# Project 094 — Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology

**Program element:** 0603941D8Z — Test and Evaluation Science and Technology  
**Project:** 094  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z/094  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z

## Summary

Project 094 — Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology requests $65.9M in FY2027, 1.7% of the $3.83B requested for program element 0603941D8Z, up 250% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 18.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 65.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 42.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 30.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 29.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 29.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603941D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 094 buys

The Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology (AIST) project addresses the test technology gaps resulting from emerging weapon systems that need to be assessed at the Department’s installed systems test facility and hardware-in-the-loop testing (ISTF/HITL) and open-air range test facilities (including tropospheric, land-based, open-ocean, and undersea ranges). Instrumentation requirements for systems under test are increasing exponentially for new weapons systems. System-borne, warfighter-wearable, and remote sensing instrumentation packages are required. This instrumentation is for sensing and collecting critical performance data; determining accurate time, space, position information (TSPI) and attitude information; interfacing with command and control data links; monitoring and reporting system-wide communications; recording human operator physical and cognitive performance; and storing and transmitting data. The technology development efforts within the AIST project have been prioritized to align with the Department’s guidance on science and technology (S&T) communities of interest (COIs). The AIST project is focused on developing technologies for advanced TSPI instrumentation (especially with limited or no availability of Global Positioning System (GPS)), advanced sensors, advanced energy and power systems for instrumentation, micro-electronics, mitigating range encroachment issues, and measuring warfighter physical and cognitive performance. The AIST project addresses requirements for miniaturized, non-intrusive instrumentation suites with increased survivability in harsh environments. Such instrumentation is an urgent need because minimal space is available to add instrumentation to new or existing weapon systems subsequent to their development; furthermore, additional weight and power needs for instrumentation can adversely affect weapon system signature and performance. Instrumentation for humans-in-the-loop, especially dismounted warfighters, must not adversely affect performance, induce artificiality in the test environment, or create any operational burdens. New technologies can be exploited to integrate small, non-intrusive instrumentation (micro-technology) into emerging platforms during design and development, and, in some cases, into existing platforms.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology | 18.6 | 18.8 | 65.9 | +250% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z/094/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology

In FY 2027, AIST will continue to develop test technologies for assessing emerging weapon systems at ISTF/HITL as well as open-air range test facilities (including high altitude, land-based, open-ocean, and undersea ranges). Highlights include: - Developing tools for “what-if” analytics to improve range planning processes and automate…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z/094/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603941D8Z project 094 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603941D8Z")`.

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