# Project S385 — Soldier Protection and Survival Systems

**Program element:** 1160431BB — Warrior Systems  
**Project:** S385  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S385  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB

## Summary

Project S385 — Soldier Protection and Survival Systems requests $82.1M in FY2027, 19% of the $435.1M requested for program element 1160431BB, up 165% on FY2026. 8 R-2A activities decompose the request. Anduril is the largest named R-3 performer at $7.7M, 9.4% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1160431BB; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Anduril | 7.7 | 9.4% |
| PM-P&I | 3.7 | 4.5% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 8

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classified Program | 1.5 | 1.1 | 53.3 | +4702% | — |
| SOF Counter Uncrewed System (CUxS), Program Number 717 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 17.9 | +4% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S385/a4) |
| Multi-Mission Electronic Countermeasures (MM-ECM), Program Number 806 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 | +5% | — |
| Personal Signature Management (PSM), Program Number ZHE | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | +8% | — |
| Power and Data Accessory Suite (PDAS) | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | +6% | — |
| SOF Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements (SPEAR), Program Number 807 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | +5% | — |
| Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), Program Number 809 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | +6% | — |
| Advanced Tactical Flotation System (ATFS) | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | −96% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Classified Program

**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.

### SOF Counter Uncrewed System (CUxS), Program Number 717

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S385/a4

### Multi-Mission Electronic Countermeasures (MM-ECM), Program Number 806

**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.

### Personal Signature Management (PSM), Program Number ZHE

**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.

### Power and Data Accessory Suite (PDAS)

**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.

### SOF Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements (SPEAR), Program Number 807

**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.

### Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), Program Number 809

**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 equipment in support of brain health.

**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 emerging neurocognitive assessments, diagnostic technologies, and blast exposure mitigating equipment in support of brain health.

**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 operational test and evaluation of emerging neurocognitive assessments, diagnostic technologies, and blast exposure mitigating equipment in support of SOF brain health.

### Advanced Tactical Flotation System (ATFS)

**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.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1160431BB project S385 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1160431BB")`.

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