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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3)

PE 0605244A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$16.0M
◆ Development crest → decline
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U.S. Army funding falls 45% to a $16.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate added 94% (to $31.0M); House appropriators funded it in full. AvMC leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$16.0M
▼ 45% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$28.9M
▲ 121% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$13.1M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $16.0M for Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) under RDT&E program element 0605244A, down 45% 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.

25013.1FY25ACTUAL28.9FY26ENACTED16.0FY27REQUEST23.1FY2818.0FY293.8FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual13.1
FY2026Enacted28.9
FY2027Request16.0
FY2028Outyear23.1
FY2029Outyear18.0
FY2030Outyear3.8
FY2031Outyear0.0
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0605244A

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 -45% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project DJ3

Joint Reduced Range Rocket

$16.0MFY2027 request ▼ 45%
FY2025 actual$13.1M
FY2026 enacted$28.9M
FY2027 request$16.0M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentTest and Evaluation

In order to achieve and maintain combat readiness, the Army has a Standards in Training Commission (STRAC) requirement that utilizes a training rocket to meet the annual certification and pre-deployment requirements for Active and National Guard High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and M270A1/M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher units. The Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) is required because the remaining inventory of launch pod containers and motors is insufficient to support LCRRPR production beyond FY 2030. The total cost of the JR3 Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping (MTA RP) effort is $115.7 million RDT&E from FY 2025 to FY 2030. FY 2027 funding continues rapid prototyping with a flight demonstration and initiates qualification of the JR3. Upon completion of development and qualification, the JR3 will replace the currently fielded LCRRPR.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Joint Reduced Range Rocket▼ 45%
FY2025 actual$13.1M
FY2026 enacted$28.9M
FY2027 request$16.0M

Complete competitive demonstration activities and begin transition to qualification and testing in support of replacing the LCRRPR.

Read the FY2027 plan →
Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$16.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$16.0M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$31.0M +$15.0M · +94%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$16.0M full · +$0
▲ $15.0M chamber gap — 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.

AvMC
$2.6M · 16%
Other Government Agencies
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes16%2.6
Other / unspecified84%13.5
FY2027 request100%16.0
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

In order to achieve and maintain combat readiness, the Army has a Standards in Training Commission (STRAC) requirement that utilizes a training rocket to meet the annual certification and pre-deployment requirements for Active and National Guard High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and M270A1/M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher units. The Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) is required because the remaining inventory of launch pod containers and motors is insufficient to support LCRRPR production beyond FY 2030. The total cost of the JR3 Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping (MTA RP) effort is $115.7 million RDT&E from FY 2025 to FY 2030.

JR3 is a Middle Tier of Acquisition Rapid Prototyping effort that will develop and qualify a replacement for the LCRRPR. JR3 must begin production by FY 2030 to support HIMARS and MLRS crew training requirements. LCRRPR utilizes solid rocket motors last built in the mid-90s and inventories will be depleted by FY 2030 with no ability to replenish using current assets. The JR3 program shall leverage available rocket motor technologies to develop a new training rocket that results in a configuration that is affordable and supports the required production timeline. The JR3 rocket shall be integrated into a launch pod container (LPC) that shall be compatible with current HIMARS and MLRS launchers.

Project DJ3 — Joint Reduced Range Rocket
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Test and Evaluation
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605244A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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