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Network C3I Technology
Budget Figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →
- FY24
- $135.5M
- FY25
- $110.4M
- FY26
- $56.5M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $133.8M | $202.3M | $161.8M | $221.3M | $135.5M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $138.0M | $202.3M | $164.8M | $212.1M | $81.6M | $110.4M | |
| Request | – | – | $114.5M | $114.4M | $84.6M | $64.1M | $81.6M | $84.6M | $56.5M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $64.1M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reports $221.3M actually spent — $157.2M above the request.
Program Lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — Pathfinder 3D Applied Technology
This Project investigates and develops a geospatial rapid position and navigation solution in Global Positioning System (GPS) degraded and denied environments. Research focuses on using onboard sensors and high-resolution digital terrain geospatial alternative solution based upon Visual Three-Dimensional (3-D) Terrain Referencing and Navigation (VTRAN). This Project will result in the linkage of air and ground assets integrating sensory and (One World Terrain and Reference) geospatial data within the modular GPS Independent Sensors architecture. This Project provides critical alternatives to maneuver forces for position and navigation in a multi-domain operational environment. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project DB6 (Pathfinder 3D Adv Technology). The work cited is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory.
Mission — Adaptive Information Mediation and Analytics
This Project develops techniques to accelerate decision-making at lower echelons where data, information systems (IS), and Soldiers are distributed across complex and hostile environments. With robust multi-modal distributed information analytics and adaptive information mediation, decision makers can share understanding across echelons through a cross-reality information interaction. Research focuses on operational issues and gaps concerning decision uncertainty, at-the-edge situational awareness/understanding, and secure low-Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP) IS that support converged capabilities. These capabilities are critical in overcoming limitations in traditional uni-modal machine learning architectures that depend on extensive training data and stove-piped Command and Control systems that cannot provide a shared, adaptive common operating picture across echelons. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603462 (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology) / Project BF4 (Combat Vehicle Robotics Adv Tech) and Program Element (PE) 0603463 (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AQ8 (High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Mission — Non Traditional Waveforms Technology
This Project investigates non-traditional protocols and technologies to provide spectrally efficient, high bandwidth, low latency, lower spectrum footprint, and/or anti-jam capabilities to tactical networks. This Project develops network resiliency for the dismounted and vehicular units through science &and technology investigation. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AN4 (Non-Traditional Waveforms Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Sensor and Electronic Network Initiatives (CA)
Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Sensor and Electronic Network Initiatives. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.
Mission — Protected SATCOM Technology
This Project investigates resiliency of Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) in contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Wideband SATCOM is the primary high-bandwidth Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications used by the tactical Army. This Project designs and develops technologies and components, such as interference cancellation, to increase availability and reliability of Wideband SATCOM in spectrum-challenged environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AM9 (Protected SATCOM Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology
This Project performs research and development of modular Global Positioning System (GPS)-independent sensors and an open architecture sensor fusion core enabling simple, plug-and-play sensor modules that can be tailored for any platform based on mission needs and requirements. This Project investigates the design of a single receiver that integrates multiple commercial and military signal sources to provide Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) solution effective in contested environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AW6 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Advanced Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Autonomous Navigation Technology
This Project investigates use of sensors on the platform and available navigation signals to the localization and decision making of Robotic/Autonomous Systems. Additionally, it examines the use of machine learning algorithms for cooperative navigation to aid in a Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solution. This will enable the user to achieve operational overmatch in a Global Positioning System (GPS) impeded environment as well as enhanced navigation (reducing dependence on GPS) through challenging terrains. This project investigates and develops techniques and algorithms to provide assured access to PNT in degraded electromagnetic (jamming), space, or cyber environments and notify Soldiers, Systems, and Platforms when PNT cannot be trusted for mission duration. This project seeks to study and develop an innovative, adaptive Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) electronic attack (EA) capability, both jamming and spoofing, utilizing cooperative platforms to deny adversaries the ability to utilize GNSS receivers, reducing their overall mission effectiveness. The cooperative platforms can defeat advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) capabilities, including controlled reception pattern antennas (CRPAs), by creating a diverse and adaptive jamming geometry. Cooperative platforms can leverage their distributed environmental situational awareness to establish and transmit spoofing solutions. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AV8 (Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Advanced PNT for GPS Independent Environments Tech
This Project develops technologies that will enable precise and assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied environments by addressing the PNT's toughest Scenario - Scenario 4 (no available GPS signal during the mission duration) with a goal of enabling Soldier missions of up to seven days in a GPS denied environment. This is achieved by researching advanced quantum timing circuits, advanced inertial measurement unit (IMU) components, multi-sensor modalities, perception techniques, geo-location data, vision aided navigation sensors, and available radio frequency (RF) signals. This work also addresses the PNT Scenario 1 (GPS operations that start well and have degraded GPS signals throughout the mission duration) through Scenario 3 (GPS operations that have bad or limited availability of GPS signals throughout the entire mission). This is achieved by investigating the ability to transmit jam- resistant, precision timing synchronized signals using optical fibers, free-space using lasers, and in the RF domain using innovative RF antenna concepts to extend the reach of Soldier compatible capabilities in heavily contested GPS environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AW6 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Advanced Tech) and Program Element (PE) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AW5 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Mission — Electronic Warfare Technology
This Project investigates emerging technologies related to Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, non-kinetic survivability/lethality, and emerging concepts of employment in the increasingly contested and congested electromagnetic environment, with the goal of enhancing the survivability/lethality of Army platforms through Electronic Attack (EA), electronic warfare support (ES), and Electronic Protection (EP) with high operational realism for current and future threats being implemented at multiple scales. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO7 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Data and Analysis Center (DAC).
Mission — Energy Efficient Devices Technology
This Project addresses sustainment operations by unburdening the Soldier and reducing logistics requirements (e.g., fewer batteries) for communications, computing, and sensing. The objective is to investigate the underlying energy efficiency of supply and demand for Soldier-portable and distributed sensor electronics to enable the dismounted Soldier to maintain communications, freedom of movement, and increase mission duration. The majority of the electronics power used by the dismounted Soldier and by distributed electronics is attributable to radio frequency (RF) communications. In addition, freedom of movement and action during sustained and high tempo operations requires seamless battery recharging. To address these challenges, energy efficient electronics research includes RF and optoelectronic circuits, devices, materials and wireless power (and data) transfer. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN3 (Non-Traditional Waveforms Technology), PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BD8 (Soldier & Sm Unit Tactical Energy Tech), and PE 0601102A (Defense Research Sciences) / Project AA9 (Information and Networking). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Mission — UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology
This Project develops algorithms that enable every communication receiver in the tactical environment to operate as a sensor while maintaining the systems' original networking capability. It matures standards and protocols to expand the Cyber-Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) situational understanding. This Project investigates resource management approaches to increase simultaneity within resource constrained environments. It extends the Army's deep sensing capability by improving simultaneous functionality, leveraging all potential sensing assets within the area of operations and supporting real time feedback of mission effectiveness. This project helps the Army pace global electromagnetic spectrum technology advancements by designing and developing critical near peer signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities designed for the Army's size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained tactical edge. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech) and PE 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN7 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Network C3I Technology
This Program Element (PE) is aligned to the Network and Assured Positioning, Navigation, & Timing (APNT) Army Modernization Priorities. This PE investigates technologies, techniques, components and tools to provide an Army tactical network and enabling infrastructure that support Multi-Domain operations in contested, congested, degraded, and/or denied environments. This is accomplished through the design and development of technologies and components (e.g., electronic components, software and protocols) that provide unified transport and are supportable; mobile, and survivable, and robust mission command on the move; assured and secure positioning, navigation, and timing in all environments; converged and coordinated cyber and electronic warfare activities; resilient communication and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance payloads for tactical space and high-altitude platforms, and the collection, processing, and dissemination of intel/ops information into a common operating environment. Commercial technologies are continuously investigated and leveraged where possible. Work in this PE complements PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology), PE 0602145A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology), PE 0602147A (Long Range Precision Fires Technology), PE 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology), PE 0602150A (Air and Missile Defense Technology), PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology), PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology), PE 0603464A (Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology), PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology), PE 0603466A (Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology), PE 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this performed by the United States Army Futures Command, the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Army Engineer Research and Development Center. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.144 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.222 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."
