# Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS)

**R-2A activity** of project L39 — Field Sustainment Support Ed  
**Program element:** 0604804A — Logistics and Engineer Equipment - Eng Dev  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604804A/L39/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604804A/L39

## Summary

This activity requests $11.1M in FY2027, 72% of project L39, down 7.6% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Finish development phase and conduct validation testing of JPADS V4 and Long Range JPADS 2K.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Configuration will be frozen mid-FY, at which point development will be complete, resulting in less required funding for JPADS in FY27.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue EMD phase of JPADS V4 development. Conduct testing to support preliminary design review, locking in functional baseline of GPS-denied kit. Additionally, begin EMD phase of Long-Range JPADS 2K, which includes a significant amount of prototyping and flight testing .

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Begin EMD phase of JPADS V4 development. Down-select GPS-denied sensors, mature software architecture and finalize hardware interface design. Test early prototype at Position, Navigation, and Timing Assessment Exercise 2025 (PNTAX 25).

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project L39

- Rapid Rigging and De-Rigging Airdrop System (RRDAS) — FY2027 3.0
- Sustainment Aerial Delivery Equipment - Sling Load (SADE-SL) — FY2027 1.2

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604804A project L39 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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