# Advanced Disruptive Microtechnologies Studies and Concepts

**R-2A activity** of project AET-02 — ADVANCED DISRUPTIVE MICROTECHNOLOGIES  
**Program element:** 0603469E — Advanced Enabling Technologies  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603469E/AET-02/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603469E/AET-02

## Summary

This activity requests $22.7M in FY2027, 11% of project AET-02, up 114% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Perform relevant activities related to accelerating the transition of quantum technologies. - Initiate design of photonic-electronic components for timing and data transfer for relevant use cases. - Initiate activities related to intelligently leveraging commercial scaling to provide advanced capabilities for the warfighter.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 increase reflects studies and concepts initiations including, but not limited to, the advancement of new technologies to accelerate the development and transition of quantum circuits for computation and sensing, to support the design and development of photonic-electronic components for timing and data transfer, and to intelligently leverage commercial scaling.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Evaluate potential opportunities for accelerating the transition of quantum technologies. - Perform studies on potential insertion use cases of photonic-electronic components for timing and data transfer. - Investigate candidate technology areas for intelligent leverage of commercial scaling to provide advanced capabilities for the warfighter.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 22.7 |

> 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 AET-02

- [Next Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603469E/AET-02/a0) — FY2027 175.0
- Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) — FY2027 7.4
- Continuous-correctness On Opaque Processors (COOP) — FY2027 7.4

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603469E project AET-02 (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.*