# Army Test Ranges and Facilities — Program Element 0605601A

**Program element:** 0605601A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $469.7M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 2.1% (to $479.7M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 8.4% (to $509.2M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 490.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 436.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 469.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 461.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 467.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 470.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 473.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 469.7 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 479.7 | +10.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 469.7 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 509.2 | +39.5 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F30 | Army Test Ranges & Facilities | 426.8 | 386.6 | 462.3 | +20% |
| WD1 | West Desert Test Center | 63.4 | 50.1 | 7.5 | −85% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project F30 — Army Test Ranges & Facilities

This project provides the institutional funding required to operate developmental test activities IAW Public Law 107-314 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003) Section 232 ("Objective for institutional funding of test and evaluation facilities") in support of DoW Program Executive Officers, Program and Product Managers, Research, Development, and Engineering Centers and to the AFC. Resources provided by this project operate seven elements of the DoW MRTFB: WSTC - WSMR, New Mexico; ATC - APG, Maryland; EPG -EPG, Arizona; YTC - YPG, Arizona; ARTC - Fort Greely, Alaska; TRTC at various locations; and beginning in FY27 West Desert Test Center (WDTC), DPG, Utah. This project also funds the Army's test capability at RTC - Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This project finances the overhead (institutional) test operating costs not billable to DoW test customers per DoDI 3200.18 and DoWFMR 7000.14-R, which include: recurring test infrastructure/capability sustainment requirements; replacement of test equipment; test operating procedures; test revitalization/upgrade projects to maintain $8.6 billion of testing capabilities; and improvements to the safety, environmental protection, and efficiency of test operations. The test capabilities at these ranges have been uniquely established, are considered national assets, and are in place to support T&E requirements of funded acquisition programs across all Services, and are required to assure technical performance, adherence to safety requirements, reliability, logistics supportability, Title 10 Live Fire Test and Evaluation, transportability, environmental effects, cyber, electromagnetic effects, and quality of materiel in development and in production. This project provides for the recurring costs to include routine maintenance life cycle replacement of critical T&E capabilities required to support Army Transformation as well as other Army, Joint, or Other Service systems, materiel, and technologies.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Support | 134.7 | 91.2 | 109.0 |
| T&E Civilian Pay | 177.7 | 181.6 | 221.7 |
| Contractor Support | 51.5 | 43.9 | 71.0 |
| Revitalization/Upgrade | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Physical Security Guards and Equipment | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
| UH-60 Aircraft | 10.0 | 11.4 | 11.6 |
| Network Enterprise Center (NEC) | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.0 |
| Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Military Construction (MILCON) Mission Unique Equipment (MUE) | 9.1 | 0.0 | — |
| MRTFB Organizational Logistics Activities | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
| ARCYBER- C4IM Services Support to WSMR | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| AFC / T2COM Physical Security Officer Civ Pay | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Four Dimensional Weather System (4DWX) | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ARCYBER - ArCTIC | — | 2.1 | 2.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project WD1 — West Desert Test Center

This project provides funding for the West Desert Test Center (WDTC) and U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Chemical Biological Center (CBC) Bio-Testing Division (BTD-CBC) MRTFB institutional technical and operational capability for testing DoW Chemical and Biological (CB) and Non-Traditional Agent (NTA) defense materiel, equipment, and systems from concept through production to include associated special operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Development (TTPD) activities. Efforts included in this project are: (1) BTD-CBC: Beginning in FY25, the BTD-CBC name changed to DEVCOM CBC Dugway. This effort sustains a critical Test and Evaluation (T&E) resource essential to fulfilling the 2021 Army Biological Defense Strategy's purpose: "to maintain the Army's capability and capacity to accomplish its mission and ensure readiness in the face of biological threats and hazards, in support of the Department of War (DoW) and the Nation." By preserving this T&E resource, the Army and DoW are better prepared to address the challenges of operating effectively in biologically contested environments, ensuring mission success and safeguarding national security. (2) WDTC: Beginning in FY27, the WDTC funding moved from the WD1 project code to the F30 project code. Together WDTC and DEVCOM CBC Dugway are the reliance centers for all DoW CB defense testing and provide the United States' only combined range, chamber, toxic chemical lab, and bio-safety level 3 Biological Select Agent and Toxin (BSAT) aerosol test capability. This project funds the institutional and overhead costs to operate WDTC and DEVCOM CBC Dugway in compliance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY03 (Public Law 107-314), Section 232, "Objective for institutional funding of test and evaluation facilities." Those costs that are directly attributable to the use of WDTC and DEVCOM CBC Dugway for testing and TTPD activities under a particular program, over and above the institutional and overhead costs, are billed to the program.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioTesting Division (BTD-CBC) - MRTFB | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| WDTC, MRTFB Civilian Pay | 28.3 | 23.7 | — |
| WDTC, MRTFB Mission Support | 12.9 | 10.7 | — |
| WDTC, MRTFB Contractor Support | 10.1 | 8.3 | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This Program Element (PE) provides the institutional funding required to operate developmental Test and Evaluation (T&E) activities in accordance with Public Law 107-314 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003) Section 232 ("Objective for institutional funding of test and evaluation facilities") in support of Department of War (DoW) Program Executive Officers, Program and Product Managers, Research, Development, and Engineering Centers and to the Army Futures Command (AFC).

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605601A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605601A")`.

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