# Project M65 — Army Test and Evaluation Command

**Program element:** 0605898A — Army Direct Report Headquarters - R&D - MHA  
**Project:** M65  
**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/0605898A/M65  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605898A

## Summary

Project M65 — Army Test and Evaluation Command requests $53.1M in FY2027, 98% of the $54.3M requested for program element 0605898A, up 1.6% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

**Markets:** Test & Evaluation / Industrial Base — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 58.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 52.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 53.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 53.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 54.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 54.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 54.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605898A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project M65 buys

This project provides funding for the salaries and related personnel benefits for the authorized civilian personnel positions that provide for the management functions and the technical direction of the United States (U.S.) Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Headquarters mission located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. ATEC plans, conducts and integrates developmental testing, independent operational testing, independent evaluations, and assessments to provide essential information to Soldiers and acquisition decision makers supporting the American Warfighter. Additionally, ATEC provides Direct Support to the Army Futures Command (AFC). ATEC provides testing and independent evaluation support to AFC Cross Functional Team (CFT) efforts including risk reduction support to experiments, demonstrations, requirements, research, development, and acquisition. As such, ATEC priorities are aligned to the Army's Transformation priorities. This project resources the workforce to execute the following functions: human resources, safety, security, environmental, strategic planning, operations, engineering and logistics, resource management, test capabilities management, policy and standardization, public affairs, legal, Inspector General, Equal Opportunity, and information/ technology support for command-wide databases in support of the developmental, evaluation and operational test mission with technical direction to the Army Evaluation Center (AEC), APG, Maryland; to the Operational Test Command (OTC), Fort Cavazos, Texas which consists of three forward Test Directorates (Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, Fort Liberty, North Carolina; Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate, Fort Bliss, Texas; and the Fires Test Directorate, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) together with four other Test Directorates (Aviation; Maneuver; Mission Command; Maneuver Support and Sustainment) at Ft Cavazos, Texas; and to the seven Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFBs) and one non-MRTFB test range: Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) at APG, Maryland; West Desert Test Center (WDTC) at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah; Electronic Proving Ground (EPG) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona; White Sands Test Center (WSTC) at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico; Yuma Test Center (YTC) at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona; Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC) at Fort Greely, Alaska; and…

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATEC | 58.2 | 52.3 | 53.1 | +2% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605898A/M65/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.

### ATEC

Will continue to fund authorized civilian salaries, associated operating expenses (supplies, equipment, travel, software licensing, etc.) and other support required to manage and administer the Army test and evaluation mission at ATEC. Contractual requirements include: on-site Information Technology (IT) Help Desk that provides computer…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605898A/M65/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/0605898A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605898A project M65 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605898A")`.

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