Mission — Modular RF Communications Technology
This Project investigates and develops techniques, methods, and standards for automation and intelligence to optimally broadcast data among available radio frequency (RF) and networking technologies. This Project adds resiliency to the network through diversity and automation techniques to make automated network decisions (e.g., automated Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency (PACE)) for the tactical Army to maintain operation in continually changing environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AM7 (Modular RF Communications Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — EW Techniques Technology
This Project develops countermeasures against adversarial counter-fire systems that obscure and create distractive blue force locations. This Project will develop and mature distributed, coordinated electromagnetic warfare (EW) capabilities designed to extend effective range, reduce blue transmitter susceptibility to localization, and introduce errors in adversary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to facilitate maneuver within multi-domain operations (MDO). Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO7 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Technology
This Project investigates and develops data driven decision tools that increase operational tempo and allow commanders to dominate decision spaces over adversaries. The tools will provide the commander with contextually relevant data and adaptive decision models. Information and recommendations will be made and disseminated to commander and staff in a cognitively appropriate manner. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A Network C3I Advanced Technology / Project AQ8 (High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Mobile and Survivable Command Post (MASCP) Tech
This Project develops and investigates emerging communications, tactical cloud, distributed computing, power management and storage, and shielding materials necessary to improve Command Post (CP) survivability and effectiveness for near-peer Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) engagements. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project CI7 (Mobile and Survivable Command Post (MASCP) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center and Soldier Center (SC).
Mission — Assured PNT Communications Applied Research
This Project designs and develops technologies for Space-enabled, High Altitude (HA) and Counter-Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C-SR) applications to support Army tactical ground forces. The Project focuses on advancing technology discovery and development in key research areas that support Army's access to space-based capabilities, C-SR, quantum science communications and sensing, multi-function and multi-mission applications. This Project supports Tactical Land Component Forces access to Space-enabled and C-SR capabilities for force projection and maneuver through persistent and deep sensing. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project CJ8 (Assured PNT Communications Advanced Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center.
Mission — Network-Enabled GeoSpatial-GEOINT Services Tech
This Project investigates and develops an integrated capability to rapidly share mission critical 3-dimensional (3D) information that supports planning and execution at the Soldier level. This will be achieved through the maturation of next-generation geospatial analytical models for 3D complex urban environment data, delivering enriched understanding of dynamic Operational Environments and distributed to a tactical Common Operating Environment. This Project will result in improved situational awareness and autonomy at low echelons, contributing to increased maneuver and mobility during manned and unmanned teaming operations. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AT8 (Network-Enabled GeoSpatial and GEOINT Services AdvTech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and Information Technology Laboratory.
Mission — Tactical GeoSpatial Information Capabilities Techn
This Project investigates and develops next generation geospatial analytical tools for 3-dimensional complex environments for low echelon and tactical edge exploitation. Research focuses on improving geospatial and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) aspects of situational awareness in the complex environments by exploiting new data sources, automating analytical tasks, and testing new collection technologies, including interiors of infrastructure. Research develops capabilities to enhance/update provisioned (baseline) standard, sharable, geospatial foundation (SSGF) data through automated analytics on multi-sourced spatial data resulting in streamlined, enhanced high fidelity terrain analysis products. Reducing data gaps and processing timelines will greatly increase Soldier situational awareness and support faster decision making in complex terrain. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AU1 (Tactical GeoSpatial Information Capabilities ATech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory.
Mission — COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology
This Project investigates, designs, and codes advanced automated exploitation and fusion analysis tools, applications, and software services that harvest, correlate and fuse tactical receiver sources with new and emerging data sources to improve understanding of the threat picture and more efficiently support near-real time Situational Understanding of the battlefield. This project investigates deep sensing capabilities to detect emitters in a dense electromagnetic environment. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AN8 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech) and PE 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN9 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Protective Technologies
This Project designs and develops Anti-Tamper tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' Critical Program Information (CPI) from continually evolving adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities. Research in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603042A (C3I Advanced Technology) / Project DI6 (Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development) The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).
Mission — Protected SATCOM Technology
This Project investigates resiliency of Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) in contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Wideband SATCOM is the primary high-bandwidth Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications used by the tactical Army. This Project designs and develops technologies and components, such as interference cancellation, to increase availability and reliability of Wideband SATCOM in spectrum-challenged environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AM9 (Protected SATCOM Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Technology
This Project investigates and develops data driven decision tools that increase operational tempo and allow commanders to dominate decision spaces over adversaries. The tools will provide the commander with contextually relevant data and adaptive decision models. Information and recommendations will be made and disseminated to commander and staff in a cognitively appropriate manner. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A Network C3I Advanced Technology / Project AQ8 (High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — EW Techniques Technology
This Project develops countermeasures against adversarial counter-fire systems that obscure and create distractive blue force locations. This Project will develop and mature distributed, coordinated electromagnetic warfare (EW) capabilities designed to extend effective range, reduce blue transmitter susceptibility to localization, and introduce errors in adversary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to facilitate maneuver within multi-domain operations (MDO). Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO7 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Electronic Warfare Technology
This Project investigates emerging technologies related to Electronic Warfare (EW) applications, non-kinetic survivability/lethality, and emerging concepts of employment in the increasingly contested and congested electromagnetic environment, with the goal of enhancing the survivability/lethality of Army platforms through Electronic Attack (EA), electronic warfare support (ES), and Electronic Protection (EP) with high operational realism for current and future threats being implemented at multiple scales. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO7 (EW for Maneuver Operations (EMO) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Data and Analysis Center (DAC).
