# Iron Sense

**R-2A activity** of project AX3 — Technology Maturation Initiatives  
**Program element:** 0604115A — Technology Maturation Initiatives  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a18  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A

## Summary

This activity requests $31.7M in FY2027, 10% of project AX3, up 0.6% 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.** FY27 will continue to leverage National Investments and advances in Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronics Warfare, and Cyber capabilities to prototype increased capability for use and advancement of Army Warfighter Capability.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY27 Iron Sense TMI increase in funding is required to complete the porting of capabilities and the costs required for multiple in theater tests with enough systems to evaluate the user CONOPS and operations.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY26 will continue to leverage National Investments and advances in Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronics Warfare, and Cyber capabilities to prototype increased capability for use and advancement of Army Warfighter Capability.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** FY25 will leverage National Investments and advances in Signal Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronics Warfare, and Cyber capabilities to prototype increased capability for use and advancement of Army Warfighter Capability.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.7 |

> 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 AX3

- [Electronic Warfare (EW) / Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a20) — FY2027 61.1
- [Weapons and Fires](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a24) — FY2027 46.7
- [Intelligence and Sensing](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a25) — FY2027 32.1
- [Soldier System and Expeditionary Support](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a23) — FY2027 28.7
- [Corps and Division Prototyping](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a26) — FY2027 28.1
- [Army Service Component Command (ASCC) Prototyping](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a27) — FY2027 25.1
- [Air and Ground Platforms](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a22) — FY2027 20.0
- [Networks, Command, Control, Communications, and Position Navigation and Timing](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a21) — FY2027 15.2
- [Critical Common Electronics for Scalable Unmanned Aircraft Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a19) — FY2027 12.0
- [Electro-Magnetic Battlespace Shaping and Protection (EM-BSP)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604115A/AX3/a14) — FY2027 10.8
- Expeditionary Field Artillery Sensor (ExFAS) — FY2027 3.1
- Autonomous Operations for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) — FY2027 —
- Air Launched Effects (ALE) Off-board Survivability — FY2027 —
- Tactical Analytics Architecture (TA2) — FY2027 —
- Tactical Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Plexus — FY2027 —
- Assured Navigation for Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (FTUAS) — FY2027 —
- Reconfigurable Aperture Precision Targeting Radar (RAPTR) for Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) (RADER) — FY2027 —
- Lightweight Polymers for Modern Small Caliber Apps - Ammo Casing Only — FY2027 —
- Optical Threat Detection — FY2027 —
- Solid State High Power Microwave System (SS-HPM) — FY2027 —
- Collaborative Links for Integrated Fires (CLIF) — FY2027 —
- Multi-Network, Multi-Waveform Software Defined Radio — FY2027 —
- Consolidated prototype platform for Joint Common Artificial Intelligence / Autonomous Operations, Data architectures, and Power systems — FY2027 —
- Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) Prototyping — FY2027 —
- Aviation Lightweight Armor — FY2027 —
- Combination Soldier and Logistics Aerial Insertion (Combodrop) — FY2027 —
- Containerized Weapon System - Counter UAS — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604115A project AX3 (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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