Project E25
$68.1MFY2027 request ▲ 3%Mfg Science & Tech
FY2025 actual$64.9M
FY2026 enacted$65.8M
FY2027 request$68.1M
Product Development
FY2027 Request
$68.1M
▼ 25% vs FY2026
House mark
$85.1M
▼ $17.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$90.8M
In law
Roll-up of 2 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 $68.1M for End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities under RDT&E program element 0708045A, down 25% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to raise it to $85.1M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 84.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 90.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 68.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 68.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 69.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 70.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 70.7 |
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
2 projects roll up into PE 0708045A
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 -25% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project EA2
—FY2027 request ▼ 100%MANTECH INITIATIVES (CA)
FY2025 actual$19.8M
FY2026 enacted$25.0M
FY2027 request—
Product Development
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$68.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$85.1M +$17.0M · +25%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$93.1M +$25.0M · +37%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$107.6M +$39.5M · +58%
▲ $22.5M 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 68.1 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 68.1 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
This Program Element (PE) funds the Army Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) program, which develops, demonstrates, and transitions manufacturing technologies and processes that enable improvements in producibility and affordability of components and subsystems of Army weapon platforms and systems. Army ManTech matures technologies from Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 4, which is the capability of producing the technology in a laboratory environment, up to MRL 7, which is the capability of producing systems, subsystems, or components in a production-relevant environment.
Not applicable for this item.
Project E25, EA2 — Mfg Science & Tech
- Product Development
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How does the FY2027 request compare with FY2026, and what does the five-year plan show?What did House do to this request, and what is still unresolved?Which project inside PE 0708045A is growing fastest, and which is shrinking?How is the FY2027 request split between industry and government performers?
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0708045A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
Suggested citation
HitchAI, "End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities (PE 0708045A)," federal budget intelligence, PB2027 vintage. hitchintel.com/programs/0708045A
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Markdown twin
/programs/0708045A.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$68.1M
▲ 3.4% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$65.8M
▲ 1.4% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$64.9M
Prior year
Mfg Science & Tech — one RDT&E project inside PE 0708045A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project E25 — Mfg Science & Tech — requests $68.1M in FY2027, 100% of the $68.1M requested for program element 0708045A. Year over year it grows 3.4% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project E25 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 64.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 65.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 68.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 68.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 69.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 70.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 70.7 |
Inside the project
5 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.
Networks and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence▼ 45%
FY2025 actual$15.5M
FY2026 enacted$15.2M
FY2027 request$8.3M
Continue cost reduction of anti-jammer antennas, eliminating the interlayer epoxy in the manufacture of compound semiconductors to dramatically improve transmission and simplify the FPA fabrication process, and simplifying the manufacturing process and improving yield, cost, and performance of IR sensor layers utilizing direct bond…
Weapon Systems▲ 46%
FY2025 actual$20.3M
FY2026 enacted$16.0M
FY2027 request$23.5M
Continue supporting AMD capabilities focused on the affordability and producibility of DE systems, cannon tube production optimization, improving cold-plate brazing for high-power radar systems, and additive manufacturing processes for high-power radar systems, munitions, and scramjet components. Initiate efforts to reduce cost and…
Read the FY2027 plan →Ground Systems▲ 47%
FY2025 actual$15.1M
FY2026 enacted$17.6M
FY2027 request$25.8M
Continue addressing advanced manufacturing processes for high-performance / lower-weight armor materials for Army platforms and ramp up efforts focused on manufacturing advanced systems for ground platforms. Continue effort to reduce RDX production requirements for the MICLIC to improve manufacturability and effectiveness while reducing…
Read the FY2027 plan →Aviation Systems▼ 5%
FY2025 actual$7.3M
FY2026 enacted$5.6M
FY2027 request$5.3M
Program plans will continue to mature manufacturing processes and capabilities supporting rotary aircraft components and UAS, leveraging advanced manufacturing techniques (e.g., additive manufacturing, cold spray).
Soldier Systems▼ 54%
FY2025 actual$6.7M
FY2026 enacted$11.5M
FY2027 request$5.2M
Continue production process improvements for next-generation 6.8mm ammunition and production process improvements for the manufacturing of low-cost flame-resistant textiles.
Project detail
What project E25 buys
This Project develops and demonstrates manufacturing technologies and processes that enable improvements in producibility and affordability of emerging and enabling components and subsystems of Army ground and air platforms, Soldier systems, weapons systems, air and missile defense systems, and sensors and electronics. Work is performed to advance the state-of-the-art, leveraging automation in manufacturing processing and fabrication techniques for coatings, multifunctional materials, and structural elements for Army-specific applications.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$25.0M
▲ 26% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$19.8M
Prior year
MANTECH INITIATIVES (CA) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0708045A. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project EA2 — MANTECH INITIATIVES (CA) — requests — in FY2027, 0.0% of the $68.1M requested for program element 0708045A. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project EA2 funding, FY2025–FY2026
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.0 |
Project detail
What project EA2 buys
Congressional Interest Item funding provided for ManTech Initiatives. These efforts will test and evaluate transparent armor laminated material processing methodologies and develop manufacturing methodologies for laminated transparent armor material, and establish material/process qualification plans for advanced manufacturing of traditionally large, difficult-to-additively manufacture forged components for CH-47, UH-60, and AH-64.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development