Mission — Energy Efficient Devices Technology
This Project addresses sustainment operations by unburdening the Soldier and reducing logistics requirements (e.g., fewer batteries) for communications, computing, and sensing. The objective is to investigate the underlying energy efficiency of supply and demand for Soldier-portable and distributed sensor electronics to enable the dismounted Soldier to maintain communications, freedom of movement, and increase mission duration. The majority of the electronics power used by the dismounted Soldier and by distributed electronics is attributable to radio frequency (RF) communications. In addition, freedom of movement and action during sustained and high tempo operations requires seamless battery recharging. To address these challenges, energy efficient electronics research includes RF and optoelectronic circuits, devices, materials and wireless power (and data) transfer. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN3 (Non-Traditional Waveforms Technology), PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology) / Project BD8 (Soldier & Sm Unit Tactical Energy Tech), and PE 0601102A (Defense Research Sciences) / Project AA9 (Information and Networking). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Mission — UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology
This Project develops algorithms that enable every communication receiver in the tactical environment to operate as a sensor while maintaining the systems' original networking capability. It matures standards and protocols to expand the Cyber-Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) situational understanding. This Project investigates resource management approaches to increase simultaneity within resource constrained environments. It extends the Army's deep sensing capability by improving simultaneous functionality, leveraging all potential sensing assets within the area of operations and supporting real time feedback of mission effectiveness. This project helps the Army pace global electromagnetic spectrum technology advancements by designing and developing critical near peer signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities designed for the Army's size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained tactical edge. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AO1 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech) and PE 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN7 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology
This Project investigates, designs, and codes advanced automated exploitation and fusion analysis tools, applications, and software services that harvest, correlate and fuse tactical receiver sources with new and emerging data sources to improve understanding of the threat picture and more efficiently support near-real time Situational Understanding of the battlefield. This project investigates deep sensing capabilities to detect emitters in a dense electromagnetic environment. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AN8 (COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Advanced Tech) and PE 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AN9 (UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Non Traditional Waveforms Technology
This Project investigates non-traditional protocols and technologies to provide spectrally efficient, high bandwidth, low latency, lower spectrum footprint, and/or anti-jam capabilities to tactical networks. This Project develops network resiliency for the dismounted and vehicular units through science &and technology investigation. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AN4 (Non-Traditional Waveforms Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Network C3I Technology
This Program Element (PE) is aligned to the Network and Assured Positioning, Navigation, & Timing (APNT) Army Modernization Priorities. This PE investigates technologies, techniques, components and tools to provide an Army tactical network and enabling infrastructure that support Multi-Domain operations in contested, congested, degraded, and/or denied environments. This is accomplished through the design and development of technologies and components (e.g., electronic components, software and protocols) that provide unified transport and are supportable; mobile, and survivable, and robust mission command on the move; assured and secure positioning, navigation, and timing in all environments; converged and coordinated cyber and electronic warfare activities; resilient communication and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance payloads for tactical space and high-altitude platforms, and the collection, processing, and dissemination of intel/ops information into a common operating environment. Commercial technologies are continuously investigated and leveraged where possible. Work in this PE complements PE 0602143A (Soldier Lethality Technology), PE 0602145A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology), PE 0602147A (Long Range Precision Fires Technology), PE 0602148A (Future Vertical Lift Technology), PE 0602150A (Air and Missile Defense Technology), PE 0603118A (Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology), PE 0603462A (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology), PE 0603464A (Long Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology), PE 0603465A (Future Vertical Lift Advanced Technology), PE 0603466A (Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology), PE 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this performed by the United States Army Futures Command, the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Army Engineer Research and Development Center. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.144 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.222 million for civilian personnel to optimize the workforce in compliance with Executive Order 14210, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative."
Mission — Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology
This Project performs research and development of modular Global Positioning System (GPS)-independent sensors and an open architecture sensor fusion core enabling simple, plug-and-play sensor modules that can be tailored for any platform based on mission needs and requirements. This Project investigates the design of a single receiver that integrates multiple commercial and military signal sources to provide Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) solution effective in contested environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AW6 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Advanced Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Autonomous Navigation Technology
This Project investigates use of sensors on the platform and available navigation signals to the localization and decision making of Robotic/Autonomous Systems. Additionally, it examines the use of machine learning algorithms for cooperative navigation to aid in a Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solution. This will enable the user to achieve operational overmatch in a Global Positioning System (GPS) impeded environment as well as enhanced navigation (reducing dependence on GPS) through challenging terrains. This project investigates and develops techniques and algorithms to provide assured access to PNT in degraded electromagnetic (jamming), space, or cyber environments and notify Soldiers, Systems, and Platforms when PNT cannot be trusted for mission duration. This project seeks to study and develop an innovative, adaptive Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) electronic attack (EA) capability, both jamming and spoofing, utilizing cooperative platforms to deny adversaries the ability to utilize GNSS receivers, reducing their overall mission effectiveness. The cooperative platforms can defeat advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) capabilities, including controlled reception pattern antennas (CRPAs), by creating a diverse and adaptive jamming geometry. Cooperative platforms can leverage their distributed environmental situational awareness to establish and transmit spoofing solutions. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AV8 (Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Protective Technologies
This Project designs and develops Anti-Tamper tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' Critical Program Information (CPI) from continually evolving adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities. Research in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603042A (C3I Advanced Technology) / Project DI6 (Anti-Tamper Advanced Tech Development) The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC).
Mission — Tactical GeoSpatial Information Capabilities Techn
This Project investigates and develops next generation geospatial analytical tools for 3-dimensional complex environments for low echelon and tactical edge exploitation. Research focuses on improving geospatial and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) aspects of situational awareness in the complex environments by exploiting new data sources, automating analytical tasks, and testing new collection technologies, including interiors of infrastructure. Research develops capabilities to enhance/update provisioned (baseline) standard, sharable, geospatial foundation (SSGF) data through automated analytics on multi-sourced spatial data resulting in streamlined, enhanced high fidelity terrain analysis products. Reducing data gaps and processing timelines will greatly increase Soldier situational awareness and support faster decision making in complex terrain. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AU1 (Tactical GeoSpatial Information Capabilities ATech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory.
Mission — Network-Enabled GeoSpatial-GEOINT Services Tech
This Project investigates and develops an integrated capability to rapidly share mission critical 3-dimensional (3D) information that supports planning and execution at the Soldier level. This will be achieved through the maturation of next-generation geospatial analytical models for 3D complex urban environment data, delivering enriched understanding of dynamic Operational Environments and distributed to a tactical Common Operating Environment. This Project will result in improved situational awareness and autonomy at low echelons, contributing to increased maneuver and mobility during manned and unmanned teaming operations. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AT8 (Network-Enabled GeoSpatial and GEOINT Services AdvTech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and Information Technology Laboratory.
Mission — Pathfinder 3D Applied Technology
This Project investigates and develops a geospatial rapid position and navigation solution in Global Positioning System (GPS) degraded and denied environments. Research focuses on using onboard sensors and high-resolution digital terrain geospatial alternative solution based upon Visual Three-Dimensional (3-D) Terrain Referencing and Navigation (VTRAN). This Project will result in the linkage of air and ground assets integrating sensory and (One World Terrain and Reference) geospatial data within the modular GPS Independent Sensors architecture. This Project provides critical alternatives to maneuver forces for position and navigation in a multi-domain operational environment. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project DB6 (Pathfinder 3D Adv Technology). The work cited is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center Geospatial Research Laboratory.
