# Force Protection

**R-2A activity** of project 2223 — Marine Corps ATD  
**Program element:** 0603640M — MC Advanced Technology Demo  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223

## Summary

This activity requests $15.2M in FY2027, 13% of project 2223, down 1.0% 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.** Continue: - Research effort looking at counters to autonomy and sensors/perception. - Advanced research that integrates and demonstrates sensors and systems to enable autonomous, multi-domain amphibious operations in mined and obstacle environments. - Research effort to provide a solid-state High-Power Microwave prototype in a form factor that upon transition will enable the USMC to conduct Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations (EABO) while being capable of defeating small unmanned autonomous system (sUAS) swarms and other unmanned systems in littoral regions. - Develop, integrate and field test systems for the precision neutralization of threat explosive hazards, mines, and kill chain components with lethal or non-lethal force from standoff distances to enable in-stride littoral movement and maneuver, designated ground corridors, at forward aviation points, littoral transition points, and in designated areas of interest. - Efforts that will rapidly assess and report the condition of expeditionary sites using the same or similar sensors suites used in the detection of explosive hazards. The efforts will also include development of a common messaging protocol to a control center for assessment sites for both explosive and other related damage. - Advanced technology development in support of expeditionary undersea warfare missions, to include investigation and applied analysis of prototype sensing command and control systems, distributed effects, and shore to sea systems integration. - Integration of enabling components and software onto ultra-long endurance unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) in order to demonstrate persistent surveillance over highly dispersed operational regions. - Research to integrate provided tactical laser and beam director into a tactical vehicle for military utility experiments. Complete: - Prototyping and demonstration of a compact and affordable interceptor, with integrated warhead and seeker package for kinetic force protection, both afloat and ashore. Initiate: - Research to develop a medically informed prototype effort to enhance Marine warfighter protection against emerging threats. - Advanced development to build a prototype nonlinear transmission line high power directed energy system operational assessment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease of funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion of an effort to demonstrate a compact and affordable interceptor, with integrated warhead and seeker package for kinetic force protection, both afloat and ashore.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue efforts looking at counters to autonomy and sensors/perception. - Continue advanced research that integrates and demonstrates sensors and systems to enable autonomous, multi-domain amphibious operations in mined and obstacle environments. - Continue research effort to provide a solid-state High-Power Microwave prototype in a form factor that upon transition will enable the USMC to conduct Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations (EABO) while being capable of defeating small unmanned autonomous system (sUAS) swarms and other unmanned systems in littoral regions. - Continue research to develop, integrate and field test systems for the precision neutralization of threat explosive hazards, mines, and kill chain components with lethal or non-lethal force from standoff distances to enable in-stride littoral movement and maneuver, designated ground corridors, at forward aviation points, littoral transition points, and in designated areas of interest. - Continue efforts that will rapidly assess and report the condition of expeditionary sites using the same or similar sensors suites used in the detection of explosive hazards. The efforts will also include development of a common messaging protocol to a control center for assessment sites for both explosive and other related damage. - Continue advanced technology development in support of expeditionary undersea warfare missions, to include investigation and applied analysis of prototype sensing command and control systems, distributed effects, and shore to sea systems integration. - Continue design and prototyping for compact and light weight launcher technologies in support of kinetic force protection, both afloat and ashore. - Continue integration of enabling components and software onto ultra-long endurance unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) in order to demonstrate persistent surveillance over highly dispersed operational regions. - Complete research development of compact rapid analysis and sensing systems to assess expeditionary operational site by detecting battle damage, surface and sub-surface explosive hazards detection and classification. - Initiate research to integrate provided tactical laser and beam director into a tactical vehicle for military utility experiments.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.2 |

> 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 2223

- [USMC Future Naval Capabilities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a5) — FY2027 31.0
- [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a4) — FY2027 16.4
- [Firepower](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a1) — FY2027 13.6
- [Maneuver](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a7) — FY2027 11.7
- [Logistics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a6) — FY2027 10.3
- [Human Performance, Training and Education](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M/2223/a3) — FY2027 10.2
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) — FY2027 7.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603640M project 2223 (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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