# Project DO5 — Directed Energy Enhancements

**Program element:** 0604117A — Maneuver - Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD)  
**Project:** DO5  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604117A/DO5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604117A

## Summary

Project DO5 — Directed Energy Enhancements requests $94.8M in FY2027, 21% of the $461.0M requested for program element 0604117A — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle. Radiance Tech is the largest named R-3 performer at $5.3M, 5.6% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Directed Energy — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 94.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 49.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 30.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 27.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.3 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604117A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project DO5 buys

Directed Energy Enhancements will increase DE system performance and further subsystem upgrades to address counter-rockets, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) and counter rotary wing (RW) threats. Additionally, enhancements will assess size, weight and power (SWaP) to allow integration onto smaller and lighter tactical platforms. The Army is pursuing a Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) instance architecture through the current prototyping effort for Enduring High Energy Laser (E-HEL) via multiple prototype Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) enabling Government defined capability improvements within the MOSA architecture.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Radiance Tech | 5.3 | 5.6% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directed Energy Enhancements | — | — | 94.8 | new | — |

> 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.

### Directed Energy Enhancements — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Starting in FY 2027, PAE Fires will award multiple OTAs for prototype enhancements meeting MOSA Architecture. PAE Fires will request and evaluate vendor whitepapers for potential enhancements to reduce Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) on sub-systems enabling the system to be transitioned to a smaller vehicle such as the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) and to increase performance to achieve additional required capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase in FY 2027 is due to the initiation of DE Enhancements.

## 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/0604117A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604117A project DO5 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604117A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*