# Project 516 — Paladin/FAASV

**Program element:** 0604854A — Artillery Systems - EMD  
**Project:** 516  
**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/0604854A/516  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604854A

## Summary

Project 516 — Paladin/FAASV requests $12.6M in FY2027, 1.8% of the $709.2M requested for program element 0604854A, down 24% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 restarted this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604854A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 516 buys

Project 516 is to modernize the field artillery to address obsolescence, improve performance and address emerging threats. The Self-Propelled Howitzer is an indirect fire weapon system with the ability of delivering accurate, long range, lethal and non-lethal cannon fires in support of both Combined Arms Maneuver (CAM) and Wide Area Security (WAS) operations. The Self-Propelled Howitzer and Ammunition Resupply Vehicle can be employed within any Brigade Combat Team formation to neutralize, suppress, or destroy enemy forces, while providing protected transport of a field artillery howitzer section on the modern battlefield. This effort will include system usage and optimization studies, simulations, development engineering, Line Replacement Unit (LRU) prototype development and procurement and validation for incremental upgrades of field artillery.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Development | 39.5 | 12.5 | 11.4 | −8% | — |
| Program Management | 1.5 | — | 1.1 | restart | — |

> 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.

### Product Development

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue engineering development activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in engineering development activities. In FY 2027 funding will support two new efforts for the M109A7 (PIM) FOV: BiDi/Gen Inv Obsolescence and a cyber security improvement (managed switch) while continuing to fund and complete FY 2026 efforts such as the Digital Transformation, software updates, and emerging obsolescence.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue engineering development activities.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue engineering development activities.

### Program Management — RESTART

**FY2027 planned work.** Develop and manage detailed schedules for modernization activities, establish and execute contracts, and coordinate all programmatic documentation.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in projected requirement due to revised economic conditions.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Develop and manage detailed schedules for modernization activities, execute orders, and begin development, production, and coordination for all required programmatic documents.

## 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/0604854A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604854A project 516 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604854A")`.

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