# Project DL5 — 155mm Extended Range Artillery Munitions

**Program element:** 0603639A — Tank and Medium Caliber Ammunition  
**Project:** DL5  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603639A/DL5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603639A

## Summary

Project DL5 — 155mm Extended Range Artillery Munitions requests $139.6M in FY2027, 50% of the $277.2M requested for program element 0603639A, up 211% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Contra is the largest named R-3 performer at $101.5M, 73% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 139.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 74.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603639A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project DL5 buys

The Extended Range Artillery Munitions (ERAM) project supports the development of a 155mm system of systems that includes projectile, propellant, primer, fuse, and fuse setter which will deliver lethality and range overmatch in 155mm artillery weapon systems at more than double the current range from legacy artillery cannons and will be compatible with future 155mm artillery systems in contested Global Positioning System (GPS) environments and suboptimal atmospheric conditions. The ERAM development effort is part of an organic Long Range Precision Fires capability, which will provide overmatching cannon artillery range capability at both Tactical and operational Fires range by shaping the nature of the close fight through seeking moving and imprecisely located targets at extended ranges, increase range capability of the current 39 caliber cannon fleet and will also be compatible with future 52 caliber and above artillery weapon systems. Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support technology maturation and risk reduction of key system and subsystems improvements in performance in difficult use cases (such as GPS contested environments and suboptimal atmospheric conditions), and integration of the tactical warhead and seeker culminating in a series of Design Verification Testing (DVT) to achieve Technology Readiness Level (TRL) six (6) maturity.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Contra | 101.5 | 73% |
| Yuma Proving Ground | 15.0 | 11% |
| Office of the Project Manager (PM) Comba | 2.1 | 1.5% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extended Range Artillery Munitions | — | 44.9 | 139.6 | +211% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603639A/DL5/a0) |

> 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.

### Extended Range Artillery Munitions

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support technology maturation and risk reduction of key system and subsystems improvements culminating in a Design Verification Test (DVT) to inform a Technical Review. This technical review will form the basis for a down selection of vendors that have the highest potential to meet cost, schedule, and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603639A/DL5/a0

## 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/0603639A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603639A project DL5 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603639A")`.

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