# 8) Compact Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (CVCAD)

**R-2A activity** of project UN5 — Understand (SDD)  
**Program element:** 0604384BP — Chemical and Biological Defense Program - EMD  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5

## Summary

This activity requests $13.3M in FY2027, 7.1% of project UN5, down 18% 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.** Complete all developmental test and operational test (DT/OT) efforts, operational assessment, and Milestone C (MS C) Army Test and Evaluation Center evaluation report. Prepare documentation for phase four Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and MSC in 4Q FY 2027 with a LRIP contract award in 1Q FY 2028. Continue Program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, logistics products, resource justification, budgeting and programming, milestone and schedule tracking.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decreased funding aligns to scope required to complete developmental and operational test (DT/OT) efforts, and operational assessment in FY 2027. 190 Prototypes purchased in FY 2026 and will be utilized for the completion of DT/OT in FY 2027.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue Engineering and Development tasks aligned to Development testing/ Operational testing (DT/OT) activities and plan for an operational assessment to measure system performance and assess risk against military concepts of operation in FY 2027. Continue Program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, resource justification, budgeting and programming, milestone and schedule tracking.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continued Engineering and Development tasks and procured beta prototypes to support military standard, conducted critical design reviews, environmental and false alarm testing, as well as assessed and measured system performance and assessed risk. Initiated documentation and staffing to support developmental and operational testing in FY 2026. Prepared all necessary test infrastructure for required test events. Continued Program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, resource justification, budgeting and programming, milestone and schedule tracking.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.3 |

> 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 UN5

- [16) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Reconnaissance Modular Mission Payload (CRMMP)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a15) — FY2027 39.9
- [24) Wearable All-hazard Remote-monitoring Program (WARP) - Monitor for Acute CBRN Exposure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a23) — FY2027 31.7
- [5) Chemical and Biological Wearables - Enhanced Biological Defense (CB WEARABLES-ENBD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a4) — FY2027 19.8
- [21) Special Purpose Unit Rapid Capability Development and Deployment (SPU RCDD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a20) — FY2027 15.2
- [11) Distributed Threat Agnostic Networked Sensing (DISTANS) - CBRN Remote Sensing](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a10) — FY2027 11.3
- 1) Advanced Differential Diagnostics (ADD) — FY2027 11.2
- [4) Chemical and Biological Wearables (CB WEARABLES)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604384BP/UN5/a3) — FY2027 10.0
- 9) Defense Biological Products Assurance Program (DBPAP) — FY2027 9.0
- 13) Far Forward Biological Sequencing (FFBS) - Increment 2 — FY2027 4.6
- 18) Next Generation Diagnostics System 2 Man Portable Diagnostic System (NGDS 2 MPDS) — FY2027 4.3
- 19) Non-targeted Sequencing Identification System (NSIS) — FY2027 4.3
- 3) Aerosol Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (AVCAD) — FY2027 3.4
- 20) Proximate Chemical Agent Detector (PCAD) — FY2027 3.1
- 6) Colorimetric Indicator (CIND) — FY2027 2.8
- 10) Defense Biological Products Assurance Program - Enhanced Biological Defense (DBPAP-ENBD) — FY2027 2.1
- 2) Advanced and Emerging Threat Defense (AET DEFENSE) — FY2027 1.9
- 7) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Sensor Integration on Robotic Platforms (CSIRP) — FY2027 —
- 12) Far Forward Biological Sequencing (FFBS) - Increment 1 — FY2027 —
- 14) Mobile Field Kit (MFK) — FY2027 —
- 15) Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade (NBCRV SSU) — FY2027 —
- 17) Next Generation Diagnostics System 2 Chemical Diagnostics (NGDS 2 CHEMDX) — FY2027 —
- 22) Wearable All-hazard Remote-monitoring Program (WARP) - WARP Prototype Development — FY2027 —
- 23) Wearable All-hazard Remote-monitoring Program (WARP) - Test & Evaluation — FY2027 —
- 25) Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604384BP project UN5 (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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