Project ER6
$9.0MFY2027 request ▼ 86%Direct Fire Technology
FY2025 actual$11.8M
FY2026 enacted$62.1M
FY2027 request$9.0M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$21.6M
▼ 73% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$80.8M
▲ 158% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$31.3M
Prior year
Roll-up of 4 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $21.6M for Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs under RDT&E program element 0607131A, down 73% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 31.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 80.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.7 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
4 projects roll up into PE 0607131A
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -73% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project ER2
$6.5MFY2027 request ▲ 38%Close Combat Technology
FY2025 actual$6.1M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$6.5M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Project CP2
$3.8MFY2027 request ▲ 3%Precision Fire Technology Improvements
FY2025 actual$8.2M
FY2026 enacted$3.6M
FY2027 request$3.8M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Project ER5
$2.3MFY2027 request ▼ 77%Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology
FY2025 actual$5.2M
FY2026 enacted$10.3M
FY2027 request$2.3M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$21.6M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$21.6M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$31.6M +$10.0M · +46%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$41.6M +$20.0M · +93%
▲ $20.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 1.7% | 0.4 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 82% | 17.7 |
| Other / unspecified | 16% | 3.5 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 21.6 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Project CP2 / Precision Fire Technology Improvements supports developmental initiatives for precision artillery munitions to include projectiles and fuzes, and fuze setter. Efforts will drive artillery fuze setter platform integration requirements as well as developmental precision artillery munitions and artillery weapon system requirements. Efforts will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test, and develop Precision Guided Munition (PGM), platform, communications and Fuze technologies to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability, and accuracy required to support the Army's Field Artillery modernization objectives.
M330 Obscuration Grenade: qualify an alternative fill as the legacy AN-M8 grenade is restricted for use in contingency operations due to its toxicity. Development of the M330 will ensure the Warfighter has tactical smoke obscuration. Once the smoke fill is qualified, the plan is to conduct Design Verification Testing, product qualification testing, implement the final design into the technical data package, and prepare for LRIP and production. M67 E1 Fragmentation Hand Grenade: replace the legacy M67 with a more IM compliant system which greatly increases the safety of the warfighter as it will make the M67 less susceptible to inadvertent detonation.
Project ER6, ER2, CP2, ER5 — Direct Fire Technology
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
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/programs/0607131A.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$9.0M
▼ 86% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$62.1M
▲ 429% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$11.8M
Prior year
Direct Fire Technology — one RDT&E project inside PE 0607131A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project ER6 — Direct Fire Technology — requests $9.0M in FY2027, 42% of the $21.6M requested for program element 0607131A. Year over year it falls 86% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project ER6 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 62.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 9.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 6.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1.3 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Small Caliber Ammunition Product Improvements▲ 459%
FY2025 actual$0.8M
FY2026 enacted$1.3M
FY2027 request$7.2M
FY 2027 request will support finalizing development efforts for polymer lightweight case .50 Caliber variant, finish testing and finalizing field documentation. FY 2027 request will support an interim metallic solution development effort while developing the lightweight case polymer solution for the 7.62mm ammunition variant. FY 2027…
Medium Caliber Ammunition Product Improvementsflat
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$1.3M
FY2027 request$1.3M
FY 2027 funding will support continuing various 20mm, 30mm, 40mm ammunition improvement efforts, such as investigating safety, performance, reliability issues, and reducing barrel wear. Develop and demonstrate methods for increasing range, increasing system effectiveness through velocity correction, and improving point detonation…
Tank Ammunition Product Improvementsflat
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.5M
FY2027 request$0.5M
FY 2027 funding will support continuing various 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition improvement efforts, including tracer improvements, combustible cartridge case design and fabrication improvements, and continuing efforts to assess the 105mm Advanced Multipurpose (AMP) and 120mm AMP training cartridge/solution. Evaluate 105mm candidate…
Project detail
What project ER6 buys
The Direct Fire Technology funding will be used to support direct fire ammunition from small caliber ammunition, medium caliber ammunition and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy and general product improvements. Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding supports a number of small caliber ammunition projects including improvements to training ammunition; improvements to make small caliber primers more environmentally friendly; optimization of handgun ammunition; exploring precision sniper improvements and continuing the effort to reduce Soldier load by developing lightweight ammunition. Improvements to medium caliber ammunition include lethality and safety enhancements including Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) technology. Improvements to 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition include examination and implementation of performance enhancement and improvements to tracer and combustible cartridge case.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$6.5M
▲ 38% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.7M
▼ 23% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$6.1M
Prior year
Close Combat Technology — one RDT&E project inside PE 0607131A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project ER2 — Close Combat Technology — requests $6.5M in FY2027, 30% of the $21.6M requested for program element 0607131A. Year over year it grows 38% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project ER2 funding, FY2025–FY2027
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 6.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 6.5 |
Inside the project
9 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
M330 Obscuration Grenade▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$1.1M
FY2026 enacted$0.6M
FY2027 request—
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 is the last year of funding needed as effort will complete Type Classification Standard and Full Materiel Release in 2026.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 funding continues to supports engineering efforts required to support Type Classification Standard and Full Materiel Release.
FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 funding supports engineering efforts required to support Type Classification Standard and Full Materiel Release.
M67 (G881) Fragmentation Hand Grenade
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 funding supports the completion of the qualification build, reliability testing and final close out report.
M112 Demolition Block - Alternate Fill
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 funding supports Insensitive Munition (IM), Final Hazard Classification (FHC), and EOD Render Safe Procedure (RSP) Testing in support of production decision.
Volcano Modernization▼ 40%
FY2025 actual$0.1M
FY2026 enacted$2.0M
FY2027 request$1.2M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will be used to continue prototype efforts for the robotic Volcano mine dispenser effort and investigate a modernized bottom attack mine sensor and algorithm approach for improved target engagement and countermeasure resistance. Funding also supports investigation and assessment for modernization of the M87A1 warhead via improvements to the liner and/or explosive for enhanced armor penetration.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding decrease due to less funding required to complete prototyping and qualification efforts.
FY2026 plans — current year 2026 funding will focus on addressing Volcano system roboticization and remote canister delivery solution and will explore improvements for an improved M87A1 Mine Canister.
FY2025 accomplishments The M87A1 Volcano Canister has not been produced in several decades, leading to several obsolescence challenges impacting producibility. This funding will support a study to evaluate M87A1 producibility and potential enhancements to support this critical munition's production in future budget requests.
Payload Modernization for sUAS▲ 95%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$1.6M
FY2027 request$3.1M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will continue to support development efforts to upgrade Picatinny CLIK Weapon Release Systems (WRS), fuzes, and scaling production of advanced initiators to deliver sUAS munitions from sUAS. Funding will continue to support operational test & evaluation events. Funding will also support modeling & simulation study to analyze other legacy munitions as sUAS delivered munitions to prioritize R&D efforts.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Payload modernization increase will continue to support development efforts to upgrade Picatinny CLIK Weapon Release Systems (WRS), fuzes, and scaling production of advanced initiators.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2027 funding will be used to support development efforts to upgrade Picatinny CLIK Weapon Release Systems (WRS), fuzes, and scaling production of advanced initiators to deliver sUAS munitions from sUAS. These efforts include operational test & evaluation events.
MICLIC TrainerNEW
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request$0.4M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will continue to support support an analysis of alternatives, select a design solution, and establish a qualification plan in order to procure.
FY2026 to FY2027 change MICLIC Trainer is a new effort in FY 2027.
M82 Electronic Delay▲ 317%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request$1.3M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will be used to procure electronic delay circuits and other M82 subcomponents. Funds will also be used for labor and testing to build M82 prototypes and test these at PBA including a qualification test to prove that the design is effective, then the team will integrate the changes into the M82 TDP.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding increase due to procurement of electronic delay circuits and other M82 subcomponents for the prototype build.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 funding will be used to begin building prototypes, conducting functionality and environmental survivability testing and developing test reports.
Shoulder Launched Munition Improvements▼ 100%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$0.2M
FY2027 request—
FY2026 to FY2027 change M3A1 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Fire Control System effort will be completed in FY 2026.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 funding will support software integration and verification testing for Multipurpose Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) ammunition communication capability.
Family of Smoke Pot ModernizationNEW
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request$0.5M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding supports the M4A2/M5 Smoke Pot redesign and funding will also support testing and down select process.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Family of Smoke Pot Modernization is a new effort in FY 2027
Project detail
What project ER2 buys
Project ER2 Close Combat Technology includes development efforts to upgrade Close Combat technologies, energetics, and munitions, such as counter explosives, grenades, demolitions, shoulder launched munitions, pyrotechnic simulators, countermeasure flares, non-lethal ammunition/systems, networked munitions and mines, and sUAS lethal & protective payloads that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production. Funding will allow the project to identify, characterize, study, analyze, test and develop technologies to resolve close combat munition reliability, safety, environmental, storage, standardization, obsolescence and manufacturing/producibility issues.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$3.8M
▲ 3.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$3.6M
▼ 56% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.2M
Prior year
Precision Fire Technology Improvements — one RDT&E project inside PE 0607131A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project CP2 — Precision Fire Technology Improvements — requests $3.8M in FY2027, 17% of the $21.6M requested for program element 0607131A. Year over year it grows 3.3% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project CP2 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 3.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.9 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS) Modernization▲ 3%
FY2025 actual$3.4M
FY2026 enacted$3.6M
FY2027 request$3.8M
FY2027 planned work Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support software development and integration activities as well as continued monitoring of upgrade strategies and requirements of interfacing PGMs, platforms, fire control systems, and Fuzes in support of artillery ammunition and platform modernization. Funding will also support fuze setter development activities necessary for compatibility with PGMs and increased power and data handling capabilities.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The net funding increase of $0.120 million from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects the continuation of software development and integration activities along with the continued monitoring of upgrade strategies and requirements of interfacing PGMs, platforms, fire control systems, and Fuzes. These efforts support both artillery ammunition and platform modernization.
