What project XT6 buys
The Anti-Personnel and Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) munitions provide increased lethality through proximity airburst effects against personnel, small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and small boats without requiring modification to the platform. Airburst capability is identified as a threshold Key System Attribute (KSA) in Apache Block 3 Capability Production Document (CPD) - Approved 14 June 2017, and counter-UAS capability is identified in other cannon caliber Operational Need Statements (ONSs) and Capability Development Documents (CDDs). Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funds support prototype builds and Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) for both the 30x113mm Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) munition and the 25mm Bradley Aerial Defeat Ground Enhanced Round (BADGER) munition.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
Project XT6 funding, FY2026–FY2029
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 | 15.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.9 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
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. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Complete prototype build for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and conduct DT&E test.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease due to completion of Safety Confirmation and Engineering tests.
FY2026 plans — current year Technology maturation, munition development, prototype builds, conduct engineering tests for 25mm Bradley Aerial Defeat Ground Enhanced Round (BADGER) munition in support of Urgent Materiel Release, and achieve Milestone B (MS-B).
FY2027 planned work Complete prototype build for Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and conduct DT&E test.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase due to initiation of Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E).
FY2026 plans — current year Procure long lead materials for munition development, conduct preliminary design review, and live fire design engineering test of 30x113mm Aviation Proximity Explosive (APEX) munition in support of Full Materiel Release.
Named performers on project XT6
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.