What project UN7 buys
The Understand Operational System Development Project provides the Joint Force continued readiness of fielded sensor, information technology and medical diagnostic capabilities and provides size, weight and power improvements to reduce logistical burden on the warfighter and services. Efforts included in this Project are: (1) Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Support to Command and Control (CSC2) (2) Modernization Sensors (MOD SEN) (3) Modernization Medical (MOD MED) - Fielded System Improvements and Post-Fielding Requirements (4) Special Purpose Unit Rapid Capability Development and Deployment (SPU RCDD) - System Modernization (5) Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD CST)
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project UN7 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 50.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 55.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 69.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 59.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 52.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 59.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 84.5 |
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 3 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue engineering, integration, and delivery of the CSC2 capability set in support of new features and follow-on capability releases (CRs). Initiate the transition and removal of the Legacy CBRN Information Systems, with CSC2 capabilities to be completed in FY 2028. Transition functions and features from the Mobile Field Kit (MFK)…
Read the FY2027 plan →MOD MED will continue annual cyber security updates, management of hardware and software configurations, and develop additional pre-emergency use authorization (EUA) assays for diagnostic systems post MS C; complete Log Demo, complete Critical Design Review (CDR) and Operational Testing (OT) for the NGDS 1 Tech Refresh, continue…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue technical refreshment of CBRN DRS, Common Analytical Laboratory System (CALS), Analytical Laboratory System (ALS) Modification (MOD), M8, Enhanced Maritime Biological Detection (EMBD) and Joint Chemical Agent Detection (JCAD) - M4A1 Obsolescence. Plans include continue sensor modernization, support equipment obsolescence…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue developing, prototyping, and maturing SO-P CB technologies to rapidly equip users with capabilities in response to new and emerging threats and opportunities. SPU RCDD develops multiple SO-P CB products that close rapid response gaps and reduce risk across the Enterprise through high risk / high reward advanced development. SPU RCDD aligns to Integrated Early Warning (IEW), Contamination Mitigation (CONMIT), and Individual Protection (IP).
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increased to balance out portfolio after doubling requirements through SPECAT and DCR mechanisms.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue maturing Special Operations Peculiar (SO-P) CB technologies, specifically the Modular Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (MSCBA) for USSOCOM.
FY2025 accomplishments Continued maturing chemical and biological (CB) technologies within Understand, Protect, Mitigate, and Enabling commodity areas. The bulk of SPU RCDD funds aligned to Protect.
FY2027 planned work Initiate Unmanned Aircraft System Tether Testing. Finalize Rebreather and respiratory protection down select efforts. Begin the market research on next generation chemical detection capability to replace the MultiRAE. Continue program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, resource justification, budgeting and programming, and schedule tracking.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding increase supports scope of engineering support and testing requirements for planned activities.
FY2026 plans — current year Complete testing efforts for Next Generation Physiological Status Monitor Testing, and Man-Transportable Robotic System. Complete Unmanned Aircraft System sensor integration effort, and conduct down select for Next Generation Mass Casualty Decontamination. Begin market research for Rebreather and respiratory protection efforts. Continue program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, resource justification, budgeting and programming, and schedule tracking.
FY2025 accomplishments Completed all post test actions and user requirement refinement for Next Generation Mass Casualty Decontamination and Live Agent Large Scale Contaminated Water Purification. Started testing of Next Generation Physiological Status Monitor. Started Man-Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) testing to validate system functionality with the current radiological sensor and platform integration. Continued program management and administration processes to include but not limited to program oversight, resource justification, budgeting and programming, and schedule tracking.
Named performers on project UN7
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.