# Javelin System Improvements

**R-2A activity** of project 499 — Javelin (AAWS-M)  
**Program element:** 0604611A — Javelin  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604611A/499/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604611A

## Summary

This activity requests $10.1M in FY2027, 99% of project 499, up 4.2% 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 software and hardware upgrades to the Javelin Weapon System for space, weight and performance improvements to reduce engagement time and increase lethality against emerging threats and potential adversary countermeasures. Software/Cyber Updates broken out separately on R-3 to support Army reporting requirements.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Minor increase due to economic assumptions.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue software and hardware upgrades to the Javelin Weapon System for space, weight and performance improvements to reduce engagement time and increase lethality against emerging threats and potential adversary countermeasures.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue software improvements and begin hardware improvements to improve the Javelin Weapon System engagement time and increase lethality against emerging threats and potential adversary countermeasures.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.1 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 499

- Integration and Countermeasure/Threat management — FY2027 0.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604611A project 499 (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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