# Project DI5 — FALCONS

**Program element:** 0604710A — Night Vision Systems - Eng Dev  
**Project:** DI5  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A/DI5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A

## Summary

Project DI5 — FALCONS requests $37.7M in FY2027, 9.0% of the $418.4M requested for program element 0604710A, up 251% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. PM GS is the largest named R-3 performer at $2.1M, 5.5% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 37.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 26.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 14.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 10.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604710A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project DI5 buys

Future Advanced Long-range Common Optical Netted-fires Sensor (FALCONS) is the next generation sensor for Reconnaissance and Fires missions to enhance lethality and survivability of Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) in Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). FALCONS provides interoperability between ground platforms and dismounted personnel through a Common Operational Picture (COP) of the battlefield and interchangeable components. The enhanced capabilities of FALCONS provide the ability to detect threats at greater distances in full spectrum conflict, terrain, and weather conditions with greater image resolution to develop civil considerations. FALCONS capabilities will be part of the system of systems approach enabled by current or future data sharing networks and transport layers to transmit target quality data to effectors in operational and tactical environments maintaining overmatch in the FY 2030 and FY 2040 timeframe. FALCONS equipped systems will be part of an Army FY 2030 and FY 2040 force that is decisive in varying operations against threats in environments of national interest. The Army requires FALCONS equipped forces be operationally responsive and able to adapt and exploit patterns of operations faster than the enemy, while dominating situations and adversaries. FALCONS equipped systems are a key entity of maneuver and fires tactical forces, and provides versatility, agility, and lethality. FY 2027 funding in the amount of $37.717M will support FALCONS MTA-RP detailed design phase and procurement of "long lead" items for the Prototype development phase beginning in early FY 2028.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Support.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| PM GS | 2.1 | 5.5% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALCONS Prototype Development | 10.1 | 10.7 | 37.7 | +251% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A/DI5/a0) |

> 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.

### FALCONS Prototype Development

Funds in FY 2027 will finalize system design and refine modeling based on the approved performance specification. Long lead time items for prototype development will be ordered.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A/DI5/a0

## 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/0604710A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604710A project DI5 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604710A")`.

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