FY2026 plans — current year Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding will support software development and integration activities as well as continued monitoring of upgrade strategies and requirements of interfacing PGMs and Fuzes in support of artillery ammunition and platform modernization. Funding will also support fuze setter development activities necessary for compatibility with PGMs and increased power and data handling capabilities.
FY2025 accomplishments Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 funding will support software development and integration activities as well as continued monitoring of upgrade strategies and requirements of interfacing PGMs and Fuzes in support of Artillery ammunition and platform modernization. FY 2025 funding will also support fuze setter integration activities required for compatibility with PGMs and all Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) systems equipped with cannon lengths greater than or equal to 52-caliber.
Project detail
What project CP2 buys
The Precision Fire Technology Improvements project supports developmental initiatives for precision artillery munitions to include projectiles and fuzes, and fuze setter. Efforts will drive artillery fuze setter platform integration requirements as well as developmental precision artillery munitions and artillery weapon system requirements. Efforts will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test, and develop Precision Guided Munition (PGM), platform, communications and Fuze technologies to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability, and accuracy required to support the Army's Field Artillery modernization objectives. Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will support software development and integration activities as well as continued monitoring of upgrade strategies and requirements of interfacing PGMs, platforms, fire control systems, and Fuzes in support of artillery ammunition and platform modernization. Funding will also support fuze setter development activities necessary for compatibility with PGMs and increased power, and data handling capabilities.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$2.3M
▼ 77% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$10.3M
▲ 97% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.2M
Prior year
Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology — one RDT&E project inside PE 0607131A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project ER5 — Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology — requests $2.3M in FY2027, 11% of the $21.6M requested for program element 0607131A. Year over year it falls 77% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project ER5 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 2.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.4 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Fuze Technology Integration (FTI)▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$2.2M
FY2026 enacted$2.3M
FY2027 request$2.3M
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding will continue to support analysis/risk mitigation efforts to deliver the Setback Generator Tester to provide standardized test methods; continue Mortar and Medium Caliber proximity signal processor Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) second source qualifications. Block Upgrade: deliver the M739A1 Spinlock Spring Redesign for Automation to production; deliver Medium Caliber Miniature Battery dynamic modeling & simulation to support design changes; continue the common artillery ESAD; continue the extended duration M782 artillery fuze thermal battery integration; and start AMP ESAD integration.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 Funding increase due to an economic adjustment.
FY2026 plans — current year Conclude analysis/risk mitigation efforts on miniature reserve cell batteries integration for use in 30mm to 40mm medium caliber fuzes; complete the proximity sensor Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) countermeasures testing infrastructure; continue setback generator tester infrastructure; and start to develop a second source mortar and medium caliber signal processor Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip. Block Upgrade: complete M213 electronic timer hand grenade fuze integration with new energetics technologies to increase fuze and explosive safety; started extended duration M782 artillery fuze thermal battery integration; started common artillery ESAD; continued M739A1spinlock…
FY2025 accomplishments Analysis/Risk Mitigation: Expand and refine the fuze critical components database to identify and mitigate obsolescence as well as single point components and processes; complete the proximity sensor Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) countermeasures testing infrastructure; and continue to integrate miniature reserve cell batteries for use in 30mm to 40mm medium caliber fuzes. Block Upgrade: Complete extended duration artillery fuze power sources; investigate M734A1 signal processor product improvement; continue to integrate electronic and energetic technologies into the M213 hand grenade fuze to increase fuze and explosive safety; completes updating the M82 66mm smoke grenade with an electronic…
Who's building it
Named performers on project ER5
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
DoW Ordnance
$0.4M · 16%
Project detail
What project ER5 buys
Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology includes product improvement and development efforts to upgrade indirect fire weapon systems and munitions, as well as fuzed munitions that are fielded and/or are in production. Initiatives include improved target engagement, increased reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety, standardization and interoperability with weapons and munitions of Allied Nations, defense exportability features, reduction of failure mechanisms, and supply chain risks through the introduction of new and alternative technology and materiel solutions, improvement of manufacturing methods and their associated production and life cycle support processes, new capabilities in response to the evolving and emerging threats and countermeasures, and reduction/elimination of potential environmental and health risks associated with these products. This endeavor will sustain and enhance indirect fire weapon systems and fuzed munitions for the U.S. Army and the Department of War (DoW). Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 funding will continue to support analysis/risk mitigation efforts to deliver the Setback Generator Tester to provide standardized test methods; continue Mortar and Medium Caliber proximity signal processor Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) second source qualifications. Block Upgrade: deliver the M739A1 Spinlock Spring Redesign for Automation to production; deliver Medium Caliber Miniature Battery dynamic modeling & simulation to support design changes; continue the common artillery ESAD; continue the extended duration M782 artillery fuze thermal battery integration; and start AMP ESAD integration.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation