# Project FL7 — Rapid Capability Support

**Program element:** 0605054A — Emerging Technology Initiatives  
**Project:** FL7  
**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/0605054A/FL7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605054A

## Summary

Project FL7 — Rapid Capability Support requests $12.3M in FY2027, 8.3% of the $147.9M requested for program element 0605054A, up 2.6% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. RCCTO is the largest named R-3 performer at $12.3M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 12.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 12.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 12.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605054A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project FL7 buys

Provides essential civilian labor required to plan, manage, and execute rapid prototyping, technology maturation, integration, and transition activities across emerging technology portfolios. Funding supports program management, engineering coordination, acquisition and contracting support, financial execution, and administrative functions necessary for timely delivery of prototypes and preparation of capabilities for transition under the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) structure. Core labor resources ensure continuity of operations, maintain compliance with Army planning and execution requirements, and enable efficient, coordinated delivery of rapid prototyping efforts. These functions reduce programmatic and schedule risk, support integration across multiple technology initiatives, and provide the organizational capacity needed to transition emerging technologies into enduring capabilities.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RCCTO | 12.3 | 100% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Labor | 13.2 | 12.0 | 12.3 | +3% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605054A/FL7/a0) |

> 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.

### Core Labor

Maintain essential civilian labor supporting rapid prototyping, integration, and transition activities under the PAE structure. Funding enables program management, engineering coordination, financial execution, acquisition support, and administrative services required for timely delivery of prototypes and preparation of capabilities for…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605054A/FL7/a0

## 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/0605054A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605054A project FL7 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605054A")`.

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