# Pilot-Scale Production of Bioindustrial Products

**R-2A activity** of project 232 — Advanced Manufacturing Components and Prototypes  
**Program element:** 0604125D8Z — Advanced Manufacturing Components and Prototypes  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604125D8Z/232/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604125D8Z

## Summary

This activity requests $52.1M in FY2027, 100% of project 232, up 16% 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.** Continue maturation of biomanufactured fibers for DoW specific applications.. Prototyping filter applications with successful candidate fibers.. Conduct technology/economic analyses of biomanufactured fibers and biomanufactured energetic precursor materials. Evaluation of biomanufactured fuel in new applications Perform pilot process optimization and produce biomaterials using mature precursor chemicals or materials and formulate final materials for biomanufactured products critical to DoW and the United States. Continue prototyping and early test and evaluation efforts for forward deployed biomanufacturing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of $7.321 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 is the net result of an increase of $12.550 million and a decrease of $5.229 million. The increase funds continued projects from FY 2026 and pilot process optimization projects for new bioindustrial manufacturing production lines and/or qualification of high technology readiness level products and the decrease in contract services is in direct support of Executive Order 14222 "Implementing the President's 'Department of Government Efficiency' Cost Efficiency Initiative," which prioritizes cost efficiency, transparency, and the consolidation of services. This measure represents a deliberate workforce optimization strategy designed to streamline resources while safeguarding against adverse impacts to modernization initiatives and overall mission effectiveness.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** In support of the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP), continue maturation of biomanufactured fibers for DoW specific applications using qualification testing and prototyping for relevant environments. Complete first tier of qualification testing for the biomanufactured fiber. Initiate prototyping efforts for biomanufactured elastomers. Formulate biomanufactured energetic precursors and produce material necessary for qualification. Perform pilot process optimization and produce biomaterials using mature precursor chemicals or materials and formulate final materials for biomanufactured products critical to DoW and the United States. This effort includes military specification and conformance testing. Promising candidate molecules and materials selected in FY 2025 will become qualification projects in FY 2026. Initiate additive manufacturing efforts with biomanufactured filament. The program will conduct feasibility assessments for bioindustrial manufacturing prototypes for low resource environments important to the DoW mission.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Conduct bioindustrial initial pilot or production scale batches of candidate molecules to prove capability to produce material for military needs. Prepare test batches to facilitate technology transfer of products to available industrial scale facilities and develop downstream processing techniques supporting production at scale. Develop and apply initial standard operating procedures (SOP) for at scale production. Conduct test and evaluation to validate and prove processes used.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 16.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 52.1 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604125D8Z project 232 (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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