# Adoption of Defense Advanced Manufacturing (ADAM)

**R-2A activity** of project 350 — Manufacturing Innovation Institutes  
**Program element:** 0603680D8Z — Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/350/a9  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/350

> **NEW START.** $130.3M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $130.3M in FY2027, 57% of project 350 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Execute DoW armed service directed R&D projects to support overcoming the remaining barriers required for widespread adoption of advanced manufacturing. The projects are directed toward additive, digital, material, soft good, photonic, bio-industrial, robotic automation, bio-medical and hybrid electronic manufacturing. Requirements will be informed from the armed service labs and forward-deployed Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities to support area Combatant Command priorities. Project reviews will be held in conjunction with the vendors and the defense working groups JDMC, JAMWG and JDMTP) subject matter experts.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** An increase of $130.329 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 reflects $93.560 million for INDOPACOM critical priorities and the realignment of $36.769 million for ongoing DoW armed service led advanced manufacturing projects already being conducted from Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group, BiofabUSA, and ARM.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 130.3 |

> 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 350

- [Manufacturing Modernization Sprints](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/350/a10) — FY2027 28.0
- [Photonic Foundry and Packaging Innovation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/350/a3) — FY2027 11.1
- [Medical Cell, Tissue, and Organ Manufacturing Innovation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/350/a6) — FY2027 10.0
- Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation — FY2027 8.3
- Materials Innovation — FY2027 7.6
- Robotic Automation Innovation — FY2027 7.3
- Manufacturing Digital Innovation — FY2027 7.2
- Additive Manufacturing Innovation — FY2027 7.0
- Hybrid Electronics Innovation — FY2027 6.9
- Advanced Fiber and Fabric — FY2027 5.3

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603680D8Z project 350 (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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