What project DK8 buys
The 155mm Artillery Propulsion Modernization (System Demonstration) project develops and qualifies advanced propulsion systems, to include propelling charge, modular charge, ignition systems, propellant, and packaging solutions in support of the Army's Field artillery modernization objectives. Novel propulsion technologies will be matured and tested into the propelling charges and ignition systems to advance and innovate artillery firing performance and enhance manufacturability of the industrial base. Solutions will be integrated into a system of systems capability to ensure interoperability, closing fires capability gaps to destroy or neutralize artillery targets out to 70 kilometers. Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support system demonstration and integration with down selected Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC), verify performance of propelling charge and ignition systems, and evaluate integration with handling and stowage systems.
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
Project DK8 funding, FY2026–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 23.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 39.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 37.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 26.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 26.3 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support system demonstration and integration with down selected Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC), verify performance of propelling charge and ignition systems, and evaluate integration with handling and stowage systems.
Read the FY2027 plan →Named performers on project DK8
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.