What project S385 buys
This project funds the development, testing, integration, rapid prototyping and evaluation of specialized equipment to meet the unique soldier protection and survival requirements of Special Operations Forces (SOF), including, but not limited to: individual survival equipment; Multi-Mission Electronic Countermeasures (MM-ECM); and Counter Uncrewed Systems (aerial, ground and maritime); and personnel safety equipment to improve the mobility of SOF, while conducting varied missions. These missions are generally conducted in harsh and hostile environments, for unspecified periods and in locations requiring small unit autonomy.
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
Project S385 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 | 71.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 82.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 84.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 87.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 89.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 91.7 |
8 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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Details provided under separate cover.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Details provided under separate cover.
FY2026 plans — current year Details provided under separate cover.
Continues sensor and effector evaluation and development for integration into SOF's layered FoS for mounted, dismounted, and expeditionary fixed-site configurations. Continues System Integration / Platform Integration of CUxS capabilities, with emphasis on improved detect and defeat capabilities against emergent threats while On-the-Move…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue multi-phased competitive prototyping and testing for the Next Gen ECM system. Continue development and developmental testing and operational testing of advanced countermeasures techniques, load sets, and mission kits developed for mounted and dismounted MM-ECM systems.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.246 million provides capability development on Next Gen while continuing employment of current systems.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue multi-phased competitive prototyping and testing through FY 2027 for the Next Gen ECM system. Continue development and developmental testing and operational testing of advanced countermeasures techniques, loadsets, and mission kits developed for mounted and dismounted MM-ECM systems.
FY2025 accomplishments Continues Next Generation ECM prototype development. Continue development and DT/OT of advanced countermeasures techniques, loadsets, and mission kits developed for mounted and dismounted MM-ECM systems.
FY2027 planned work Continues development and operational assessment of signature reducing material solutions. Continues development and operational assessment of threat sensor detectors.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.150 million is due to an increase in PSM product development projected for FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue development and initiates operational assessment of signature reducing material solutions. Continue development and operational assessment of threat sensor detectors.
FY2025 accomplishments Continue development of signature reducing material solutions. Continue development and initiates the operational assessment of threat sensor detectors.
FY2027 planned work Continues power and data management system development and evolving technology updates. Evaluations of next generation integration solutions will be investigated.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.086 million is attributed to additional PDAS required at the test center.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue power and data management system development and evolving technology updates. Evaluations of next generation integration solutions will be investigated.
FY2025 accomplishments Continue power and data management system development, evaluations and integrated systems efforts.
FY2027 planned work Continues development and testing of environmental protection and load carriage systems. Hearing protection and Communication Headsets will initiate incorporation of new technologies to increase performance. Completes System Integration/Platform Integration.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase of $0.058 million supports communication headset product development.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue headset evaluations, test new materials in support of environmental protection and conduct backpack market research.
FY2025 accomplishments Continue headsets, environmental protection, material test and evaluation, and load carriage efforts.
FY2027 planned work Continues the test support, market surveys, rapid prototyping, test article acquisition, test and evaluation, and systems engineering in direct support of the Operator Kit, Medic Kit and CASEVAC Programs with focus on telemedicine with enabling wireless patient sensors for seamless data capture and integration into the electronic medical record. Continue development, testing and integration of enhanced software for the data capture, transfer and interim storage and analysis of blast overpressure events. Conduct market research and test article acquisition for operational test and evaluation of emerging neurocognitive assessments, diagnostic technologies, and blast exposure mitigating…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.039 million is due to increases in brain health related test and evaluation events planned in FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue the test support, market surveys, rapid prototyping, test article acquisition, test and evaluation, and systems engineering in direct support of the Operator Kit, Medic Kit and CASEVAC Programs with focus on telemedicine with enabling wireless patient sensors for seamless data capture and integration into the electronic medical record. Continue development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) software for assisted decision support in highly contested and disconnected areas. Continue the development, testing and integration of enhanced software for the analysis of blast overpressure events. Conduct market research and test article acquisition for operational test and evaluation of…
FY2025 accomplishments Continue the test support, market surveys, rapid prototyping, test article acquisition, test and evaluation, and systems engineering in direct support of the Operator Kit, Medic Kit, & CASEVAC programs with continued focus on enabling telemedicine with wireless patient sensors for seamless integration into the electronic medical record. Develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) software capable of providing assisted decision support for SOF medics while operating in extreme austere disconnected areas. Continue the development and testing of enhanced software and for the analysis of blast overpressure exposure events and, conduct market surveys and test article acquisition, and developmental and…
FY2027 planned work Continues development and evaluation of ATFS enhancements.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease of $2.318 million is due to completion of initial ATFS solution evaluations.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue development and evaluation of ATFS solutions.
Named performers on project S385
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.