# Project 680 — Manufacturing Science and Technology Program

**Program element:** 0603680D8Z — Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program  
**Project:** 680  
**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/680  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z

## Summary

Project 680 — Manufacturing Science and Technology Program requests $81.6M in FY2027, 14% of the $581.8M requested for program element 0603680D8Z, down 36% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 43.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 128.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 81.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 120.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 164.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 129.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 99.3 |

> 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 680 buys

The Office of the Secretary War (OSW) Manufacturing Science and Technology Program (MSTP) concentrates on cross-cutting defense manufacturing needs that are beyond the ability of a single service to address. MSTP projects focus on cross-cutting defense manufacturing advancements and stimulate early development of manufacturing processes and enterprise business practices. The MSTP invests in broad technology initiatives within Advanced Electronics and Optics, Advanced Materials and Composites, Advanced and Emerging Manufacturing Processes, and Advanced Energetics Manufacturing.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Materials and Composites | 5.5 | 8.2 | 36.2 | +342% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/680/a1) |
| Advanced Electronics and Optics | 16.8 | 14.8 | 35.1 | +138% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/680/a0) |
| Advanced and Emerging Manufacturing Processes | 4.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | +0% | — |
| Advanced Energetics Manufacturing | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +0% | — |

> 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.

### Advanced Materials and Composites

Fund Year 3 of 3 for Carbon Nanotube Fiber Cathodes for High Power Microwave Weapons, Year 3 of 5 for Harnessing Microbe-Sourced Cellulose for Advanced Fiber Manufacturing, Year 2 of 4 for Affordable Hydrogen On-Demand, Year 2 of 4 for Additive Manufacturing for Hypersonic Radomes, and Year 2 of 3 for Powder Granulation for Expanded…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/680/a1

### Advanced Electronics and Optics

Fund year 3 of 4 of Manufacturing Advances in the Scaling of Thin Electro-optic Resources for Making Integrated Niobate Devices (MASTERMIND), Year 2 of 3 for Fiber Laser-Attach for Manufacturability and Environmental Stability (FLAMES), Year 3 of 5 for Advanced Manufacturing of Thin Film Batteries, Year 3 of 3 for Automated Manufacturing…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z/680/a0

### Advanced and Emerging Manufacturing Processes

**FY2027 planned work.** Fund Year 2 of 4 for Adaptive Incremental Forming through Optimized Robotic Manufacturing (AI-FORM), Year 1 of 3 for Manufacturing Automation with Turnkey Robotic Inspection & Flexible Finishing Tools (MATRIX) and Year 1 of 3 for Beyond the Black Box: Building Trust in AI for Defect Detection in Additive Manufacturing. Additional funding being applied to the development of advanced manufacturing processes supporting the munitions industrial base.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No change.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Fund Year 3 of 3 for Nutritionally Tailored Food at the Point of Need, Precision Optical Wind Sensor, Year 2 of 5 for Harnessing Microbe-Sourced Cellulose for Advanced Fiber Manufacturing and continued development of Beacon CONNEX software for DoW ManTech.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Fund Year 3 of 3 for Joint Clothing and Textile Manufacturing Initiative, Year 2 of 3 for Nutritionally Tailored Food at the Point of Need, Precision Optical Wind Sensor, and Year 1 of 5 for Harnessing Microbe-Sourced Cellulose for Advanced Fiber Manufacturing.

### Advanced Energetics Manufacturing

**FY2027 planned work.** Fund Year 2 of 3 for Robotics and Automation for Munitions.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No change.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Fund Year 1 of 3 for Robotics and Automation for Munitions Production.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** No planned efforts for Advanced Energetics Manufacturing in FY 2025. New proposals demonstrating technical merit may be considered in future subject to budget availability.

## 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 680 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603680D8Z")`.

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