Mission — Adaptive Information Mediation and Analytics
This Project develops techniques to accelerate decision-making at lower echelons where data, information systems (IS), and Soldiers are distributed across complex and hostile environments. With robust multi-modal distributed information analytics and adaptive information mediation, decision makers can share understanding across echelons through a cross-reality information interaction. Research focuses on operational issues and gaps concerning decision uncertainty, at-the-edge situational awareness/understanding, and secure low-Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP) IS that support converged capabilities. These capabilities are critical in overcoming limitations in traditional uni-modal machine learning architectures that depend on extensive training data and stove-piped Command and Control systems that cannot provide a shared, adaptive common operating picture across echelons. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603462 (Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology) / Project BF4 (Combat Vehicle Robotics Adv Tech) and Program Element (PE) 0603463 (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AQ8 (High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
Mission — Mobile and Survivable Command Post (MASCP) Tech
This Project develops and investigates emerging communications, tactical cloud, distributed computing, power management and storage, and shielding materials necessary to improve Command Post (CP) survivability and effectiveness for near-peer Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) engagements. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project CI7 (Mobile and Survivable Command Post (MASCP) Adv Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Science and Technology focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center and Soldier Center (SC).
Mission — Assured PNT Communications Applied Research
This Project designs and develops technologies for Space-enabled, High Altitude (HA) and Counter-Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C-SR) applications to support Army tactical ground forces. The Project focuses on advancing technology discovery and development in key research areas that support Army's access to space-based capabilities, C-SR, quantum science communications and sensing, multi-function and multi-mission applications. This Project supports Tactical Land Component Forces access to Space-enabled and C-SR capabilities for force projection and maneuver through persistent and deep sensing. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project CJ8 (Assured PNT Communications Advanced Tech). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center.
Mission — Sensor and Electronic Network Initiatives (CA)
Congressional Interest Item funding provided for Sensor and Electronic Network Initiatives. The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy.
Mission — Modular RF Communications Technology
This Project investigates and develops techniques, methods, and standards for automation and intelligence to optimally broadcast data among available radio frequency (RF) and networking technologies. This Project adds resiliency to the network through diversity and automation techniques to make automated network decisions (e.g., automated Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency (PACE)) for the tactical Army to maintain operation in continually changing environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AM7 (Modular RF Communications Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Advanced PNT for GPS Independent Environments Tech
This Project develops technologies that will enable precise and assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) in Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied environments by addressing the PNT's toughest Scenario - Scenario 4 (no available GPS signal during the mission duration) with a goal of enabling Soldier missions of up to seven days in a GPS denied environment. This is achieved by researching advanced quantum timing circuits, advanced inertial measurement unit (IMU) components, multi-sensor modalities, perception techniques, geo-location data, vision aided navigation sensors, and available radio frequency (RF) signals. This work also addresses the PNT Scenario 1 (GPS operations that start well and have degraded GPS signals throughout the mission duration) through Scenario 3 (GPS operations that have bad or limited availability of GPS signals throughout the entire mission). This is achieved by investigating the ability to transmit jam- resistant, precision timing synchronized signals using optical fibers, free-space using lasers, and in the RF domain using innovative RF antenna concepts to extend the reach of Soldier compatible capabilities in heavily contested GPS environments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603463A (Network C3I Advanced Technology) / Project AW6 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Advanced Tech) and Program Element (PE) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AW5 (Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
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Adaptive Cross Reality Information Mediation
This effort investigates and develops techniques that intelligently integrate local and external data sources across different interaction modalities to enable enhanced situational awareness, shared understanding between echelons, augmented information representations, and accelerated decision-making. It provides techniques that support at-the-edge situational awareness and accelerate decision-making among distributed humans and agents. Specifically, the research focuses on improving decentralized, yet collaborative decision-making agents through intelligent mediation and delivery of tactical information to dynamic immersive, augmented, and conventional displays that are adaptive to the user and context.
Multi-Domain Information Analytics (MDIA)
This effort develops Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) approaches for providing Situational Awareness (SA) across echelons that are robust to compromised, corrupted, or limited data and networks in contested and unpredictable battlespace environments. These approaches will provide increased probability of discernment of true vs. false targets, and incorporate uncertainty-aware neuro-symbolic AI/ML to calibrate confidence in algorithm predictions. Research will incorporate multimodal analysis with multi-view scene understanding from heterogeneous sensor systems for context-aware inference, utilize transfer learning techniques to bridge domain gap between real and synthetic data for improved machine learning, and employ Size, Weight and Power-Time (SWaP-T) constrained processing at the edge on emerging low power secure compute architectures through neural network pruning and compression. Simulations of Command and Control (C2) strategies will incorporate the MDIA approaches.
Foundation Models of Multimodal Battlefield Phenomena
This effort develops foundation models to enhance battlefield situational awareness, human-Artificial Intelligence (AI) interaction and speed of decision making for mission planning and mission execution. These approaches enable robust and generalizable perception of the battlefield, provide military doctrine summarization, and natural language interaction for human-machine integration. Research incorporates multimodal heterogeneous data, including visual, language, audio, and haptic, and seek to establish a unified latent space representation to enable robust reasoning and querying of battlespace information.
Predictive Analytics and Information Saliency for Tactical Decision Making
This effort investigates methods that can detect and predict events occurring in highly dynamic, complex, and uncertain environments. These methods will provide situational awareness by echelon through an understanding of complex events occurring in the local environment. This effort investigates distributed algorithms when single-echelon information is not sufficient to detect and identify events. Research supports saliency and decision making by developing multi-modal fusion techniques that prioritize information by echelon. Research also investigates methods for situational awareness that run at individual echelons, are efficient at-the-edge, account for uncertainty, and handle limited information from multi-modal sources.
Tactical Information Synthesis and Distribution for Scalable, Cross-Echelon C2
This effort investigates approaches capable of exploiting multimodal data from the battlespace for cross-echelon command and control in a highly distributed manner. Approaches, such as reinforcement learning, multi-agent learning, foundation models, graph and game theoretic formulations, will be investigated to exploit battlespace data and incorporate military doctrine to generate and synthesize tactical information in the form courses of action (COAs) disseminated across the echelons to exploit windows of superiority.
PATHFINDER 3-D Navigation Technology
This effort will design and develop enhanced feature classification for improved position navigation performance and will improve 3-D data extraction techniques to reduce computation.
Predictive Intelligent Network (PIN)
The effort investigates the Automated PACE plan capability by developing predictive algorithms and using various sources of information to create a resilient and adaptive network configuration that allows continued and secure communications in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) environments. The PIN predictive algorithms plans the optimal network topology and configuration by leveraging information on network loads, cyber activities, terrain, weather, movement, and RF situational awareness. In addition, this effort leverages and disseminates RF sensing electronic support information for use by operational forces, to coordinate and enable continued communications through electronic and navigation warfare effects.
