# Munitions Standardization, Effectiveness and Safety — Program Element 0605805A

**Program element:** 0605805A  
**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/0605805A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $44.9M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 39% (to $62.4M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 28% (to $57.4M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 48.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 47.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 44.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 45.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 45.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 45.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 46.1 |

> 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 | 44.9 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 62.4 | +17.5 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 44.9 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 57.4 | +12.5 |

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

## Projects (6)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | Mun Survivability & Log | 16.3 | 14.5 | 18.2 | +26% |
| F24 | Conventional Munitions Demil | 22.7 | 22.7 | 16.7 | −26% |
| 859 | Life Cycle Pilot Process | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.0 | +2% |
| 857 | DoD Explosives Safety Standards | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | +0% |
| 858 | Army Explosives Safety Management Program | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +0% |
| F21 | NATO Ammo Evaluation | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +3% |

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

### Project 297 — Mun Survivability & Log

This Project supports the future force by evaluating the ability of emerging technology to make Army units more survivable and lethal by enabling improvements in tactical distribution/handling and active supply chain management to enhance ammunition availability. This will be accomplished through the investigation, testing, and evaluation of ammunition logistics system improvements that prevent or minimize catastrophic explosive events and accelerate ammunition resupply. Key thrusts are munitions storage area survivability, Insensitive Munitions (IM) technology integration and compliance, ammunition management and asset visibility, weapon system rearm, munitions configured load enablers and advanced packaging and distribution system enhancements. Within each thrust, a broad array of solutions will be identified, tested, and evaluated against developed system measures of effectiveness. Cost effective and efficient solutions that enable the rapid projection of lethal and survivable forces will be demonstrated focused on optimizing tactical ammunition supply chain visibility and management. Technologies that enable the rapid planning of ammunition storage sites to protect the critical munition stored at these sites, and sites considered lucrative targets to the enemy, will be demonstrated and refined. Additionally, packaging of the munitions themselves will be improved to maintain survivability while reducing weight and increasing ability to utilize automation. Loss of these critical munition stocks or ineffective management of the supply chain to move the munitions could cripple the force, jeopardize the mission, and result in high loss of life. This Project mitigates vulnerabilities and ensures a survivable fighting force.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munitions Predictive Life | 3.3 | — | — |
| Improved Munitions Packaging | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| Munitions Predictive/Contested Logistics Enablers | — | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| Insensitive Munitions (IM) Integration Program | 5.4 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Ammo Provider | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 |

> 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 F24 — Conventional Munitions Demil

The Conventional Munitions Demilitarization Technology Project supports the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) responsibility per DoDI 5160.68 to plan, program, budget and fund a Joint Service research and development program that develops capability and capacity as well as technology and facilities to support the SMCA mission to demilitarize and dispose of conventional ammunition stored in the SMCA Resource, Recovery and Disposition Account (B5A). Project goals include SMCA efforts to increase efficiencies and effectiveness to reduce the demil stockpile; reduce processing costs including packaging, handling and crating; and increase capacity through improved demil capabilities and processes. Project F24 includes several activities: (1) to establish requirements and develop processes to focus investments, assess capabilities, analyze alternatives, and recommend and implement RDT&E projects; (2) to improve products and processes that support existing capabilities; (3) to develop or improve demil methods and processes related to advance the primary demilitarization core thrust areas of destruction, disassembly, removal, resource recovery and recycling, and waste stream treatment; (4) to ensure safe and environmentally acceptable demil operations; (5) to transition RDT&E capability projects to United States Army depots or plants as well as commercial facilities performing demil; (6) to mitigate risk and close-out Project activities and (7) to support the Army Transformation Initiative of Reducing Waste, by reuse of munitions and components from Demil and opening up storage capacity in Earth Covered Magazines for New Production Munitions.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Destruction | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Resource Recovery and Recycling (R3) | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Advanced Removal | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Advanced Waste Stream Treatment | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Advanced Munitions Disassembly | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.3 |

