# Project CQ6 — C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities Development

**Program element:** 0604531A — Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advanced Development  
**Project:** CQ6  
**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/0604531A/CQ6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604531A

## Summary

Project CQ6 — C-sUAS Joint Enabling Capabilities Development requests — in FY2027, down 100% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

**Markets:** Counter-UAS — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604531A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project CQ6 buys

Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Joint Enabling Capabilities Development efforts will support the Joint C-sUAS Office in the development of materiel solutions to address joint capability gaps, support Military Service program management offices in conducting joint systems development, and minimize duplication and redundancy across the Services. These joint enabling efforts will inform future requirements and military services' acquisition decisions for C-sUAS materiel solutions to address evolving s-UAS threats and new operational environments where systems must be deployed.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Prototype Assessments | 16.9 | — | — | — | — |
| Joint C-sUAS Demonstrations | 2.4 | — | — | — | — |
| JIATF 401 Activity | 1.1 | 21.2 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Joint Prototype Assessments

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue the execution of prototype assessments of joint applicable C-sUAS technologies in relevant operational environment. Prototypes developed under joint investment will be assessed to determine performance effectiveness and efficiency against emerging threats identified by the JCO and the Executive Agent C-sUAS Governance process. Prototype assessments will inform and enable limited prototype procurements.

### Joint C-sUAS Demonstrations

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue the JCO's execution of demonstrations and tests of mature C-sUAS industry solutions. Industry demonstrations' focus topics will be informed by prioritized joint C-sUAS capability gaps. Demonstration events will enhance the ability to transition Industry-developed capabilities towards prototypes and/or system development for further assessments in relevant operational environment.

### JIATF 401 Activity

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decrease reflects the transfer of funding to RDT&E, Defense-Wide PE 0205401JCA/Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (JIATF-401).

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will be spent across all 4 quarters according to funds availability, a balance of competing JIATF 401 priorities and emerging trends, as well as development partners' need for funding actions to include contract awards.

## 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/0604531A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604531A project CQ6 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604531A")`.

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