# Project H02 — Tactical Bridging - Engineering Development

**Program element:** 0604804A — Logistics and Engineer Equipment - Eng Dev  
**Project:** H02  
**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/0604804A/H02  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604804A

## Summary

Project H02 — Tactical Bridging - Engineering Development requests $12.2M in FY2027, 19% of the $65.2M requested for program element 0604804A, up 387% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request, 4 new this cycle. United States Military Academy is the largest named R-3 performer at $0.7M, 5.3% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604804A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States Military Academy | 0.7 | 5.3% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Support Bridge (DSB) Replacement | — | — | 6.1 | new | — |
| Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) Modernization | — | — | 4.3 | new | — |
| Emerging Capabilities and Market Research | — | — | 1.1 | new | — |
| Bridge Health Monitoring (BHM)/ Bridge Test Lab | — | — | 0.7 | new | — |

> 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.

### Dry Support Bridge (DSB) Replacement — NEW START

**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).

### Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) Modernization — NEW START

**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.

### Emerging Capabilities and Market Research — NEW START

**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.

### Bridge Health Monitoring (BHM)/ Bridge Test Lab — NEW START

**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.

## 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/0604804A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604804A project H02 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604804A")`.

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