort under this PE with collaboration among sister Services and select allied partners to support a robust pipeline for biotechnology related manufacturing.

## Related program elements

- [0602386A — Biotechnology for Materials - Applied Research](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602386A) (Army)
- [0602128D8Z — Promotion and Protection Strategies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602128D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604771N — Medical Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604771N) (Navy)
- [0605154N — Center For Naval Analyses](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605154N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603386A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603386A")`.

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