# Project DK8 — 155mm Artillery Propulsion Mod - Sys Demonstration

**Program element:** 0604802A — Weapons and Munitions - Eng Dev  
**Project:** DK8  
**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/0604802A/DK8  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604802A

## Summary

Project DK8 — 155mm Artillery Propulsion Mod - Sys Demonstration requests $23.9M in FY2027, 19% of the $124.9M requested for program element 0604802A, up 105% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Office of the Project Manager (PM) Comba is the largest named R-3 performer at $0.1M, 0.4% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Ammunition & Explosives — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604802A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| Office of the Project Manager (PM) Comba | 0.1 | 0.4% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155mm Artillery Propulsion Modernization - System Demonstration | — | 11.7 | 23.9 | +105% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604802A/DK8/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.

### 155mm Artillery Propulsion Modernization - System Demonstration

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.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604802A/DK8/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/0604802A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604802A project DK8 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604802A")`.

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