# Multi-mission Sensors and Processing for Expanded Maneuver

**R-2A activity** of project BG1 — Sensors for Auto Oper and Survivability Adv Tech  
**Program element:** 0603462A — Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603462A/BG1/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603462A/BG1

> **NEW START.** $12.7M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $12.7M in FY2027, 92% of project BG1 — 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.** Will mature and demonstrate day/night electro-optic infrared (EO/IR) aided target detection and recognition (AITDR) threat detection capabilities using imagery collected in both temperate and sub-tropical environments, supporting expanded maneuver of ground platforms against remotely deployed mines; will demonstrate integrated air/ground sensor payloads and processing approaches to detect and geo-locate explosive hazards and obstacles supporting autonomous breaching and expanded maneuver. Demonstrate integration of uncooled long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) thermal sensors with time-correlated algorithms for image stabilization and image smear correction to improve target search performance while on the move for advanced long range, day and night target acquisition; will optimize image processing techniques to exploit advancements in higher speed, smaller pixel pitch uncooled thermal sensors to improve targeting performance; will mature an event based imaging short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) detection sensor system to provide a layered defense approach that integrates wide area surveillance with rapid threat detection and tracking of UAS

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** This is not a new start effort. FY 2027 funding increase reflects the consolidation of other ongoing efforts within this project from Advanced Sensors with Embedded Processing and Multi-Mission Payloads. Funding increases reflects additional research to continue the maturation of advanced processing and sensing capabilities to detect explosive hazards and planned initial integration and demonstration of automated driving aids.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 12.7 |

> 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 BG1

- Sensor Protection Advanced Technology — FY2027 1.1
- Advanced Sensors with Embedded Processing — FY2027 —
- Multi-Mission Payload — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603462A project BG1 (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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