# C-sUAS Capability Development Document (CDD) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I)

**R-2A activity** of project A34 — Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)  
**Program element:** 0605347A — Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Development  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605347A/A34/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605347A

## Summary

This activity requests $38.9M in FY2027, 11% of project A34, up 22% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** FY 2027 funding will continue efforts to identify and characterize emerging technologies which support prototyping, integration, and testing of system improvements to increase the capability to sense, decide, and act against future C-sUAS threats, such as integrating an improved seeker and warhead into the kinetic interceptor All Up Round, reducing dependency on higher fidelity radars and increasing effectiveness against emerging threats; continuing improvements to IBCS-M and radar software; developing and integrating new and emerging ammunition rounds, such as the XM1223 Multi-Mode Programmable Ammunition 30mm round; and providing technical refresh of electronic warfare hardware by identifying, testing, and replacing components that are approaching end-of-life and pursuing open architecture solutions for both hardware and software.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 funding increase supports efforts to develop and integrate an improved seeker and warhead for the Coyote kinetic interceptor, as well as additional development efforts for the IBCS-M fire control system.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 funding will continue efforts to identify and characterize emerging technologies which support prototyping, integration, and testing of system improvements to increase the capability to sense, decide, and act against future C-sUAS threats. Funding will increase effectiveness of current C-sUAS effectors, by upgrading the data link and initiating development of a larger-capacity launcher, and it will continue improvements to fire control systems for automated decision aids, such as IBCS-M, camera and radar software improvements, and enhanced real-time mission analysis to improve Soldier effectiveness. Funding will also support a sensor competition for a C-sUAS mobile radar, to drive industry technology advancement and allow radar performance to keep pace with evolving threats at the most affordable price, and it will complete efforts to transition from a Transmit/Receive Integrated Microwave Module (TRIMM)-based array to a flat panel array, resulting in lower cost, profile, and weight, while maintaining performance.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 38.9 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project A34

- [C-sUAS Emergent Requirements](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605347A/A34/a3) — FY2027 247.2
- [Test Support for C-sUAS Competitions and Continuous Transformation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605347A/A34/a4) — FY2027 42.4
- [Fixed/Mobile System Capabilities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605347A/A34/a0) — FY2027 23.6
- Tech Refresh for Army JUON Efforts — FY2027 7.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605347A project A34 (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`.

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