# Directed Energy Testing Against Missiles (DETAM)

**R-2A activity** of project 2731 — High Energy Laser Counter ASCM Project (HELCAP)  
**Program element:** 0603925N — Directed Energy and Electric Weapon System  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603925N/2731/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603925N/2731

> **NEW START.** $15.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $15.0M in FY2027, 100% of project 2731 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Initiate comprehensive testing of laser beam control systems for Directed Energy assets. - Initiate mission-relevant Laser Weapon System (LWS) upgrades through data-driven technology insertions. - Initiate a surrogate Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) target program for LWS lethality assessments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY27 increase by $14.978 in Project 2731 is due to the transition to a land-based testing capability and commencing lethality data collection on mission-relevant surrogate targets with the HELCAP developed Laser Weapon Testbed (LWT) and other Directed Energy (DE) assets.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.0 |

> 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 2731

- High Energy Laser Counter ASCM Project (HELCAP) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603925N project 2731 (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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