# Sensor Fuzed Weapon Development

**R-2A activity** of project CZ8 — PrSM Modular Payload Advanced Development  
**Program element:** 0603464A — Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603464A/CZ8/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603464A/CZ8

## Summary

This activity requests $98.3M in FY2027, 44% of project CZ8, up 53% 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.** Will continue to optimize GMLRS dispense mechanism, submunition design, simulations, sensors, and warhead technologies by performing multiple component and system-level demonstrations to include three separation demonstrations delivered by a GMLRS, one flight demonstration with integration of full seeker package and datalinks, and warhead arena, penetration, and fuzing demonstrations. Submunition communication and collaborative autonomy algorithms will also be refined in preparation for future system-level demonstrations of collaborative capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase reflects acceleration and risk reduction for Sensor Fuzed Weapons.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will continue to optimize both dispense system and submunition designs; advance seeker/sensor technology characterization and perform multiple component-level demonstrations; develop program-specific targeting and submunition collaboration algorithms; and conduct a payload dispense demonstration to validate dispense system performance ;matures and finalizes rocket and launch pod configuration to support high volume fires.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Optimize the SFW payload munition design and conduct a Design Review; mature critical dispense mechanism and submunition component hardware and software, and perform subsystem testing to support integration of the SFW payload into a GMLRS form-factor; develop rocket components and launch pod configuration to support high volume, 30 x rockets, load out and conducts design review.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 35.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 64.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 98.3 |

> 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 CZ8

- Direct Support Fires Tech (DSFT) — FY2027 84.9
- [Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Advanced Development/PrSM Modular Payload](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603464A/CZ8/a0) — FY2027 41.6

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603464A project CZ8 (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`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*