What project A56 buys
Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM) is the lethal variant of the Launched Effects (LE) Family of Systems which provide a range of capabilities through variations of platforms, payloads, and mission systems. LE provides tactical and operational flexibility through collaboration of heterogeneous groups of LE launched from multiple domains (land and air) in conjunction with other manned platforms, C2, unmanned systems, and sensors throughout the operational environment. The ability to interoperate and coordinate with other LE systems at long ranges and adapt to changing threats is a core concept of the Launched Effects Abbreviated Capability Development Document validated in June 2024. The primary target set for LRPM is Integrated Air Defense Systems. LRPM will provide Army Aviation and Ground Forces with a precise long range munition system to rapidly respond in a combat environment to improve the lethality and stand-off of Warfighters and aviation platforms in an Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) denied environment. The total cost of the LRPM Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping (RP) effort is $122.5 million RDT&E from FY24 to FY29. The LRPM MTA-RP is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program.
- Management Services
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
Project A56 funding, FY2026–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 23.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 46.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 51.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 5.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.8 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue the system environmental and safety qualification and airworthiness test program and conduct a ground operational demonstration for LRPM. Continue LRPM integration of maturing LE technologies, technical valuations, program transition preparation, and planning, preparation, and initiation of additional capabilities development to…
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