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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Indirect Fire Protection Capability Inc 2 - Block 1

PE 0605052A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$175.4M
Army · RDT&E
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U.S. Army funding falls 28% to a $175.4M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), before stepping down 46% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. SETA / Matrix leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$175.4M
▼ 28% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$243.1M
▲ 79% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$135.8M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $175.4M for Indirect Fire Protection Capability Inc 2 - Block 1 under RDT&E program element 0605052A, down 28% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

501001502000135.8FY25ACTUAL243.1FY26ENACTED175.4FY27REQUEST237.5FY28225.5FY29158.2FY3094.2FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual135.8
FY2026Enacted243.1
FY2027Request175.4
FY2028Outyear237.5
FY2029Outyear225.5
FY2030Outyear158.2
FY2031Outyear94.2
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0605052A

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -28% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

The whole program

IFPC is funded on 5 lines across 2 appropriations

This page shows $175.4M of IFPC, 9.7% of the program's $1.80B FY2027 request. The rest is appropriated elsewhere.

Also funded hereTypeComponentFY2027 $M
INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2-IProcurementArmy1,626.0
IFPC High Power Microwave (HPM)RDT&EArmy—
IFPC High Energy LaserRDT&EArmy—
IFPC totalArmy1,801.4

Lines whose title names the program. 8 further lines only mention IFPC in their justification text — those fund something else and are deliberately excluded from the total.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$175.4M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$175.4M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$175.4M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$175.4M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

SETA / Matrix
$13.9M · 7.9%
Program Management
Developmental and Operational Tests
$7.5M · 4.3%
IFPC Developmental /Operational Testing
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes14%25.3
Other / unspecified86%150.0
FY2027 request100%175.4
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priorities. Project EY7 / IFPC Increment 2 (IFPC Inc 2) - Block 1 will provide a ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage, and defeat subsonic Cruise Missiles (CM), and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) threats. The IFPC Inc 2 system consists of a launcher, AIM-9X interceptor, and AUR-M integrated with the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) open systems architecture, IAMD Battle Command System (IBCS), and the Sentinel sensor to support the CM and UAS defeat mission.

In support of the Army's enduring Cruise Missile Defense requirement, the Army utilized an MTA RP approach to evaluate new capability and provide an initial capability. In support of the IFPC Inc 2 solution, the Army pursued a competitive strategy that saw industry participating in a "Shoot Off" demonstration in FY 2021 using industry's proposed launcher and missile solutions integrated with the Army's IBCS and Sentinel radar. The Army evaluated industry's proposals informed by models and simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, and live fire data, to make a best value recommendation to proceed to a single vendor to deliver the IFPC Inc 2 prototype solution. The Army awarded a Firm Fixed Price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement to Dynetics, Inc.

Project EY8, EY7 — IFPC Increment 2 - Block 2
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605052A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$140.3M
▲ 12% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$125.0M
▲ 342% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$28.3M
Prior year

IFPC Increment 2 - Block 2 — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605052A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project EY8 — IFPC Increment 2 - Block 2 — requests $140.3M in FY2027, 80% of the $175.4M requested for program element 0605052A. Year over year it grows 12% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project EY8 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

50100150200028.3FY25ACTUAL125.0FY26ENACTED140.3FY27REQUEST208.8FY28206.6FY29140.2FY3076.4FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual28.3
FY2026Enacted125.0
FY2027Request140.3
FY2028Outyear208.8
FY2029Outyear206.6
FY2030Outyear140.2
FY2031Outyear76.4
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

IFPC 2nd Interceptor Development and Test▲ 12%
FY2025 actual$28.3M
FY2026 enacted$125.0M
FY2027 request$140.3M

- Continue technology design and integration phase with up to two vendors supporting development efforts - Continue to support integration of 2nd Interceptor with IBCS command and control and the IFPC Inc 2 launcher with up to two vendors - Continue development and integration of components to support HWIL test and evaluation scheduled…

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Project EY8 — every activity in full →
Who's building it

Named performers on project EY8

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

SETA / Matrix
$13.9M · 9.9%
Project detail

What project EY8 buys

This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priority. The IFPC Increment 2 (Inc 2) - Block 2 (IFPC 2nd Interceptor program) supports the Air and Missile Defense modernization priorities. The IFPC 2nd Interceptor will provide increased capability against advanced threats, to include in priority order, supersonic cruise missiles, groups 2 and 3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at extended ranges and Large Caliber Rockets (LCR). IFPC 2nd Interceptor retains capability against subsonic cruise missiles and fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The IFPC 2nd Interceptor consists of an All Up Round-Magazine (AUR-M) with interceptors integrated onto the IFPC Inc 2 launcher and with the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) open systems architecture, IAMD Battle Command System (IBCS), and the Sentinel sensor. In FY 2027, funding will be used to support the prototype hardware development, integration, and demonstration of the IFPC 2nd Interceptor capability with up to two vendors.

R-3 lines of work
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$35.1M
▼ 70% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$118.1M
▲ 9.9% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$107.5M
Prior year

IFPC Increment 2 - Block 1 — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605052A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project EY7 — IFPC Increment 2 - Block 1 — requests $35.1M in FY2027, 20% of the $175.4M requested for program element 0605052A. Year over year it falls 70% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project EY7 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

2550751000107.5FY25ACTUAL118.1FY26ENACTED35.1FY27REQUEST28.7FY2818.9FY2918.1FY3017.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual107.5
FY2026Enacted118.1
FY2027Request35.1
FY2028Outyear28.7
FY2029Outyear18.9
FY2030Outyear18.1
FY2031Outyear17.8
Inside the project

2 accomplishments / planned programs

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

IFPC Inc 2 Prototype Development, Integration, Manufacturing, and Testing▼ 70%
FY2025 actual$107.2M
FY2026 enacted$117.8M
FY2027 request$35.1M

- Complete delta qualification testing and delta developmental testing - Support the Integrated Fires Test Campaign to test and evaluate IFPC Inc 2 operation within the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense architecture - Conduct product improvements following IOT&E which includes continuing software development, system…

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IFPC Directed Energy Integration and Test▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request—

- Continue to provide an IFPC Directed Energy team to facilitate the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) with the transition of the Directed Energy capabilities to programs of record, as well as determine IFPC Inc 2 Product Office requirements for IFPC HEL and IFPC HPM

Project EY7 — every activity in full →
Who's building it

Named performers on project EY7

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

Developmental and Operational Tests
$7.5M · 21%
Launcher and AUR-M Development
$3.9M · 11%
Project detail

What project EY7 buys

This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priority. The Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 (IFPC Inc 2) - Block 1 will provide a ground-based weapon system designed to acquire, track, engage, and defeat Cruise Missiles (CM), and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) threats. The IFPC Inc 2 system consists of a launcher and interceptor integrated with the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) open systems architecture, IAMD Battle Command System (IBCS), and the Sentinel sensor to support the Threshold CM and UAS defeat mission. In FY 2025, IFPC Inc 2 successfully transitioned from a Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping (RP) effort to MTA Rapid Fielding (RF). The total cost estimate of the IFPC Inc 2 MTA RF effort is $1,394.6 million, including RDT&E ($219.3 million) and procurement ($1,175.3 million). The remainder of the IFPC Inc 2 MTA RF effort is fully funded. FY 2027 funds will continue support of product improvement following Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E), and completion of delta developmental test (DT).

R-3 lines of work
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation