What project FA5 buys
The Assured Precision Weapons and Munitions (APWM) - FA5 Project is focused on advanced risk mitigation, technology integration, expedited prototyping, and product support to rapidly identify, evaluate, mature, test, and demonstrate various assured precision related prototype technologies in munitions and munition resilient support and survivability components and subsystems within a complex environment with the overarching goal of solving tough operational problems and addressing critical capability gaps. The APWM project reinforces the Secretary of War's Acquisition Transformation Strategy, and the Army Transformation Initiative (ATI) major lines of effort through fast technology development and prototyping, which increases lethality and ensures future combat overmatch success of the Joint force against peer/near-peer adversaries and the China pacing threat. This project also aims to improve performance and affordability of Army and Joint capability portfolios via Joint Lethality (JL) Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Navigation Warfare (NavWar), and Army M-code Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinated efforts and integration of innovative industry contributions. The APWM project directly supports the top Army and Joint force modernization priorities in support of the NDS and multiple Public Law (PL) related congressional imperatives. Funding will support engagement by munition PNT and NavWar related Lethality experts in the development, evaluation, and technology delivery activities of the M-code GPS as well as the Army's continuous adaptation of PNT, NavWar, and Electronic Warfare (EW) enabled capabilities to achieve accurate extended range and hypersonic lethality, increase warfighter survivability, maximizing precision munition stowed kills, and countering Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) threats. The APWM project enables component and subsystem architecture input essential for precision munitions and other such lethality delivery mechanisms operating in a complex EW threat environments, M-code GPS and technology integration and evaluation (including verifying and validating this capability for future Joint precision munitions), and maturation of alternative PNT and EW/NavWar related technologies, components, payloads, and solutions.
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Project FA5 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 46.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 55.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 42.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 43.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 43.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 43.6 |
12 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 2 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue to support design reviews, experimentation, prototyping, testing, evaluation, and risk reduction of Army MGUE Inc2, AltNav, and NavWar by in-house Government activities and OTA / IDIQ contract efforts. Maintains an Army APNT and NavWar Munitions IPT working directly with Army T2COM, CPEs, and TLLMs. Facilitate Munition A-PNT and…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Prototyping of NavStorm-M2 GPS and M-GNSS capability for munition Artillery PGMs.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY26 to FY27 due to MGUE Inc2 acceleration into critical munitions.
Work directly with USSF/USAF and MGUE Inc2 GPS prime vendors to finalize prototype PGM firmware and software solutions for the Inc2 ASIC and ancillary supporting electronics. Integrate PGM MGUE Inc2 ASIC onto Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) and receiver form factors. Prototype JROC-directed representative PGM lead platform to accept…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Conduct trade studies to identify and select a data dissemination source for trusted M-GNSS multi-source hot start data, required for use in future frequency diverse SDRx technology-based munitions PNT systems. Prototype munition resilient support and survivability automation of trusted M-GNSS data and interfaces for munitions.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY26 to FY27 due to completion of NA2N Phase 1 and start of NA2N Phase 2.
FY2027 planned work Provides overall Project Program Management support for 643639A-FA5. The JL SMEs will continue to provide enabling technical expertise and support to the Joint Lethality community on advanced PNT, NavWar, and EW related modernization initiatives essential for munitions operating in a Joint complex threat environment. Specific support focus includes authoritative prototyping, evaluation, and verification for MGUE Inc2 using hypersonic precision munitions, resilient and survivable multi-source PNT technology maturation to overcome complex EW threats, Joint munition standardization, NavWar dependencies and Joint proposed NavWar and EW rapid prototyping initiatives. Continued emphasis on…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY26 to FY27 due to additional focus on combined NavWar and EW layered effects munitions payloads to overcome A2/AD capabilities of the pacing threat, multi-source PNT to increase frequency diversity for enhanced survivability, and increased stakeholder participation for the JL community.
