What project E21 buys
This Project supports Advanced Component Development and Prototypes of innovative environmental quality technologies that modernize materials and processes required for current and future operational sustainment and warfighter training capabilities. The Project showcases technologies that increase life safety, reduce Soldier and worker human health risks, enhance readiness and enable mission capabilities of the current and future force with a focus on eliminating the high priority issues associated with hexavalent chromium, cadmium and airborne lead through material substitution. The Project expedites technology transition from the laboratory to operational use by demonstrating modern materials and processes to fulfill or surpass the performance requirements outlined in Material Specifications, Depot Maintenance Work Requirements, Technical Manuals, Drawings and other technical data. Forward-looking materials and processes demonstrated under this project support the Cross Functional Teams and the Army's top modernization priorities by addressing potential obsolescence of legacy materials and current and emerging impacts on human health and the environment. Modernized materials and processes have the additional benefit of addressing future regulatory compliance and cleanup requirements while simultaneously increasing performance and standardization across the Army, resulting in significantly reduced life cycle costs incurred by acquisition, industrial base and installation end users. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Transformation & Training Command (T2COM), U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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Project E21 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 | 15.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 12.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 12.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 13.1 |
6 accomplishments / planned programs
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. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Will demonstrate lead-free materials in relevant artillery fuze systems; will mature PFAS-free binders for energetic formulations for booster applications; will mature hexavalent chromium free hard chrome plating processes at a depot for increased corrosion and wear resistance; mature n-methyl pyrrolidone free CARC system on ground vehicles.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 27 funding increased in support of SAFR priorities for weapons systems to include environmental quality technology demonstration and validation: Toxic Metal Reduction in Surface Finishing of Army Weapon Systems (DEVCOM), Environmental quality technology demonstration and validation: Airborne Lead Reduction from Army Weapon Systems (DEVCOM), and Environmental quality technology demonstration and validation: Hydrofluorocarbon Alternatives (HFCA) Alternatives to Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) (DEVCOM).
FY2027 planned work Will demonstrate and validate optimized destructive technologies, coupled with streamlined operational methodologies, for treating PFAS-contaminated solid materials at larger scale. Performance capabilities and risk analyses will be reported to inform plans for PFAS contaminated solid waste elimination.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increased funding supports expanded scaling, demonstration, and validation activities that are required for targeting treatment of complex solid PFAS contaminated media.
FY2026 plans — current year Will demonstrate and validate prototype destruction technologies effectiveness for PFAS contaminated solid media and other PFAS contaminated difficult to dispose of wastes to non-detect levels. Will demonstrate and validate precision and accuracy of field deployable PFAS measurement and monitoring technologies under broad spectrum of operating conditions. Continues maturation of guidance and decision support tools to reduce risk management costs.
FY2025 accomplishments Demonstrated and validated treatment technologies to address PFAS-impacted soils and treatment matrices, comparing removal efficiency, cost balance, regulatory guidelines, and limits of detection. Demonstrated risk analysis and decision making tools for the site specific selection of real time PFAS assessment/monitoring and the application specific selection of destructive technologies addressing Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) stockpiles and concentrated waste streams.
FY2027 planned work Will deploy advanced technologies previously funded under the VEQT program to enhance environment, safety, and health liabilities at Army installations. Key initiatives include transitioning proven Perfluorooctane Sulfonate water treatment technologies, implementing alternative technologies to protect workers against emerging health hazards from new Environmental Protection Agency chemical regulations, implementing safer and environmentally preferred chemical formulation alternatives for mission critical product use to reduce supply chain risk and dependency on chemicals from adversaries while protecting Soldier/maintainer/community life, health and environment, adoption of proven…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decrease reflects economic adjustments.
FY2026 plans — current year Will deploy advanced technologies previously funded under the VEQT program to enhance environment, safety, and health liabilities at Army installations. Key initiatives include transitioning proven Perfluorooctane Sulfonate water treatment technologies, implementing alternative technologies to protect workers against emerging health hazards from new Environmental Protection Agency chemical regulations, implementing safer and environmentally preferred chemical formulation alternatives for mission critical product use to reduce supply chain risk and dependency on chemicals from adversaries while protecting Soldier/maintainer/community life, health and environment, adoption of proven…
FY2025 accomplishments Will ensure mature and new technologies that have been successfully demonstrated and validated can be transitioned to multiple Army Installations to improve Soldier quality of life and to meet demands for multi-domain operations. Environmental technologies help balance readiness demands of competition, crisis, and conflict while also creating opportunities to modernize and support the Army's force posture. This effort enables rapid transition of technologies to the field to ensure the Army maintains its competitive edge against our adversaries and supports all Environmental Safety and Occupational Health high priority requirements to protect the Army enterprise.
FY2025 accomplishments Will mature hexavalent chromium-free wear resistant plating processes; will demonstrate hexavalent chromium and cadmium-free electrical connectors.
FY2025 accomplishments Will demonstrate lead-free fuzes in end items; will demonstrate fully remote, automated loading processes for lead-free detonators.
FY2025 accomplishments Will transition alternative, low/no GWP refrigerants for use in Multi-Temperature Refrigerated Container Systems (MTRCS).
Named performers on project E21
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.