Project S54
$31.6MFY2027 request ▲ 50%Small Arms Improvement
FY2025 actual$7.7M
FY2026 enacted$21.0M
FY2027 request$31.6M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$56.1M
▲ 14% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$49.4M
▲ 111% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$23.4M
Prior year
Roll-up of 5 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $56.1M for Soldier Systems - Advanced Development under RDT&E program element 0603827A, up 14% over FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 23.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 49.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 56.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 32.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 32.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 31.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 31.5 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
5 projects roll up into PE 0603827A
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 14% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project VS4
$10.6MFY2027 request ▼ 29%Soldier Protective Equipment
FY2025 actual$5.6M
FY2026 enacted$15.0M
FY2027 request$10.6M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentTest and Evaluation
Project S53
$8.3MFY2027 request ▲ 6%Clothing And Equipment
FY2025 actual$5.7M
FY2026 enacted$7.8M
FY2027 request$8.3M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Project CF2
$3.7MFY2027 request ▲ 2%Integrated Soldier Systems Prototyping (SL CFT)
FY2025 actual$3.5M
FY2026 enacted$3.6M
FY2027 request$3.7M
Product Development
Project ET8
$1.9MFY2027 request flatPersonnel Airdrop System Development
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$1.9M
FY2027 request$1.9M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$56.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$56.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$56.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$56.1M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 3.4% | 1.9 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 14% | 8.0 |
| Other / unspecified | 82% | 46.2 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 56.1 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
This Program Element (PE), Soldier Systems - Advanced Development, manages the Soldier as a system to increase combat effectiveness, test and deliver tangible products that save Soldiers lives and improve combat capability. The PE provides funding for evaluating, developing, and testing emerging technologies and critical Soldier support systems to reduce technology risk. Project CF2: Develop a long-term Soldier/Squad as a System integration platform ICW the Close Combat Integration Enterprise (CCIE) to ensure interoperability as part of the integrated Joint Forces.
ASA continue to research and develop new digital engineering tools to incorporate into the AAT. These tools also inform modernization plans like PROJECT POLARIS, to allow the CCIE to forecast interoperable, integrated Squad/Platoon and Company capabilities to 2030 and beyond. ASA continues to improve using in-house engineering and SETA support, improve and develop new prototype models for the AAT. ASA will continue to conduct market research from other industry and Services for tools to improve the AAT.
Project S54, VS4, S53, CF2, ET8 — Small Arms Improvement
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
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/programs/0603827A.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$31.6M
▲ 50% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$21.0M
▲ 174% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$7.7M
Prior year
Small Arms Improvement — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603827A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project S54 — Small Arms Improvement — requests $31.6M in FY2027, 56% of the $56.1M requested for program element 0603827A. Year over year it grows 50% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project S54 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.2 |
Inside the project
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
New Weapon Systems▲ 86%
FY2025 actual$5.4M
FY2026 enacted$16.3M
FY2027 request$30.2M
Will continue to assess advanced machine gun technologies, hardware and prototypes developed under previous efforts. Will continue to pilot and employ market research, acquire and further develop prototype hardware, and conduct evaluations for novel technologies and/or weapon systems that will apply to emerging future medium machine gun…
Read the FY2027 plan →Small Arms Weapon Systems Enhancements▼ 79%
FY2025 actual$1.1M
FY2026 enacted$2.4M
FY2027 request$0.5M
New Weapons and Enabling Technology Evaluations and Assessments will continue to assess and evaluate selected capabilities and improvements for all current and legacy weapon systems. Will assess technologies associated with capability to defeat personnel in defilade, personnel in close quarters, and unmanned aerial systems. Will continue…
Combat Optics▼ 71%
FY2025 actual$1.0M
FY2026 enacted$1.4M
FY2027 request$0.4M
Advanced Combat Optics is planned to complete integration with current and emerging target acquisition, sensing and ballistic calculation component technologies such as, but not limited to rifle optics, binoculars and variable magnification spotting scopes in support of legacy and emerging weapon systems. Will continue to evaluate state…
Fire Control▼ 52%
FY2025 actual$0.2M
FY2026 enacted$0.9M
FY2027 request$0.4M
Will continue to support technology development for future next generation weapon variants addressing operational force needs for increased lethality, increased probability of hit, increased soldier acceptance, decreased signature, reduced recoil, reduced soldier aim error, and reduced engagement time. Will continue to support technology…
Research and Analysisflat
FY2025 actual$0.1M
FY2026 enacted$0.1M
FY2027 request$0.1M
Will continue research and analysis of new weapons and enabling technologies. Evaluations and assessments will include, but are not limited to 360 degree situational awareness, active stabilization, advanced kinetic weapons, low flying drone engagement, and other small arms research to include new technologies in emerging robotic and…
Who's building it
Named performers on project S54
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.