Techniques and Algorithms for Cooperative Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
This effort develops techniques for precision time transfer across Army platforms (Soldier, Ground Vehicles, Aviation) to ensure accurate timing down to the most disadvantaged user It will enable provision of cooperative PNT between Army platforms as a core enabler of many warfighter capabilities (Electronic Warfare (EW, Radar, etc.)). Effort increases resilience of PNT systems through usage of additional RF sources reducing the effectiveness of outside interference of congested and contested environments.
Frequency Independent Localization and Time for Enhanced Resiliency (FILTER)
This effort increases the resilience of Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems by enabling them to take advantage of additional, non-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Radio Frequency (RF) sources. This effort investigates the design of a single PNT receiver that integrates multiple commercial and military signal sources to provide a PNT solution that enables operation in contested environments.
Multi-Function RF Applications Research
This effort investigates multi-function Radio Frequency (RF) systems for Army missions. Design and develop a flexible configuration enabling multi-mission applications utilizing single or multi-antenna configurations. This effort will validate the complex combinations of multi-antenna configurations, and multi-mission waveforms for enhancements to traditional sensor modalities such as radar, communications and other missions. Components will be matured enabling optimal combinations of RF architectures to enhance traditional sensor and RF system performances (e.g., enhanced receiver sensitivities, enhanced sensing distances, enhanced simultaneous multi-mission performance metrics, and more).
Multi-Orbit Modem (MOM)
This effort designs and develops Satellite Communications (SATCOM) ground terminal modem and management technology components to enable operation over multiple satellite constellations to increase performance and resiliency of wideband SATCOM in contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Modem components will include a software based terminal controller for modem management, repository of modem waveforms, and supporting network management. This effort develops resiliency through a flexible modem technology investigation and is complementary with Protected SATCOM efforts focused on antenna development.
Quantum Sensing
This effort investigates quantum sensing technologies for application to Army missions and matures capabilities to experimentally validate applications to the Army sensing missions. This effort will validate Quantum based Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro Optical (EO) architectures for enhancing Army sensor performance standards with particular interests in radar, deep sensing missions, Low Probability of Intercept/Low probability of Detection (LPI/LPD) signals acquisition and transmission, environmental characterizations, and traditional sensor sensitivity enhancements.
HAYFINS
This effort researches and develops a ground-based system supporting Space and Autonomy Modernization priorities by fusing protection technologies with legacy systems that provide multi-modal capabilities to the Army to enhance freedom of maneuver supporting Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). This provides a tailored selection and application of multi-layered active and passive measures.
Assured PNT Communications Applied Research
This effort will design, develop, and validate Space and High Altitude technologies, components, and tools that lead to smaller, lighter, more responsive payloads and applications. These technologies will allow for the rapid integration and development of tactical payloads in support of responsive Space or High Altitude environments. Will develop High Altitude (HA) testbed environment. Will continue classified capability development. Will validate Quantum Entanglement (QE) in the lab.
Combined and Distributed Electromagnetic Warfare (CDEW)
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed nodal and combined/coordinated electromagnetic spectrum warfare effects to counter a broader class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance, increasing standoff distance to target, and increasing the survivability of US systems contested and complex environments.
Extremely High Bandwidth Communications (ExHiBComm)
This effort develops communication systems capable of 100X today's data rates while providing spatial low probability of intercept and low probability of detection to the links due to extremely high frequencies of operation. This effort will generate two products: Free Space Optics (FSO) and access points supporting multiple users with extremely high bandwidth. ExHibComm will target on-the-move ground links, but it can support ground to air, ground to space, air to air and air to space applications, enabling multi domain operations. ExHiBComm solves the challenge of spectrum scarcity and enables links anywhere in the world without the need of frequency clearances.
Relay for Aerial to Non-line-of-sight Ground Environments (RANGE)
This effort investigates the use of aerial platforms as communications relays ensuring communications coverage is maintained in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments, while considering communications resiliency such as anti-jam and low probability of detection. This effort will mature covert, multiband, and embedded antenna elements using new antenna materials for compact antenna aperture designs.
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Defeat Techniques
This effort enables simultaneous execution of Electronic Warfare (EW) and PNT defeat missions with more efficient use of available EW/Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities/PNT (EW/CEMA/PNT) resources. It will provide a unique approach to defeat adversary systems utilizing NAVWAR Attack as an embedded mode in EW systems.
Advanced PNT for Precise Complex Effects
This effort develops precision Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capability to enable assured navigation without GPS for extended durations. This research will improve the accuracy of positioning and timing holdover sensors while also reducing the size, weight, and power. Research will also focus on the localized distribution and synchronization of time, position, and information. The benefits of this effort are a flexible, scalable PNT synchronization architecture and sensing capability for improved coordination of systems at the tactical edge.
Quantum Effects for Assured PNT in Zero-GPS Environments
This effort will research SWAP-C quantum based timing sub-systems, incorporate advanced sensors, RF signals (beyond GPS), navigation databases, and advanced algorithms. This effort incorporates advanced quantum timing circuits, advanced IMU components, multi-sensor modalities, perception techniques, geolocation data, vision aided navigation sensors, and available RF signals in order to increase precise and assured PNT operations in a GPS denied environments for up to seven days.
Precision Measurement Technology for Contested Environments
This effort will develop technologies that will enable precise and assured PNT in GPS-denied environments for extended durations. This research will improve the accuracy while also focusing on size, weight, power, cost (SWAP-C) of current IMUs to advance capability at the tactical edge to include sUAS and dismounts. This effort will address the design, fabrication, and assessment of novel micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) sensor designs and materials and the integration of multiple sensor modalities with the IMUs using sensor fusion and perception techniques to reduce drift and increase positional accuracy. Research will also include the ability to transmit jam-resistant precision position, navigation, and timing signals via electro-optical and/or RF transmission methods.
Energy Efficient Electronic and Photonic Components
This effort investigates energy efficiency improvements in support of four key areas: RF component devices, optoelectronic devices for alternative communications modes, long-lived and high efficiency power sources, and efficient wireless power and data transfer technologies. These components enable energy-efficient communications and networked energy, specifically leading to increased Soldier mission duration and long-lived networked electronics.
AI/ML Based ATR (ABA) for Array Geometries
This effort will research and develop signal processing approaches for radars to allow them to detect, identify, locate and report threats from low-grazing angle geometries appropriate to emerging Army intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. Research will develop technologies to enable the reporting for targets while de-emphasizing false alarms and detections of non-interest. This effort will significantly improve target prosecution timelines enabling actionable targeting at the pace of battle.
Army SIGINT Modernization (ASM-SIGINT Modernization AI/ML RF Detection and Analysis Tech)
This effort will investigate Radio Frequency Machine Learning (RFML) as a means to autonomously detect, identify or characterize previously unknown signals and adversarial wartime reserve modes, significantly increasing situational awareness by assisting SIGINT analysts in finding high priority signals of interest.
