# XM123 Autonomous Breaching System (ABS)

**R-2A activity** of project CE5 — Breaching Capability Development - Mounted  
**Program element:** 0603619A — Landmine Warfare and Barrier - Adv Dev  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603619A/CE5/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603619A/CE5

## Summary

This activity requests $18.1M in FY2027, 100% of project CE5, up 43% 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.** FY 2027 will continue to provide accelerated prototype hardware to Transformation in Contact (TIC) units for feedback to refine the system design. The program will prepare documentation for Milestone B approval, award Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract(s) to refine system design, build prototype hardware, and integrate detection/neutralization hardware. The program will also work to evaluate transitioning from a Major Capability Acquisition Pathway to Rapid Prototyping and Fielding.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase required to support delivery of hardware and software for detection and neutralization development and autonomous platform integration activities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 will continue the industry prototyping effort to conclude with prototype demonstrations and deliver automated threat detection capabilities to Transformation in Contact (TiC) units by the end of the Fiscal Year.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** FY 2025 will support continued TMRR, refinement of the system baseline through further development of key subsystem enabling technologies, multiple technology maturation test events followed by a soldier touchpoint to demonstrate the baseline configuration, and requirements/Capability Development Document (CDD) development.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.1 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603619A project CE5 (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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