# Unmanned Robotics Development - System Control and Software Interoperability

**R-2A activity** of project FB3 — Robotics Architecture  
**Program element:** 0605053A — Ground Robotics  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A

## Summary

This activity requests $30.2M in FY2027, 16% of project FB3, up 31% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding will continue to build upon the features started in FY2026. With Soldier feedback, continuous development and delivery of features will enable ground robotics to grow with the Soldiers that they are supporting. Hardware agnostic software solutions continue to mature and iterate the automated acceptance testing within a continuous integration environment, allowing for expedient diagnosing, rapid updating, and incremental capability upgrades for software capabilities of ground robots.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is attributed to the establishment of the continuous integration environment in FY2026 that support the continuous development and upgrades of robotic features as prioritized by Soldiers.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 RDTE supports the development of a common, agile approach framework allowing for software centric payload capabilities to work in isolation or be integrated as part of a system. Partnerships allow for the development and maintenance of industry informed, government managed standards for robotic operation and control. Hardware agnostic software solutions will be designed and tested in a continuous integration environment to allow for expedient diagnosing, rapid updating, and incremental capability upgrades for software of ground robots.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 23.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.2 |

> 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 FB3

- [Unmanned Robotics Development - Sustainment Formations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a3) — FY2027 34.9
- [Unmanned Robotics Development - Engineer Formations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a2) — FY2027 34.5
- [Ground Autonomous Mobility Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a5) — FY2027 30.8
- [Modular Mission Payload (MMP) Integration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a6) — FY2027 22.6
- [Unmanned Robotics Development - Multi-Mission Robots](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a1) — FY2027 21.7
- [Government Program Management](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605053A/FB3/a7) — FY2027 17.6
- Robotics Architecture — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605053A project FB3 (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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