# Project 549 — Advanced Manufacturing Demonstration Capability

**Program element:** 0603680D8Z — Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program  
**Project:** 549  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/549  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z

## Summary

Project 549 — Advanced Manufacturing Demonstration Capability requests $254.5M in FY2027, 44% of the $581.8M requested for program element 0603680D8Z, up 13% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 225.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 254.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 99.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603680D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 549 buys

Advanced manufacturing demonstrations of biomanufactured products for critical defense applications. This project addresses the necessary activities to rapidly mature biomanufactured products and establish the necessary production capacity.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Maturation of Biomanufactured Defense Products | — | 123.1 | 136.2 | +11% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/549/a0) |
| Establish Critical Bioindustrial Manufacturing Capacity | — | 102.4 | 118.3 | +16% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/549/a1) |

> 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.

### Rapid Maturation of Biomanufactured Defense Products

Continue to assess and award promising candidates in Bioindustrial manufacturing products. Criteria for selection will include exhibited capacity for rapid maturation and will be chosen in coordination with the relevant program offices for the end applications. Project chosen for maturation will have demonstrated alignment with defense…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/549/a0

### Establish Critical Bioindustrial Manufacturing Capacity

Continue efforts to address bioindustrial manufacturing capacity shortfalls in the domestic bioindustrial base. Key areas of interest are DoW relevant critical chemicals, hypersonic applications, energetic material precursors, alternatives to petroleum or petroleum-derived products, and DoW relevant materials for forward operating…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/549/a1

## 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/0603680D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603680D8Z project 549 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603680D8Z")`.

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