# Project CQ7 — C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities

**Program element:** 0605531A — Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sys Dev & Demonstration  
**Project:** CQ7  
**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/0605531A/CQ7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605531A

## Summary

Project CQ7 — C-sUAS Joint New Capabilities requests — in FY2027, 0.0% of the $0.7M requested for program element 0605531A, down 100% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

**Markets:** Counter-UAS — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 51.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 48.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605531A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project CQ7 buys

The Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Joint New Capabilities effort develops new technologies and materiel solutions to enable the military services and joint force to counter Groups 1-3 sUAS threats. These developments are aligned with Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memorandum (JROCM) 058-23 operational requirements. Joint solutions will address fixed site / semi-fixed site, mobile, and dismounted systems. Efforts include development, test and evaluation, and integration sufficient for transition to fieldable capabilities.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Defeat | 26.8 | 15.0 | — | −100% | — |
| Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Command and Control | 9.2 | — | — | — | — |
| JIATF 401 Activity | 15.3 | 33.8 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Defeat

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding decrease to zero due to transfer of funding to JIATF 401 PE 0205401JCA / Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in 0400: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide / BA 5: System Development & Demonstration (SDD)

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue the system development, integration, and test of new technologies to defeat sUAS to inform systems transition. Within Advanced Kinetic Defeat, continue development of advanced sensor package and system capacity that assists in higher probability of defeat against Group 3 sUAS. Continue system development for the Advanced Kinetic Defeat - Next Generation C-sUAS Missile in efforts to increase capabilities against emerging threats and accelerate completion of Group 3 sUAS defeat capability.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue the system development, integration, and test of new technologies to defeat sUAS to inform systems transition. Within Advanced Kinetic Defeat, develop advanced sensor package that assists in higher defeat efficacy against Group 3 sUAS and major component integration and early demonstration test events for Advanced Kinetic - Defeat Next Generation C-sUAS Missile.

### Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Development Command and Control

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue the development, integration and test of new technologies to reduce operator burden, increase situational awareness, automate/autonomy for decision making, and improve interoperability of C-sUAS systems. Advanced command and control adds new capabilities integration to the current joint Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAADC2) system to include Road Runner Kinetic Interceptor and the Containerized Weapon System- Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (CWS-A).

### JIATF 401 Activity

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding decrease to zero due to transfer of funding to JIATF 401 PE 0205401JCA / Counter - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in 0400: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide / BA 5: System Development & Demonstration (SDD).

**FY2026 plans — current year.** JIATF 401 will fund Operational Assessments of C-sUAS capabilities in support of Joint Task Force Southern Border, NORTHCOM and INDOPACOM.

## 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/0605531A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605531A project CQ7 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605531A")`.

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