What project IBA buys
Industrial Base and Aging Weapon System Support (IBA) Line of Effort seeks to implement innovative and proactive technology solutions to ensure a robust, reliable industrial base that provides affordable and previously hard-to-procure critical parts for DoW weapon systems through the following objectives: 1. Viable and Responsive Industrial Base: maximize Defense Industrial Base capability and capacity and improve availability, quality, and affordability to support the Warfighter. 2. Obsolescence Solutions: establish a trusted manufacturing capability for qualified microcircuits to support DoW weapon system lifecycles. 3. Advanced Manufacturing: leverage advanced manufacturing capabilities to introduce and integrate additive and advanced manufacturing concepts into the DoW supply chain. The portfolios within the IBA LOE include subsistence supply chain solutions (Subsistence Network), Castings (Procurement Readiness Optimization—Advanced Casting Technology), Forgings (Procurement Readiness Optimization—Forging Advanced System Technology), Batteries (Battery Network), Additive Manufacturing (AM), Advanced Microcircuit Emulation (AME) and Strategic Materials (SM). The Subsistence Network (SUBNET) program develops and promotes advanced manufacturing solutions within the subsistence supply chain for the Department of War (DoW) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). To conduct research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), SUBNET forms a community of practice with partners including the Military Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center, industry, and academia. The program's goals are to innovate logistics processes and capitalize on the industrial base's latest technological capabilities. Desired outcomes include reduced costs, increased efficiency and transparency, modernized processes, enhanced quality and safety, and a greater ability to meet operational surge demands. SUBNET focuses on several key areas, including combat rations and field/garrison feeding solutions; food equipment, innovations, safety, and defense; nutrition and health; supply chain infrastructure, storage, and packaging solutions; surge and sustainment support; and water security.
Project IBA 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 | 41.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 40.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 39.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 40.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 41.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 42.2 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
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. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
The SUBNET program will build upon previous successes by championing R&D projects focused on creating a more resilient, intelligent, and sustainable subsistence supply chain for the Warfighter. The plan will pivot towards next-generation solutions that ensure operational dominance in contested environments and enhance/ensure food safety…
Read the FY2027 plan →