# Environmental Technology Demonstration/Validation

**R-2A activity** of project 514 — Environmental Security Technology Certification Program  
**Program element:** 0603851D8Z — Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603851D8Z/514/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603851D8Z

## Summary

This activity requests $33.3M in FY2027, 27% of project 514, up 26% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue PFAS treatment technology validation and assess technology combinations, particularly in support of stormwater treatment. Advance environmental security technologies to improve compliance and reduce regulatory burdens. Demonstrate and/ or validate chemical resilience technologies including saltwater compatible film forming foams (F3) for shipboard firefighting of fuel fires, alternative technology prototypes for demilitarization of energetics, PFAS-free processing of explosives to produce similar energetic particles in pilot scale production, and corrosion mitigation protocols for additively manufactured steels. Live site and test bed demonstrations will continue in support of underwater UXO remediation.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase of $6.783 million a programmed increase for PFAS chemical resiliency in weapons systems and platforms and development of alternative technology for demilitarization of energetics.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue PFAS treatment technology validation and assess technology combinations. Support live-site demonstrations of munitions response technologies. Advance environmental security technologies to improve compliance and reduce regulatory burdens. Demonstrate chemical resilience technologies including antimicrobial and anti-biofouling coatings, isocyanate-free fighter jet coatings, chromium-free thermal spray for F-35 landing pads, ship water disinfection alternatives, non-PFAS explosive binders, and energetic destruction technologies. Live site and test bed demonstrations will continue in support of underwater UXO remediation.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Demonstrate PFAS destruction technologies for various media. Initiate engineering tests and live site demonstrations of munitions detection technologies. Demonstrate environmental DNA for rapid species surveys. Validate pollution prevention technologies including PFAS-free corrosion control methods, depainting alternatives, sustainable energetics processing, and PFAS-free firefighting formulations per 2020 NDAA requirements.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 26.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 33.3 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 514

- [Energy Technology Demonstration/Validation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603851D8Z/514/a1) — FY2027 46.9
- [Natural Hazards and Installation Resilience Technology Demonstration/Validation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603851D8Z/514/a3) — FY2027 41.8
- Sustainable Technologies Evaluation and Demonstration Program — FY2027 3.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603851D8Z project 514 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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