# Project A56 — Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM)

**Program element:** 0605345A — Unmanned Aerial Systems Launched Effects Systems Development  
**Project:** A56  
**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/0605345A/A56  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605345A

## Summary

Project A56 — Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM) requests $30.5M in FY2027, 3.7% of the $816.4M requested for program element 0605345A, up 32% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605345A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Range Precision Munition | — | 23.2 | 30.5 | +32% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605345A/A56/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.

### Long Range Precision Munition

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605345A/A56/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/0605345A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605345A project A56 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605345A")`.

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