# Project L79 — Joint Effects Targeting Systems (JETS)

**Program element:** 0604710A — Night Vision Systems - Eng Dev  
**Project:** L79  
**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/L79  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604710A

## Summary

Project L79 — Joint Effects Targeting Systems (JETS) requests $20.7M in FY2027, 4.9% of the $418.4M requested for program element 0604710A, up 65% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. C5ISR (RTI) is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.5M, 7.0% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 20.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 8.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 8.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 8.4 |

> 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 L79 buys

Project L79 supports the Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) program and the development of Handheld Fires (HHF), which addresses the one-man, hand-held precision targeting gap identified by the Fires Center of Excellence (FCoE). JETS is a lightweight, handheld system that will provide the single dismounted observer with a common, enhanced day and night thermal capability to rapidly acquire, accurately locate, positively identify, and precisely designate targets. The Handheld Fires System will be an advanced precision targeting system incorporating improved target acquisition sensors and optics, improved targeting sensors, targeting algorithms, and a Military Code (M-Code) Global Positing System (GPS) receiver while reducing size, weight, and power requirements.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| C5ISR (RTI) | 1.5 | 7.0% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handheld Fires Development | — | 12.6 | 20.7 | +65% | — |
| JETS II Development | 19.3 | — | — | — | — |

> 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.

### Handheld Fires Development

**FY2027 planned work.** FY 2027 Resources will be used to continue competitive development of Handheld Fires.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to beginning developmental testing and subsequent design iterations for Handheld Fires Prototypes.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 Resources will be used to initiate competitive development of Handheld Fires.

### JETS II Development

**FY2025 accomplishments.** In FY 2023, JETS II development contracts were awarded to two vendors; however, in FY 2025 both contracts were terminated for convenience due to their inability to meet cost and schedule requirements. The PM is exploring and assessing emerging technologies with the Fires Center of Excellence (FCoE) for a Handheld Fires System materiel solution, which will produce similar capabilities as the JETS II System but at a reduced cost.

## 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 L79 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604710A")`.

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