What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 470 of PE 0603716D8Z. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
First generation saltwater compatible F3s will be developed and transitioned for demonstration/validation. Projects will identify whether ionic liquids can be used to increase the rate of demilitarization of nitrocellulose-based propellants. Alternative synthesis methods for TNT will be developed to prevent red water formation. PFAS-free binders for explosives and explosives manufactured using PFAS-free processing fluids will be transitioned to pilot production and/or range tests in demonstration/validation efforts. First generation omniphobic fabrics will be scaled to processing of garments to create transition to demonstration/validation. Improved efficiency critical mineral extraction, separation, and purification technologies will begin.
The FY 2026 to FY 2027 net increase of $1.918 million reflects a programmed increase for PFAS chemical resiliency in weapons systems and platforms and development of alternative technology for demilitarization of energetics.
FY2025–FY2026: what came before
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
New projects will develop improved emulsification agents for commercial fluorine-free foams (F3) to address the intent of Section 323 of the FY 2020 NDAA. The program will develop prototype elastocaloric refrigeration systems for potential vehicle retrofitting to eliminate refrigerant flammability risk. Efforts will continue to develop PFAS-free textiles and scalable fabric treatment manufacturing technologies. Projects will develop alternatives for fluorinated polymers in energetics processing and closed destruction technologies for energetics demilitarization.
The program will initiate projects to develop improved PFAS-free firefighting formulations addressing the intent of Sec 323 of the FY2020 NDAA. Efforts will develop augmented reality for firefighter training with haptic feedback. Projects will continue evaluating PFAS-free textile coatings and identify alternatives for fluorinated polymers in energetics. Research will advance field effects processing for energetic molecules, develop rocket propellants without isocyanate-based binders, and create corrosion-mitigating coating systems with reduced environmental impact. Efforts will identify processes for refractory alloy recycling and develop elastocaloric materials for refrigeration methods with low global warming potential.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 20.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 22.6 |
This activity is 37% of project 470's FY2027 request and 37% of PE 0603716D8Z's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
4 activities in project 470
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.