# Project M23 — US Army Corps of Engineers Base Operations

**Program element:** 0605801A — Programwide Activities  
**Project:** M23  
**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/0605801A/M23  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605801A

## Summary

Project M23 — US Army Corps of Engineers Base Operations requests $21.0M in FY2027, 40% of the $53.0M requested for program element 0605801A, down 1.0% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 34.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 20.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 20.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 19.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 19.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605801A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project M23 buys

This Project provides funding for authorized civilian workforce performing engineer research, development, management and oversight that support the engineer Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) programs at the United States (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). This Project supports the non-Army Management Headquarters Activity (non-AMHA) management and administrative functions to enable ERDC to accomplish its research mission and includes activities such as procurement oversight, RDTE programming and budget execution, management control and oversight, safety, information management and technology, personnel/manpower execution and oversight, research laboratory/facility management and maintenance, and High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) facility operations and management ERDC research in civil and military engineering, blast and weapons effects, battlespace terrain mapping and characterization, computational prototyping of military platforms, and cold regions science and engineering provides effective non-materiel and materiel solutions to enable the Army to achieve its modernization priorities of Air and Missile Defense, Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Future Vertical Lift, Network, Long Range Precision Fires, and Soldier Lethality.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERDC Management and Administrative Actions and Other Operational Requirements | 34.6 | 21.2 | 21.0 | −1% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605801A/M23/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.

### ERDC Management and Administrative Actions and Other Operational Requirements

Will provide operation of management, administrative, personnel, budget, logistics and support functions at a level consistent with Army and mission requirements to meet the needs of ERDC conducting the Army's engineer R&D program supporting all six of the Army's Modernization Priorities.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605801A/M23/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/0605801A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605801A project M23 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605801A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*