PM Soldier Lethality
$0.9M · 3.0%
Project detail
What project S54 buys
The Small Arms Improvement Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) program provides funds to mature, demonstrate, test and evaluate emerging technology from Budget Activity (BA) 3 Program Element (PE) 0603607A Joint Service Small Arms Program (JSSAP) Project 627 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department of Energy National Laboratories, DEVCOMs and other domestic and foreign sources for small arms weapon systems and technology. Small Arms Improvement supports the Army Modernization priorities through enhancement of Joint Lethality in contested environments by minimizing and eliminating erosion of close combat capability relative to peer competitors in complex terrain as outlined in the National Defense Strategy (NDS). Small and medium weapon systems include weapons ranging up to 40 millimeter in caliber, recoilless rifles, remote weapon systems and chain guns. These efforts focus on improving and maturing designs to enhance lethality, target acquisition and tracking, fire control, usability, training effectiveness and reliability, to include system ammunition and counter unmanned aerial technologies, when developing and/or evaluating standard and non-standard weapon systems. Maturing of technologies through testing and evaluation of sub-system or system prototypes includes advanced lightweight materials, thermal solutions, passive range finders, observation/situational awareness improvements, human-systems integration, robotic armament capabilities, non-lethal capabilities, advanced laser protection for optics, and equipment enhancements. Benefits include continuous improvements to small arms weapon systems, remote weapon systems, fire control equipment, optics, gun barrels, training devices, suppressors, component mounts, weapon mounts, ancillary items and weapon/ammunition/fire control interfaces. Remote Weapon Systems transitions to CPE Autonomy in FY2027.
R-3 lines of work
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$10.6M
▼ 29% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$15.0M
▲ 168% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.6M
Prior year
Soldier Protective Equipment — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603827A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project VS4 — Soldier Protective Equipment — requests $10.6M in FY2027, 19% of the $56.1M requested for program element 0603827A. Year over year it falls 29% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project VS4 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 7.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.8 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Soldier Protective Equipment (SPE)▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$5.6M
FY2026 enacted$7.5M
FY2027 request$7.6M
Project will advance previously developed technologies and improved materials for Torso & Extremity Protection (TEP), Vital Torso Protection (VTP), and the Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) to reduce mass, increase protection, and align injury criteria with validated test methods. Efforts will address defect limits and optimize…
Blast Overpressure Sensor SystemNEW
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request$3.0M
The Blast Overpressure Sensor System (BOSS) project will address tactical integration, product development, data management, medical record integration, and operational testing and evaluation. The project will collaborate with the Science and Technology (S&T) community to assess existing medical technologies and advance product…
Project detail
What project VS4 buys
Funding directly supports the research and development of critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), with the primary objective of improving Soldier survivability, mobility, and lethality. The project supports efforts to evaluate integrated technologies and prototype systems and supports continual research of test methodologies that expedite PPE technology transitions from the laboratory to operational use. The project supports transitioning capabilities from our Science and Technology (S&T) partners to increase the performance and safety of PPE. The project facilitates testing efforts to evaluate transitioning materials and capabilities that will integrate in the next generation of protective equipment. Funding will continue to support cross-services initiatives to increase commonality.
