# Advanced Robotics Systems Development

**R-2A activity** of project FD9 — Robotics Systems  
**Program element:** 0604017A — Robotics Development  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604017A/FD9/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604017A

## Summary

This activity requests $12.7M in FY2027, 63% of project FD9, up 8.5% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding will procure hardware to enhance interoperable and one-to-many control for a diversity of unmanned systems as well as addressing field support and cyber survivability for Transformation in Contact (TiC) unit operational assessments of common controller hardware.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 funds the expanded deployment of common control hardware across additional domains and to support deliveries to multiple TiC units. This investment is essential for enhancing interoperability and operational readiness.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding will procure hardware to enhance the mobility, survivability, signature management, supportability, reliability and maintainability, and SWAP-C (size, weight, power, and cost) of Robotics. Hardware solutions include payloads and integration onto current Robotic platforms.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.7 |

> 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 FD9

- Advanced Mission Software/ Autonomy Development — FY2027 7.6
- Emerging Robotics Systems — FY2027 —
- Autonomy Formation — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604017A project FD9 (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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