# Technical Test Instrumentation & Targets

**R-2A activity** of project FJ3 — Technical Test Instrumentation & Targets  
**Program element:** 0605602A — Army Technical Test Instrumentation and Targets  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605602A/FJ3/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605602A

## Summary

This activity requests $62.3M in FY2027, 100% of project FJ3, down 8.1% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** ATEC test centers will continue to provide, acquire, and upgrade instrumentation for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), RAM, automotive, ballistics, missile, aviation and environmental testing across all test commodity areas and enhance/expand the use of common data collectors, smart devices, and enterprise data management tools. Will provide the necessary test instrumentation, computer and communications systems, data collection, analysis and reporting equipment, and other special test capabilities to successfully develop and test Army weapons and equipment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decrease due to reduction in critical test instrumentation requirements.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** ATEC test centers will continue to provide, acquire, and upgrade instrumentation for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR), RAM, automotive, ballistics, missile, aviation and environmental testing across all test commodity areas and enhance/expand the use of common data collectors, smart devices, and enterprise data management tools. Examples include Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Common Reference Model (CRM) to implement automation of Testing and Reporting, and reduction in test times; Operational Test Command (OTC) Future Operating Environment - Live, Virtual, Constructive to support the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Environment; Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) Test Course Profiler System to support automotive technical performance tests; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) OTD Mobile Autonomous Remote Controller to support Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems; Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) 810H Sand & Dust Chambers to support Indirect Fires Systems; White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Deployable Range Data Processing & Control System to support Air/Missile Defense Systems; Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) Solid Aerosol Generation system to support Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) testing; and Redstone Test Center's (RTC) Lightning Environment Generation Bank to support Aircraft Systems MIL-STD-464D testing. Funds will help develop, acquire, and upgrade critical Meteorological test technology and instrumentation. Will provide the necessary test instrumentation, computer and communications systems, data collection, analysis and reporting equipment, and other special test capabilities to successfully develop and test Army weapons and equipment.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** ATEC test centers will continue to provide, acquire, and upgrade instrumentation for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), RAM, automotive, ballistics, missile, aviation and environmental testing across all test commodity areas and enhance/expand the use of common data collectors, smart devices, and enterprise data management tools. Examples include Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) Advanced Ballistics Instrumentation Measurements to support Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO); Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) Testing Re-Architected for Distributed Environments (TRADE) for support to C4 network systems; Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) Telecommunications Modernization; White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Directed Energy Laser test modernization, and Redstone Test Center's (RTC) Pulsed Ultra High Frequency (PUHF) Amplifier System for supporting Future Vertical Lift (FVL) testing. Funds will help develop, acquire, and upgrade critical Meteorological test technology and instrumentation. Will provide the necessary test instrumentation, computer and communications systems, data collection, analysis and reporting equipment, and other special test capabilities to successfully develop and test Army weapons and equipment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 71.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 67.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 62.3 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605602A project FJ3 (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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