# Project DH7 — Next Generation Howitzer

**Program element:** 0604854A — Artillery Systems - EMD  
**Project:** DH7  
**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/DH7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604854A

## Summary

Project DH7 — Next Generation Howitzer requests — in FY2027, 0.0% of the $709.2M requested for program element 0604854A, down 100% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 51.3 |

> 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 DH7 buys

This project supports howitzer efforts required to achieve highly mobile, survivable, versatile, transportable, long range, lethal fires in support of the Army's Field Artillery modernization objectives. These critical development efforts provide an enhanced capability reducing emplacement and displacement times, increasing crew survivability and protection, providing greater mobility, and affords improved fire support capability for Field Artillery formations well beyond the capability of the current howitzer systems.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howitzer Modernization | — | 51.3 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Howitzer Modernization

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decreases due to project consolidation into project DP3 - Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) within this PE.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding supports the enhancements, integration, and testing of system of systems to include, but not limited to, artillery weapon system, ammunition, and fire control systems to achieve desired firing range and lethal fires effects on targets, as necessary for Artillery unit operations.

## 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 DH7 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604854A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*