Antenna Technology
This effort investigates radio agnostic software defined antenna (SDA) systems with the capability to rapidly adapt the radio carrier frequency among diverse targeted frequency bands using analog and/or digital frequency conversion. Frequency bands for consideration will include UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, k, and V. This effort will evaluate and mature multiband antenna design, time division duplexing schemes, digital interfaces for radio head, digital combining technologies to support multiple simultaneous radios, and sensing/automation algorithms.
Army SIGINT Modernization
This effort will investigate and develop Radio Frequency (RF) signal analysis and processing techniques to improve detection, identification, and exploitation of high priority peer/near-peer adversary military signals. Effort will significantly increase detection and parameterization of unknown signals, improving battlespace operations in contested Radio Frequency (RF) environments.
Multi-Int Modernization Combined Architecture (MIMCA)
This effort investigates optimization of radio frequency transmit and receive resources to conduct simultaneous electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SIGINT) and offensive cyber missions. Efforts will leverage low power interference techniques adapted to high power applications to reduce interference from co-located capabilities on multifunction systems and novel resource scheduling characteristics to execute Cyber and ElectroMagnetic Activities (CEMA) and support real-time feedback such as Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and adaptive Electronic Attack (EA).
Electronic Warfare Technology Research
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed and combined effects to a broader class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance. This effort examines approaches for interdisciplinary laboratory and field experiments with analysis and assessment tools to address survivability and effective countermeasures in a realistic Electromagnetic environment.
RoadRunner
This effort investigates and develops stakeholder prioritized capabilities that fuse intel and ops perspectives that drive decisions to enable dominance in complex Multi-Domain Operations. Effort will design applications which provide enhanced operations, and intelligence functions through efficient analysis and utilization of battlespace data, and increased speed of action.
Intelligent Decision Assistant (IDA) Technology
This effort investigates and matures techniques for automated selection of sensing and processing resources for intelligence collection and targeting missions. This effort will research and develop messaging protocols to increase bandwidth efficiency of distributed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems operating on tactical networks.
Geospatial - Intelligence Community Merge Research
This effort researches different approaches to automatically search Intelligence Community (IC) databases to discover and then extract relevant attributes to be added as new metadata to adaptively scaled 3D terrain features and/or geographic areas. Geospatial and relevant intelligence data will be merged together, discoverable, and capable of user-selected query from a single computing environment. An enhanced 3D common operating picture will be demonstrated providing a more comprehensive understanding of the Operational Environment for greater situational awareness and decision making.
Terrain & Battlefield Computing, Optimized Network Computing Resources
This effort investigates the Army's network ability to provide appropriate resources for geospatial data to include tools that require a wide range of data volumes (from low to very heavy), and as a consequence, may incur significant computational costs. The goal is to develop a simulation testbed for geospatial tools under different network configurations and application scenarios. The simulation testbed will measure and inform network requirements that can accommodate geospatial products downstream and as far out as necessary.
Protective Technologies
This effort develops tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' Critical Program Information (CPI) from adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities.
Anti-Tamper Technology Development
This task continues the development of anti-tamper tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' (CPI) from adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities. Such tools, devices and techniques are not readily available for use by US Army and DoD programs to use in their systems.
Electronic Warfare Assessment Technologies
This effort investigates emerging technologies related to EW applications (e.g., digital RF memory, software defined radios, cognitive radars) and electromagnetic-enabled cyberspace operations in the increasingly contested and congested environment. Research is focused on near-peer and future threats to enhance survivability/lethality, and discover critical vulnerabilities, of Army technologies and systems through cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA).
Tactical Application of Advanced Comms
This effort investigates the use of commercial communication services and associated technologies to support high bandwidth, low latency communications for tactical environments with mobile infrastructures. This effort will leverage the latest semi-conductor material research to enable compact antenna aperture designs that provide output power and/or broader frequency coverage required to support aerial platforms performing relay mission in support of non-line-of sight applications without increasing the overall SWAP.
CP Modularity and Dispersion Technology
Funds research to enable CP's to reconfigure and reconstitute at speeds consistent with a near-peer MDO engagement. Investigates emerging low probability of interception (LPI)/low probability of detection (LPD) radio technologies, distributed computing, tactical data and security architectures, and distributed collaboration methods. Develops mobile, and integrated power systems that enable CP's to disperse geographically and create extended at-the-halt and on-the-move command and control.
Technology Supporting Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception
This effort matures innovative camouflage, concealment and deception technologies for expeditionary high- value assets to defeat advanced current and emerging adversary Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) threats, and to reduce the probability of detection in multi-domain operations. Matures physics-based models for material and system performance that support probability of detection metrics in the multi-domain operational environment, assisting in closing the capability gap between current camouflage, concealment and deception technologies and defeating enemy sensorial capabilities in future operating environments.
Spectrum Superstorm
This effort investigates the use of obfuscation and technical effects in the radio frequency spectrum using distributed and dispersed techniques to coordinate signal effects against adversaries from distant transmitters. This effort enables Army emitters to operate free from adversary geolocation attempts through technical effect applications.
Geospatially Relevant Intuitive Propagation Services Technology
This effort researches a novel expert propagation model to integrate battlefield sensor data with environmental predictive modeling (weather and terrain influences). The resulting technology will optimize collection asset employment against adversaries as well as providing situational awareness of friendly units' multi-modal signature footprint (e.g. radio frequency, thermal, acoustic). This effort will significantly reduce the analyst cognitive load, and fill an important need for fused, validated, environment and terrain-aware analyses for multi-modal sensors in support of C2, Intelligence and Protection Warfighting Functions.
Quantum Sensing
This effort investigates the use of novel quantum-enhanced spectral receivers capable of wideband sensing of extremely low power signals at very large standoff distances. This effort matures quantum component technologies for use in very high receiver sensitivity. This effort designs and develops tactically relevant quantum sensors, considering form-factor, size, weight, power, and receiver performance.
Geospatial Analytics and Prediction Technology
This effort designs and develops automated/semi-automated geospatial tools implementing spatial/temporal data analysis, creation of predictive scenarios, anomaly detection and cross-scale and local scale analysis of terrain.
Optimized Rendition of the Built Environment
This effort supports mission training, planning and execution within the Common Operating Picture (COP) through developed workflows effectively rendering the local built urban 3D environment. This effort aims to balance and optimize key enduring metrics supported by shared community requirements (e.g. file sizes, file formats, visual/special quality, attribution/functionality, timelines, automation and ease of use). Further, this effort will add geospecific interior and subterranean spaces (via organic Soldier sensing capabilities) to the foundational and/or One World Terrain (OWT) datasets (facilitating enriched high resolution 3D urban terrain and tactical overlays, and assessment for changed conditions). Payoffs include (1) enabling capabilities such as exterior-to-interior routing planning, interior navigation (by soldier or robots), and urban-scale mission planning and rehearsal, and (2) S&T to inform future requirements for tactical visualization, mission planning devices and training simulators.
