# Joint Reduced Range Rocket

**R-2A activity** of project DJ3 — Joint Reduced Range Rocket  
**Program element:** 0605244A — Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3)  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605244A/DJ3/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605244A

## Summary

This activity requests $16.0M in FY2027, 100% of project DJ3, down 45% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Complete competitive demonstration activities and begin transition to qualification and testing in support of replacing the LCRRPR.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY 2027 due to completion of competitive prototyping phase and transition to qualification phase.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue development of JR3 Prototype rockets and pods to support design reviews and ground testing of components and systems to support prototype flight demonstrations starting in FY 2026.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Award an Other Transactional Authority to support an initial system requirement review and to develop the design leading up to Interim Design Review #1. Utilize Aviation and Missile Center to support system analysis, trade studies, and prototyping software for launcher fire control system.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.0 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605244A project DJ3 (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`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*