# Survivability Improvements

**R-2A activity** of project FE8 — Vehicle Protection Suite  
**Program element:** 0604852A — Suite of Survivability Enhancement Systems - EMD  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604852A/FE8/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604852A

## Summary

This activity requests $56.6M in FY2027, 72% of project FE8, up 36% 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.** Continue Soft Kill Active Protection Systems B Kit Maturation activities to include completion of Critical Design Review, delivery of prototype hardware, Prototype System Demo and award platform integration contract. Continue passive and reactive armor tile engineering development, testing, Technical Data Package and logistic product development on ground combat platforms. Continued engineering studies, characterization / demonstrations, improvement assessments, B-kit development, platform integration, and testing of Active Protection Systems, Camouflage, Concealment, Deception and Obscuration (CCDO) (Signature Management (SIGMAN)) and other emerging technologies.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase between FY2026 and FY2027 due to addition of Soft Kill Active Protection Systems Prototype System Demo and award of platform integration contract.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue Soft Kill Active Protection Systems B Kit Maturation activities to include completion of Preliminary Design Review and begin efforts toward Critical Design Review in FY27. Continue passive and reactive armor tile engineering development, testing, Technical Data Package and logistic product development on ground combat platforms. Continued engineering studies, characterization / demonstrations, improvement assessments, B-kit development, platform integration, and testing of Active Protection Systems, Camouflage, Concealment, Deception and Obscuration (CCDO) (Signature Management (SIGMAN)) and other emerging technologies.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Initiate Soft Kill Active Protection Systems B Kit Maturation and award Other Transaction Authority Agreements to two vendors. Begin efforts to complete Preliminary Design Review in FY26. Continue passive and reactive armor tile engineering development, testing, Technical Data Package and logistic product development on ground combat platforms. Complete execution of Bradley expedited active protection system to include system-level testing, Materiel Release, and delta A Kit development to support MAF compliant system. Continued engineering studies, characterization / demonstrations, improvement assessments, B-kit development, platform integration, and testing of Active Protection Systems, Camouflage, Concealment, Deception and Obscuration (CCDO) (Signature Management (SIGMAN)) and other emerging technologies.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 25.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 41.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 56.6 |

> 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 FE8

- [Vehicle Protection System Base Kit Integration of Non-Developmental Items (NDI) and Developmental Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604852A/FE8/a0) — FY2027 12.0
- Vehicle Protection Suite Government Engineering and Program Management — FY2027 9.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604852A project FE8 (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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