R-3 lines of work
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$8.3M
▲ 6.2% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$7.8M
▲ 37% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.7M
Prior year
Clothing And Equipment — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603827A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project S53 — Clothing And Equipment — requests $8.3M in FY2027, 15% of the $56.1M requested for program element 0603827A. Year over year it grows 6.2% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project S53 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 7.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 8.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 8.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 8.5 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Soldier Uniforms and Clothing▲ 12%
FY2025 actual$3.3M
FY2026 enacted$3.7M
FY2027 request$4.1M
FY2027 planned work Supports opportunities for commonality and modernization of Soldier uniforms and clothing across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard and Defense Logistics Agency) and further supports the domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base. The Joint Clothing and Textile Modernization Initiative (JCTMI) funding supports the need for C&T to accelerate digital modernization to support the fragile industrial base, reducing barriers to entry for new vendors and addressing operational readiness gaps through data driven systems and mature global apparel industry tools. Enhances Soldier lethality by performing benchtop testing of selected materials to validate…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase supports holistic modernization of Soldier Clothing and pursuing Authority to Operate and development of digital Product Lifecycle Management tools for JCTMI. Further supports research and development of replacement technology for PFAS chemicals.
FY2026 plans — current year Supports opportunities for commonality and modernization in OCIE across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force, and Coast Guard) and further supports the domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base. Perform benchtop testing of selected materials to validate performance such as breathability, durability, weight, moisture wicking, and dry time. Funds research of various footwear in all climactic environments. Laboratory and chamber testing of various fabrics, insulations, and finishes to inform the Government specifications for arctic clothing. Funds transition of solutions that will reduce spectral and thermal signature to further mitigate detection and improve…
FY2025 accomplishments Supports opportunities for commonality in OCIE across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force and Coast Guard) and further supports the domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base. Supports Army Chief of Staff directives resulting from the Army Uniform Board held twice annually to include upgrades to clothing bag items. Funds the Science and Technology transition of materials, including All Range Tactical Clothing and Arctic Mobility Solutions. Funds laboratory testing on improved base layer fabrics and updated base layer patterns using improved materials and common service sizing. Funds transition of solutions that will reduce spectral and thermal signature to further…
Individual Equipment▲ 1%
FY2025 actual$2.4M
FY2026 enacted$4.2M
FY2027 request$4.2M
FY2027 planned work Supports opportunities for commonality and modernization in individual equipment across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard) and further supports the domestic Textile Industrial Base. Funds testing and evaluation of Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment (MOLLE) materials focusing on lighter weight designs and improved integration. Ensures Soldier hydration capability in austere environments through the continued development and test of improved water purification technologies. Efforts focus on removing contaminants and improving storage and transportation. Funding is required to test materials and final products to assess the effects of eliminating…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase supports expansion of Soldier Hydration capability to include individual desalinization. Further supports research and development of replacement technology for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals.
FY2026 plans — current year Supports opportunities for commonality in individual equipment across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and further supports the domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base. Funds testing and evaluation of novel load frame materials focusing on lighter weight design and improved integration. Continue evaluation of improved water treatment technology at the squad and individual level to remove contaminants. Evaluate alternative hydration capability within the Soldier ensemble. Expand individual hydration testing with the incorporation of live agent testing. Funding is required to test materials and final products to assess the effects of eliminating Per-and…
FY2025 accomplishments Supports opportunities for commonality in OCIE across all Services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard) and further supports the domestic Clothing and Textile Industrial Base. Design, develop, prototype, and transition load carriage and enhanced load management equipment components. Evaluate current load carriage equipment to assess its ability to support the modernization of individual weapons and situational awareness capabilities. Continue evaluation of improved water treatment technology. Supports laboratory testing of commercial Arctic Mobility Solutions.
Who's building it
Named performers on project S53
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.
PM SCIE
$0.8M · 9.7%
Project detail
What project S53 buys
Funding in this effort supports Defense Digital Transformation and Digital Engineering activities. Funding in this effort supports commonality across all services to provide footwear, uniforms and clothing systems consisting of all layers required to accommodate Warfighters in all environments resulting in integrated systems for the Airborne, Arctic, Arid, Jungle, and Temperate Soldier. PdM Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment will conduct a broad scope of activities which include development and integration of Warfighter-specific items and sizing, integration of fabrics, uniforms, load-bearing items and Soldier mobility equipment, for operational use in all environments. Funding includes development and technology transition from our Science and Technology Partners to increase performance of Warfighter clothing and equipment. Funding further supports identifying emerging technologies to continuously improve and integrate advanced material capabilities into combat uniforms and equipment. Specific capabilities include Flame Resistance (FR), moisture wicking, vector protection and innovative multi-service efforts to advance camouflage technologies to mitigate multi-spectral and thermal signature detection. Additional advances in existing technologies will continue to improve survivability, sustainability, and lethality by focusing on reducing weight and improving performance, mobility and comfort.
