# Project AE3 — Unconventional Countermeasures-Survivability ATech

**Program element:** 0603466A — Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology  
**Project:** AE3  
**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/0603466A/AE3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603466A

## Summary

Project AE3 — Unconventional Countermeasures-Survivability ATech requests $0.8M in FY2027, 1.2% of the $63.9M requested for program element 0603466A, down 93% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603466A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project AE3 buys

This project matures and demonstrates technologies to increase survivability of personnel and critical assets using integrated unconventional countermeasures. These countermeasures include tone down concepts for signature management using novel materials, rapidly deployable, low-cost, multisprectral survivability enhancement technologies as well as intuitive decision support technologies to select and assess non-kinetic protective measures. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0602150A (Air and Missile Defense Technology) / Project AE2 (Unconventional Countermeasures-Survivability Tech). Work in this Project is conducted by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unconventional Countermeasures in Multi-Domain Operations Demonstrations | — | — | 0.8 | new | — |
| Advanced Integrated Unconventional Countermeasures Applications Demonstrations | 1.7 | 1.9 | — | −100% | — |
| Assured Protection of Layered Logistics Operations (APoLLO) | 9.9 | 9.9 | — | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Unconventional Countermeasures in Multi-Domain Operations Demonstrations — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Demonstrate and evaluate unconventional countermeasures technologies for critical Air and Missile Defense (AMD) assets in a relevant Multi-Domain Operations environment; integrate tunable signature management solutions into existing infrastructure.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increase due to initiation of this task with initial efforts to demonstrate and evaluate unconventional countermeasures technologies for critical Air and Missile Defense (AMD) assets and integrate tunable signature management solutions.

### Advanced Integrated Unconventional Countermeasures Applications Demonstrations

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects conclusion of this effort and transition of research.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will optimize and validate physical prototype survivability enhancement kits for Fires assets. Will demonstrate preliminary field-expedient technical effects to support multi-domain operations.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Matured and demonstrated physical prototype survivability enhancement kits for fire assets.

### Assured Protection of Layered Logistics Operations (APoLLO)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects conclusion of this effort and transition of research.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will demonstrate and validate active and passive countermeasure systems to protect fixed logistics assets.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Refined and demonstrated passive unconventional countermeasures systems tailored for additional fixed logistics assets. Optimized active countermeasures with specific focus on low-cost logistics protection of hard-to-move unique system and subsystems.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603466A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603466A project AE3 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603466A")`.

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