# Project EY7 — IFPC Increment 2 - Block 1

**Program element:** 0605052A — Indirect Fire Protection Capability Inc 2 - Block 1  
**Project:** EY7  
**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/0605052A/EY7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605052A

## Summary

Project EY7 — IFPC Increment 2 - Block 1 requests $35.1M in FY2027, 20% of the $175.4M requested for program element 0605052A, down 70% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Developmental and Operational Tests is the largest named R-3 performer at $7.5M, 21% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Air & Missile Defense — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 107.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 118.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 35.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 28.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 18.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 18.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 17.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605052A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Developmental and Operational Tests | 7.5 | 21% |
| Launcher and AUR-M Development | 3.9 | 11% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFPC Inc 2 Prototype Development, Integration, Manufacturing, and Testing | 107.2 | 117.8 | 35.1 | −70% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605052A/EY7/a0) |
| IFPC Directed Energy Integration and Test | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | −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.

### IFPC Inc 2 Prototype Development, Integration, Manufacturing, and Testing

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605052A/EY7/a0

### IFPC Directed Energy Integration and Test

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the IFPC HEL and IFPC HPM programs which were previously RCCTO programs now fall under PAE Fires and fall within PM ACE.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue to provide an IFPC Directed Energy (DE) 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

**FY2025 accomplishments.** - 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

## 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/0605052A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605052A project EY7 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605052A")`.

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