What project H02 buys
This project supports the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) capability of military gap crossing systems, breaching equipment, and the exploration and integration of enabling new capabilities and technologies to support and improve the mobility, safety, and survivability of combat engineers and the maneuver forces. Wet gap crossing and breaching represent two of the most complex and difficult combined arms missions. This project also supports the development of critical capabilities necessary for interoperability with International Allies and Partners. This project allows for the conduct of market research and trade studies, generating life cycle cost estimates, engineering, prototyping, pre-production test and evaluation, and testing of Army bridges and associated enablers to ensure compliance with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standardization agreement (STANAG) and recommendations (STANREC). The FY 2027 RDT&E budget request is $12.180 million. Funding supports development of the Dry Support Bridge (DSB) replacement, simulators for institutional training of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB), maintainability and safety upgrades to the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB), and a Bridge Health Monitoring (BHM) system. Funding also supports market research and systems engineering activities for emerging programs to include Autonomous Rafting, a Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS) replacement, and modular gap crossing solutions. Funding will enhance the Army's engineering capabilities by developing and modifying systems to support improvements within the Bridging Product Management portfolio.
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
Project H02 funding, FY2026–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 2.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.5 |
4 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 Funding supports the procurement of prototypes and test assets for Soldier experimentation and touchpoints, performance assessments, and pre-production qualification testing of a Heavy Support Bridge (HSB).
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 is the first year of funding to develop the Heavy Support Bridge (HSB) which replaces the Dry Support Bridge (DSB).
FY2027 planned work Funding supports the development efforts for Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) training devices/simulators required to support institutional training at the US Army Engineer School and the testing of upgrades to the Heavy Support Scissor Bridge (HASB) to improve maintainability and safety of the system.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 is the first year to conduct market research, test, and evaluate future development efforts for JAB Training Devices/Simulators and the HASB.
FY2027 planned work Funding supports market research and analysis for Bridging emerging capabilities.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 represents a new start for investigating Bridging emerging capabilities, analysis, and market research.
FY2027 planned work Funding supports the market research and development efforts to prototype, test, and evaluate Bridge Health Monitoring solutions at Bridge Test Lab, Selfridge, MI.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 is a new start for Bridge Health Monitoring (BHM) System development efforts.
Named performers on project H02
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.