FY2026 plans — current year Provides overall Project Program Management support for 643639A-FA5. The JL SMEs will continue to provide technical expertise and support to the Joint PNT and NavWar IPT by coordinating with and supporting the development and technology delivery activities of the Joint Munitions community, to include PNT modernization, NavWar, and EW related initiatives, participation in design reviews, evaluation and formal feedback on technology and systems requirements and performance, and component and subsystem architecture input essential for precision munitions operating in a Joint environment. Specific support focus includes prototyping and evaluation planning for Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE)…
FY2025 accomplishments Provides overall Project Program Management support for 643639A-FA5. The JL SMEs will continue to provide technical expertise and support to the Joint oversight board for APWM by coordinating with and supporting the development and technology delivery activities of the Joint W&M community, to include PNT modernization and NavWar related programs, participation in design reviews, evaluation and formal feedback on technology and systems requirements and performance, component and subsystem architecture input essential for precision W&M operating in a Joint SoS multi-domain environment. Specific support focus includes prototyping and evaluation planning for Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE)…
FY2027 planned work Building upon previous MDN prototyping and integration efforts, this project will develop enhanced multi-spectral CM payloads for integration into cargo munitions and other such delivery mechanisms and will evaluate effectiveness of these payloads against representative enemy NavWar/EW and A2/AD threats using China as the pacing threat.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY26 to FY27 due to completion of MDN Dual Mode Attack/Sense Phase 1 and start of MDN Multi-Spectral CM Phase 1.
FY2027 planned work Conduct signal trade studies to identify and down-select next generation PNT signals and SDR based technologies through comprehensive market research, threat analysis, and modeling and simulation. The selected signals will be prototyped and tested for integration into next generation rocket/missile and cannon lethality systems as well as the potential retrofit of existing critical precision munitions.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY26 to FY27 to enhance transitioned technologies with needed updates directed by Combatant Commands to address rapidly evolving threat.
FY2027 planned work Integrating and demonstrating prototyped common munition payloads and munition support and decision aids for priority munition use cases.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY26 to FY27 due to completion of prototyping at end of FY27.
FY2026 plans — current year Prototype and integrate common munition resilient support and decision aids across multiple munition and cyberspace electromagnetic activities C2 systems for automated common mission planning, execution, and monitoring of family of munition deployed solutions. Prepare for developmental testing and verification of capabilities for subsequent transition to PoR.
FY2025 accomplishments Complete PGM SDRx functional prototype to demonstrate intent of FY21 NDAA Section 1611 Congressional mandate for resilient and survivable PNT. Integrate physical PGM SDRx prototype into a representative large SWAP PGM to demonstrate critical "All in One" software defined navigation capabilities in a live fire event. Provide test reports to Fires PoRs to inform transition of PGM SDRx. Transition PGM SDRx prototype to Fires NavWar for prototyping expanded NavWar mission capability and future software upgrades to Fires PoRs adopting navigation software defined solutions.
FY2025 accomplishments Complete and evaluate NavWar attack, sense, countermeasure, and SA technologies through controlled experiments to inform component prototyping of integrated dual mode multi-mission payloads and associated Fires C2 application prototyping.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY26 to FY27 due to completion of MDN Dual Mode Attack/Sense Phase 1.
FY2026 plans — current year Integration and evaluation of physical payloads. Directly supports transition and proliferation of multi-purpose software defined solutions for APNT and counter APNT, and RF Smoke attack and shaping payloads.
FY2025 accomplishments Physical component prototyping and operational like experimentation planning of Next Gen NavWar Technology to include Software Defined Radio and Radio Frequency Smoke attack and sense payloads.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY26 to FY27 due to completion of NA2N Phase 1.
FY2026 plans — current year Integrate and experiment with virtual prototypes across munition resilient support and survivability to automate use of Next Gen APNT Phase 1 and Next Gen NavWar Phase 1 technologies. Prototyping will focus on the following areas: hot start and efficient use of multi-source PNT solutions for munitions, and automate the translation of NavWar Situational Awareness to Situational Understanding to reduce cognitive burden on operators meeting speed of battle demands in complex environments. Work with PoRs to integrate and implement NavWar information to support NavWar situational understanding and munitions decision support tools. Dissemination of hot start data needed for collaborative swarming…
FY2025 accomplishments Initiate virtual prototyping across Fires SoS needed to automate use of Next Gen APNT Phase 1 and Next Gen NavWar Phase 1 technologies. Prototyping will focus on the following areas: 1. Hot start and efficient use of multi-source PNT solutions for W&Ms. 2. Automating the translation of NavWar SA to situational understanding to reduce cognitive burden on operators meeting speed of battle demands in complex MDOs. Work with PoRs to integrate and implement NavWar information to support NavWar situational understanding and Fires decision support tools. 3. Dissemination of Hot Start data needed for collaborative swarming Fires seeker applications to avoid over-kill and maximize efficiency…
Named performers on project FA5
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.