What project MR3 buys
The CAML mission is to provide elements across all echelons with a mobile, autonomous, optionally manned, versatile cross-domain fires capability and capacity far greater than current formation launcher and resupply capabilities. CAML is a mobile, autonomous, and versatile fires platform capable of launching a diverse range of offensive and defensive munitions across multiple domains. CAML will significantly enhance the Army's ability to penetrate contested environments, neutralize high-value targets, and provide responsive fires support to Combatant Commanders. The CAML prototype system will include an Autonomous Mobility Platform (AMP), launcher platform mounted on a Munitions Pallet (MP), leader vehicle with autonomy kit, and organic autonomous resupply capability. The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) will have one leader vehicle with autonomy kit per two CAML prototype systems. The prototype launcher platform must support cross-domain fires to include TLAMs, Patriot Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Family of Munitions (MFOM), Indirect Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) interceptors, and interface standards to support integration of future offensive and defensive munitions, such as the Blackbeard Ground Launch (GL) advanced missile. This program element directly supports the Army modernization priority by reducing emplacement and displacement times, provides improved crew survivability, adds cross-country mobility, increases overall effectiveness, and allows commanders to weight the force appropriately during both offensive and defensive operations - enabling the ability to mass lethal assets and further dominate the operational environment across multiple domains Beginning FY 2027, the CAML program transitions to a new Budget Project (DP2) focused on system design finalization, prototype material procurement, hardware fabrication, software integration, and rigorous developmental and live fire testing. It delivers autonomy, increased payload flexibility and broader mission capability.
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Project MR3 funding, FY2026–FY2026
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 226.2 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding decrease reflects the realignment of funds from Budget Project MR3: Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Missile to the newly established Budget Project DP2: Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML).
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 efforts will finalize system design through technical reviews, procuring prototype materials (tactical vehicles and munitions), fabricating hardware, integrating hardware and fire control/autonomy software, and conducting developmental, safety, and live fire testing on USG ranges. Key milestones include initiating integration of the Tomahawk TLAM and PAC-3 MSE interceptors onto the CAML Heavy prototype.