Intelligence Surveillance and Recognizance (ISR) Optimization for MDO Support Technology
This effort investigates and designs Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) collection management technologies and analytics to enhance performance and optimize use of Army ISR resources during multi-domain operations (MDO). Efforts focus on developing the analytics necessary to increase situational awareness of non-organic collections across all domains (Air, Land, Maritime, Space, Cyber and Electromagnetic spectrum), determine highest payoff use of tactical ISR assets, and optimize sensor selection and placement to answer unit intelligence requirements.
Simultaneous Counter Measures (CM) for Active Reconnaissance and Surveillance (SCARS)
This effort will provide investments in Electronic Warfare (EW), against advancing counter-fire sensors. This effort will investigate highly synchronized techniques to achieve advanced effects.
Sparrow Technology
This effort will fund research in Electronic Warfare (EW) to impair and/or degrade adversary counter-fire sensor networks. This effort will investigate and mature highly synchronized techniques to simultaneously produce advanced effects against RF systems capable of degrading Army countermeasures (camouflage, concealment, tactics, and other EW capabilities) leaving friendly forces susceptible to detection, location, and kinetic engagement. The hardware and software capabilities developed will provide opportunistic, multiplatform delivery of electromagnetic warfare capabilities that are more challenging for adversaries to mitigate.
Protective Technologies
This effort develops tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' Critical Program Information (CPI) from adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities.
Intelligent Decision Assistant (IDA) Technology
This effort investigates and matures techniques for automated selection of sensing and processing resources for intelligence collection and targeting missions. This effort will research and develop messaging protocols to increase bandwidth efficiency of distributed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems operating on tactical networks.
RoadRunner
This effort investigates and develops stakeholder prioritized capabilities that fuse intel and ops perspectives that drive decisions to enable dominance in complex Multi-Domain Operations. Effort will design applications which provide enhanced operations, and intelligence functions through efficient analysis and utilization of battlespace data, and increased speed of action.
Sparrow Technology
This effort will fund research in Electronic Warfare (EW) to impair and/or degrade adversary counter-fire sensor networks. This effort will investigate and mature highly synchronized techniques to simultaneously produce advanced effects against RF systems capable of degrading Army countermeasures (camouflage, concealment, tactics, and other EW capabilities) leaving friendly forces susceptible to detection, location, and kinetic engagement. The hardware and software capabilities developed will provide opportunistic, multiplatform delivery of electromagnetic warfare capabilities that are more challenging for adversaries to mitigate.
Simultaneous Counter Measures (CM) for Active Reconnaissance and Surveillance (SCARS)
This effort will provide investments in Electronic Warfare (EW), against advancing counter-fire sensors. This effort will investigate highly synchronized techniques to achieve advanced effects.
Combined and Distributed Electromagnetic Warfare (CDEW)
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed nodal and combined/coordinated electromagnetic spectrum warfare effects to counter a broader class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance, increasing standoff distance to target, and increasing the survivability of US systems contested and complex environments.
Electronic Warfare Assessment Technologies
This effort investigates emerging technologies related to EW applications (e.g., digital RF memory, software defined radios, cognitive radars) and electromagnetic-enabled cyberspace operations in the increasingly contested and congested environment. Research is focused on near-peer and future threats to enhance survivability/lethality, and discover critical vulnerabilities, of Army technologies and systems through cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA).
Electronic Warfare Technology Research
This research investigates emerging Electromagnetic Warfare technologies and novel approaches to apply distributed and combined effects to a broader class of threats, with a goal of adequately degrading threat performance. This effort examines approaches for interdisciplinary laboratory and field experiments with analysis and assessment tools to address survivability and effective countermeasures in a realistic Electromagnetic environment.
AI/ML Based ATR (ABA) for Array Geometries
This effort will research and develop signal processing approaches for radars to allow them to detect, identify, locate and report threats from low-grazing angle geometries appropriate to emerging Army intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. Research will develop technologies to enable the reporting for targets while de-emphasizing false alarms and detections of non-interest. This effort will significantly improve target prosecution timelines enabling actionable targeting at the pace of battle.
Army SIGINT Modernization (ASM-SIGINT Modernization AI/ML RF Detection and Analysis Tech)
This effort will investigate Radio Frequency Machine Learning (RFML) as a means to autonomously detect, identify or characterize previously unknown signals and adversarial wartime reserve modes, significantly increasing situational awareness by assisting SIGINT analysts in finding high priority signals of interest.
Army SIGINT Modernization
This effort will investigate and develop Radio Frequency (RF) signal analysis and processing techniques to improve detection, identification, and exploitation of high priority peer/near-peer adversary military signals. Effort will significantly increase detection and parameterization of unknown signals, improving battlespace operations in contested Radio Frequency (RF) environments.
Multi-Int Modernization Combined Architecture (MIMCA)
This effort investigates optimization of radio frequency transmit and receive resources to conduct simultaneous electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SIGINT) and offensive cyber missions. Efforts will leverage low power interference techniques adapted to high power applications to reduce interference from co-located capabilities on multifunction systems and novel resource scheduling characteristics to execute Cyber and ElectroMagnetic Activities (CEMA) and support real-time feedback such as Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and adaptive Electronic Attack (EA).
Intelligence Surveillance and Recognizance (ISR) Optimization for MDO Support Technology
This effort investigates and designs Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) collection management technologies and analytics to enhance performance and optimize use of Army ISR resources during multi-domain operations (MDO). Efforts focus on developing the analytics necessary to increase situational awareness of non-organic collections across all domains (Air, Land, Maritime, Space, Cyber and Electromagnetic spectrum), determine highest payoff use of tactical ISR assets, and optimize sensor selection and placement to answer unit intelligence requirements.
Antenna Technology
This effort investigates radio agnostic software defined antenna (SDA) systems with the capability to rapidly adapt the radio carrier frequency among diverse targeted frequency bands using analog and/or digital frequency conversion. Frequency bands for consideration will include UHF, L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka, k, and V. This effort will evaluate and mature multiband antenna design, time division duplexing schemes, digital interfaces for radio head, digital combining technologies to support multiple simultaneous radios, and sensing/automation algorithms.
Extremely High Bandwidth Communications (ExHiBComm)
This effort develops communication systems capable of 100X today's data rates while providing spatial low probability of intercept and low probability of detection to the links due to extremely high frequencies of operation. This effort will generate two products: Free Space Optics (FSO) and access points supporting multiple users with extremely high bandwidth. ExHibComm will target on-the-move ground links, but it can support ground to air, ground to space, air to air and air to space applications, enabling multi domain operations. ExHiBComm solves the challenge of spectrum scarcity and enables links anywhere in the world without the need of frequency clearances.
Quantum Sensing
This effort investigates the use of novel quantum-enhanced spectral receivers capable of wideband sensing of extremely low power signals at very large standoff distances. This effort matures quantum component technologies for use in very high receiver sensitivity. This effort designs and develops tactically relevant quantum sensors, considering form-factor, size, weight, power, and receiver performance.
Relay for Aerial to Non-line-of-sight Ground Environments (RANGE)
This effort investigates the use of aerial platforms as communications relays ensuring communications coverage is maintained in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments, while considering communications resiliency such as anti-jam and low probability of detection. This effort will mature covert, multiband, and embedded antenna elements using new antenna materials for compact antenna aperture designs.
