# End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities — Program Element 0708045A

**Program element:** 0708045A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0708045A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 25% to a $68.1M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 25% (to $85.1M); the Senate added 37% (to $93.1M); House appropriators added 58% (to $107.6M).

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> 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 | 68.1 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 85.1 | +17.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 93.1 | +25.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 107.6 | +39.5 |

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

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E25 | Mfg Science & Tech | 64.9 | 65.8 | 68.1 | +3% |
| EA2 | MANTECH INITIATIVES (CA) | 19.8 | 25.0 | — | −100% |

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

### Project E25 — Mfg Science & Tech

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Networks and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence | 15.5 | 15.2 | 8.3 |
| Weapon Systems | 20.3 | 16.0 | 23.5 |
| Ground Systems | 15.1 | 17.6 | 25.8 |
| Aviation Systems | 7.3 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Soldier Systems | 6.7 | 11.5 | 5.2 |

> 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 EA2 — MANTECH INITIATIVES (CA)

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.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 68.1 |

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## 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.

## Related program elements

- [0603609N — Conventional Munitions](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603609N) (Navy)
- [0604601N — Mine Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604601N) (Navy)
- [0603680S — Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680S) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603680D8Z — Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603680D8Z) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0708045A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0708045A")`.

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