R-3 lines of work
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$3.7M
▲ 2.4% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$3.6M
▲ 1.8% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$3.5M
Prior year
Integrated Soldier Systems Prototyping (SL CFT) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603827A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project CF2 — Integrated Soldier Systems Prototyping (SL CFT) — requests $3.7M in FY2027, 6.5% of the $56.1M requested for program element 0603827A. Year over year it grows 2.4% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project CF2 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 3.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.8 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Adaptive Squad Architecture Prototyping and Modernization Planning▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$2.2M
FY2027 planned work Persist with conducting campaign of learning with M&S, Tabletop Exercises, operational validation of capabilities and the development of new system capabilities in the Adaptive Squad Architecture's (ASA) Architecture Assessment Tool (AAT). Funding for this project aligns with the Army's priorities in support of the National Defense Strategy and is a priority of PAE Maneuver Ground and the CCIE.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase in FY27 is a result of economic adjustments
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to update and develop prototype tools for AAT that informs digital engineering and future architectures.
ASA Implementation▲ 3%
FY2025 actual$1.3M
FY2026 enacted$1.4M
FY2027 request$1.5M
FY2027 planned work Proceed with implementingt tools for AAT that informs digital engineering and future architectures.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase in FY27 is a result of finalizing tools for implementation.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to implement tools for AAT that informs digital engineering and future architectures.
Project detail
What project CF2 buys
Develop a long-term Soldier/Squad as a System integration platform in connection with Project Polaris, PAE Ground Maneuver Architecture, and the Close Combat Integration Enterprise (CCIE) to ensure interoperability as part of the integrated Joint Forces. Verify and develop emerging prototype digital engineering tools that provide Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, and Evaluation in a virtual and physical environment. Using enhancements to the Adaptive Squad Architecture (ASA) digital tools verify development of interface control documents, and connection points to support the rapid integration of the CCIE programs with all other dismounted Soldier equipment. Prototype capabilities for evaluation and integration include new measurements and methodologies from S&T programs and future requirements. Prioritize early engagement and integration actions in support of INDOPACOM theater exercises and European defense. Funding for this program aligns with the Army's priorities in support of Digital Engineering and Transformation and is a PAE Ground Maneuver and CCIE priority.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
FY2027 Request
$1.9M
▲ 0.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.9M
▲ 121% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.9M
Prior year
Personnel Airdrop System Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603827A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project ET8 — Personnel Airdrop System Development — requests $1.9M in FY2027, 3.5% of the $56.1M requested for program element 0603827A. Year over year it grows 0.3% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project ET8 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.2 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Personnel Airdrop System Developmentflat
FY2025 actual$0.9M
FY2026 enacted$1.9M
FY2027 request$1.9M
FY2027 planned work Complete DV of the SLAAD. Begin evaluation of personnel parachute technology enhancements, to include technology maturation of canopy flight automation, in support of airborne insertion operations.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increased funding supports the development, testing, and maturation of parachutists' ancillary equipment, addressing high-altitude insertion capability gaps. Increased funding also provides for enhanced parachutists' safety in support of multi-domain operations.
FY2026 plans — current year Complete Functional Testing (FT) and begin Design Validation (DV) of the Static Line Automated Activation Device (SLAAD). Continue to mature and evaluate personnel parachute system safety enhancements and ancillary components. Enhancements will address both static line low altitude parachute systems.
FY2025 accomplishments Continue to evaluate personnel parachute system enhancements and parachutists' ancillary safety equipment.
Who's building it
Named performers on project ET8
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.
PM SCIE
$0.2M · 8.8%
Project detail
What project ET8 buys
Funding in this project supports Personnel Airdrop System Development. Project ET8 improves Low-Altitude and High-Altitude personnel parachutes and associated equipment to include canopy improvement based on integration of new technology with the goal of enhancing the insertion capability and the safety of the airborne Soldier and increasing the performance, reliability, and durability of personnel airdrop equipment. This project will transition capabilities from our Science and Technology partners to increase performance and safety of Soldier equipment. It will continue to support cross-service initiatives to improve commonality.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation