# Project L70 — Night Vision Dev Ed

**Program element:** 0604710A — Night Vision Systems - Eng Dev  
**Project:** L70  
**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/L70  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A

## Summary

Project L70 — Night Vision Dev Ed requests $16.6M in FY2027, 4.0% of the $418.4M requested for program element 0604710A, up 13% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. PM TS is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.0M, 6.0% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 20.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 13.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 10.6 |

> 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 L70 buys

The project supports the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3GEN FLIR) B-Kit program, which incorporates the next generation of forward-looking infrared technologies. The 3GEN FLIR program provides a common 3GEN FLIR B-Kit for integration into US Army FLIR sensor systems in accordance with the approved Improved Forward Looking Infrared (I-FLIR) Capability Development Document (CDD). The common 3GEN FLIR B-Kit will integrate with XM30, FALCONS, and future platforms; with potential 3GEN FLIR component utilization opportunities for future reconnaissance and airborne applications. The 3GEN FLIR B-Kit provides Mid Wave Infrared and Long Wave Infrared digital video and the electronic interfaces required to integrate the 3GEN FLIR technology with the host platform sensor. When integrated in platform sensor packages, 3GEN FLIR technology enhances the warfighters' survivability and lethality through increased identification range performance, while enabling the detection of difficult or obscured targets and faster threat detection through automated processes. Executing Army guidance to implement advancements in digital processing and artificial intelligence has positioned 3GEN FLIR as the lead sensor to provide the Army's path forward for AI/ML capabilities for ground platforms. The 3GEN FLIR B-Kit program is key to the maintenance of the Army's FLIR industrial base.

**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 TS | 1.0 | 6.0% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3GEN FLIR B-Kit Product Improvements & Competition Development | 7.2 | 14.7 | 16.6 | +13% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A/L70/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.

### 3GEN FLIR B-Kit Product Improvements & Competition Development

Funding supports continued digital optimization of the sensor for enhanced threat detection and recognition of the Aided Target Detection and Recognition (AiTDR) algorithms for rapid target acquisition and improved kill chain timeline. Funding also supports continued efforts to promote competition for full rate production.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A/L70/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 L70 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604710A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*