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

### Project 859 — Life Cycle Pilot Process

The Life Cycle Pilot Process Project supports the implementation of the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) Army Ammunition Modernization Plan through technology investigations, pilot prototyping, and industrial assessments. Project will develop a knowledge base for modern, cost effective, environmentally safe, and secure Industrial Base processes and practices. This project addresses technology, producibility, cost refinement, and supply chain risks for JPEO Armaments & Ammunition portfolio. Project 859 divides into three thrust areas: Single Point Failures (SPFs); Life Cycle Cost Refinement; and Manufacturing Technology for Industrial Base Transformation. Respectively this project will mitigate supply chain and source of supply concerns; refine overall product and manufacturing costs; and assess and implement modern/ industry-standard manufacturing processes to the Industrial Base.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Cycle Cost Refinement | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Single Point Failures (SPFs) | 5.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Manufacturing Technology for Industrial Base Transformation | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |

> 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 857 — DoD Explosives Safety Standards

This Program Element (PE) supports continuing technology investigations. It provides a coordinated tri-Service mechanism for the collection and free exchange of technical data on the performance and effectiveness of all non-nuclear conventional munitions and weapons systems in a realistic operational environment. This Project supports the Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation (RDTE) efforts of the Department of War (DoW) Explosive Safety Standards Board. It supports explosive safety effects research and testing to quantify hazards and to develop techniques to mitigate those hazards in all DoW manufacturing, testing, transportation, maintenance, storage, disposal of ammunition and explosives operations, and also to develop risk-based explosives safety standards. Results are essential to the development and improvement of quantity-distance standards, hazard classification procedures, cost-effective explosion-resistant facility design procedures, and personnel hazard/protection criteria.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoW Explosives Safety Standards | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |

> 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 858 — Army Explosives Safety Management Program

This Project establishes, validates or modifies explosives technical safety requirements per Department of War Pamphlet 385-64, Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards. Project activities promote Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) of new and innovative explosives safety technologies that improve the survivability of Army personnel, facilities, and equipment as well as improve the health, safety and welfare of the general public. Funding will support continued testing, validation, and regulatory integration for permanent, temporary and mobile ammunition and explosives facilities focusing on construction and instrumentation of destructive test structures; data collection and analyses; policy change identification and implementation. The War Ammunition Center/US Army Technical Center for Explosives Safety (DAC/USATCES), Engineer Research and Development Center will team with and sponsor agencies (Joint Service, Academia, and Contractor) to improve the effectiveness of identifying, analyzing, and apply risk acceptance to ammunition and explosive environments. Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center Branch to provide technical support in the areas of risk assessment Program, DDESB Science Panel, and the DoW protective construction.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Validate, Establish or Modify Explosives Safety Standards | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Decrease the Composite Risk of Storing, Handling, Transporting and Using Ammunition and Explosives | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Development of explosive safety tools | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |

> 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 F21 — NATO Ammo Evaluation

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ammunition Evaluation project ensures interchangeability of ammunition and weapons among all the NATO countries with all of the associated logistic, strategic and tactical advantages of the alliance. This Project involves development and testing compliance of NATO standardization agreements (STANAGS) and staffing of the North American Regional Test Center (NARTC). In addition, this Project supports small caliber ammunition, 50mm ammunition, 40mm grenade munitions, medium caliber cannon ammunition, and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy, and general product improvements. This project also supports the standardization and interchangeability of legacy and new production United States (US) weapons and ammunition with Allied Nations to maximize battlefield interchangeability/compatibility under the auspices of international agreements to include NATO working groups, the Joint Ballistics Memorandum of Understanding (JBMOU), and information/data exchange agreements. Maximizing standardization, interchangeability, and exportability will also potentially increase Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of US indirect fire weapon and munition products to support United States industrial base production and affordable Department of War pricing through increased economies of scale. Fiscal Year 2027 funding will support NATO and JBMOU artillery and small arms ammunition interchangeability group meetings, documentation, and test operations.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Ammo Design Qualification & NATO Mission Support | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Joint Ballistics Program Support | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |

> 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) supports continuing technology investigations by providing a coordinated Tri-Service mechanism for the collection and free exchange of technical data on the performance and effectiveness of all non-nuclear conventional munitions and weapons systems in a realistic operational environment. Project 297 - Munitions Survivability & Logistics: This Project supports the future force by making Army units more survivable through the investigation, testing and demonstration of munitions logistics system improvements that prevent or minimize catastrophic explosive events and accelerate ammunition resupply.

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605805A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605805A")`.

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