What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project AX3 of PE 0604115A. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
Will focus on prototyping advanced capabilities for command and control (C2) systems/subsystems and position, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems to enhance operational effectiveness. Specific plans include developing a C2 effort that complements investments in the U.S. Army Close Terrain Shaping Obstacle program by leveraging recent advancements in communication waveforms to enable fully networked Command and Control for anti-vehicle munitions. Additionally, new waveforms will be developed to improve communication resilience, expand network interoperability, and ensure reliable performance in contested environments.
Funds were increased to support the expanded scope of prototyping efforts, including the development of new communication waveforms and enhanced capabilities for networked Command and Control systems, ensuring adaptability and resilience in evolving operational environments.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
Will prototype capabilities supporting command and control systems/subsystems and position, navigation, and timing systems. Specific plans include a C2 effort that will complement investments with the U.S. Army Close Terrain Shaping Obstacle program by leveraging recent developments in advanced communication waveforms to enable fully networked Command and Control anti- vehicle munitions.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.2 |
This activity is 4.8% of project AX3's FY2027 request and 4.8% of PE 0604115A's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
28 activities in project AX3
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.