What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project ACX-01 of PE 0603468E. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
- Execute end-to-end validation testing on novel energetic materials developed from diverse materials. - Conduct a system readiness review based on outcomes from sub-scale demonstrations and validation tests on modular platforms. - Demonstrate pilot scale production capability on modular platforms.
The FY 2027 increase reflects the shift from applied research activities under Chemical Processing for Force Protection in PE 0602025E, Project MSL-01 to advanced technology development in this PE/Project.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 13.0 |
This activity is 2.6% of project ACX-01's FY2027 request and 2.4% of PE 0603468E's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
14 activities in project ACX-01
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.