Spectrum Superstorm
This effort investigates the use of obfuscation and technical effects in the radio frequency spectrum using distributed and dispersed techniques to coordinate signal effects against adversaries from distant transmitters. This effort enables Army emitters to operate free from adversary geolocation attempts through technical effect applications.
Tactical Application of Advanced Comms
This effort investigates the use of commercial communication services and associated technologies to support high bandwidth, low latency communications for tactical environments with mobile infrastructures. This effort will leverage the latest semi-conductor material research to enable compact antenna aperture designs that provide output power and/or broader frequency coverage required to support aerial platforms performing relay mission in support of non-line-of sight applications without increasing the overall SWAP.
Multi-Orbit Modem (MOM)
This effort designs and develops Satellite Communications (SATCOM) ground terminal modem and management technology components to enable operation over multiple satellite constellations to increase performance and resiliency of wideband SATCOM in contested and congested electromagnetic environments. Modem components will include a software based terminal controller for modem management, repository of modem waveforms, and supporting network management. This effort develops resiliency through a flexible modem technology investigation and is complementary with Protected SATCOM efforts focused on antenna development.
Predictive Intelligent Network (PIN)
The effort investigates the Automated PACE plan capability by developing predictive algorithms and using various sources of information to create a resilient and adaptive network configuration that allows continued and secure communications in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2AD) environments. The PIN predictive algorithms plans the optimal network topology and configuration by leveraging information on network loads, cyber activities, terrain, weather, movement, and RF situational awareness. In addition, this effort leverages and disseminates RF sensing electronic support information for use by operational forces, to coordinate and enable continued communications through electronic and navigation warfare effects.
Energy Efficient Electronic and Photonic Components
This effort investigates energy efficiency improvements in support of four key areas: RF component devices, optoelectronic devices for alternative communications modes, long-lived and high efficiency power sources, and efficient wireless power and data transfer technologies. These components enable energy-efficient communications and networked energy, specifically leading to increased Soldier mission duration and long-lived networked electronics.
Techniques and Algorithms for Cooperative Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
This effort develops techniques for precision time transfer across Army platforms (Soldier, Ground Vehicles, Aviation) to ensure accurate timing down to the most disadvantaged user It will enable provision of cooperative PNT between Army platforms as a core enabler of many warfighter capabilities (Electronic Warfare (EW, Radar, etc.)). Effort increases resilience of PNT systems through usage of additional RF sources reducing the effectiveness of outside interference of congested and contested environments.
Frequency Independent Localization and Time for Enhanced Resiliency (FILTER)
This effort increases the resilience of Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems by enabling them to take advantage of additional, non-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Radio Frequency (RF) sources. This effort investigates the design of a single PNT receiver that integrates multiple commercial and military signal sources to provide a PNT solution that enables operation in contested environments.
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Defeat Techniques
This effort enables simultaneous execution of Electronic Warfare (EW) and PNT defeat missions with more efficient use of available EW/Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities/PNT (EW/CEMA/PNT) resources. It will provide a unique approach to defeat adversary systems utilizing NAVWAR Attack as an embedded mode in EW systems.
Optimized Rendition of the Built Environment
This effort supports mission training, planning and execution within the Common Operating Picture (COP) through developed workflows effectively rendering the local built urban 3D environment. This effort aims to balance and optimize key enduring metrics supported by shared community requirements (e.g. file sizes, file formats, visual/special quality, attribution/functionality, timelines, automation and ease of use). Further, this effort will add geospecific interior and subterranean spaces (via organic Soldier sensing capabilities) to the foundational and/or One World Terrain (OWT) datasets (facilitating enriched high resolution 3D urban terrain and tactical overlays, and assessment for changed conditions). Payoffs include (1) enabling capabilities such as exterior-to-interior routing planning, interior navigation (by soldier or robots), and urban-scale mission planning and rehearsal, and (2) S&T to inform future requirements for tactical visualization, mission planning devices and training simulators.
Geospatial Analytics and Prediction Technology
This effort designs and develops automated/semi-automated geospatial tools implementing spatial/temporal data analysis, creation of predictive scenarios, anomaly detection and cross-scale and local scale analysis of terrain.
Terrain & Battlefield Computing, Optimized Network Computing Resources
This effort investigates the Army's network ability to provide appropriate resources for geospatial data to include tools that require a wide range of data volumes (from low to very heavy), and as a consequence, may incur significant computational costs. The goal is to develop a simulation testbed for geospatial tools under different network configurations and application scenarios. The simulation testbed will measure and inform network requirements that can accommodate geospatial products downstream and as far out as necessary.
Geospatially Relevant Intuitive Propagation Services Technology
This effort researches a novel expert propagation model to integrate battlefield sensor data with environmental predictive modeling (weather and terrain influences). The resulting technology will optimize collection asset employment against adversaries as well as providing situational awareness of friendly units' multi-modal signature footprint (e.g. radio frequency, thermal, acoustic). This effort will significantly reduce the analyst cognitive load, and fill an important need for fused, validated, environment and terrain-aware analyses for multi-modal sensors in support of C2, Intelligence and Protection Warfighting Functions.
Geospatial - Intelligence Community Merge Research
This effort researches different approaches to automatically search Intelligence Community (IC) databases to discover and then extract relevant attributes to be added as new metadata to adaptively scaled 3D terrain features and/or geographic areas. Geospatial and relevant intelligence data will be merged together, discoverable, and capable of user-selected query from a single computing environment. An enhanced 3D common operating picture will be demonstrated providing a more comprehensive understanding of the Operational Environment for greater situational awareness and decision making.
Quantum Sensing
This effort investigates quantum sensing technologies for application to Army missions and matures capabilities to experimentally validate applications to the Army sensing missions. This effort will validate Quantum based Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro Optical (EO) architectures for enhancing Army sensor performance standards with particular interests in radar, deep sensing missions, Low Probability of Intercept/Low probability of Detection (LPI/LPD) signals acquisition and transmission, environmental characterizations, and traditional sensor sensitivity enhancements.
PATHFINDER 3-D Navigation Technology
This effort will design and develop enhanced feature classification for improved position navigation performance and will improve 3-D data extraction techniques to reduce computation.
Tactical Information Synthesis and Distribution for Scalable, Cross-Echelon C2
This effort investigates approaches capable of exploiting multimodal data from the battlespace for cross-echelon command and control in a highly distributed manner. Approaches, such as reinforcement learning, multi-agent learning, foundation models, graph and game theoretic formulations, will be investigated to exploit battlespace data and incorporate military doctrine to generate and synthesize tactical information in the form courses of action (COAs) disseminated across the echelons to exploit windows of superiority.
Predictive Analytics and Information Saliency for Tactical Decision Making
This effort investigates methods that can detect and predict events occurring in highly dynamic, complex, and uncertain environments. These methods will provide situational awareness by echelon through an understanding of complex events occurring in the local environment. This effort investigates distributed algorithms when single-echelon information is not sufficient to detect and identify events. Research supports saliency and decision making by developing multi-modal fusion techniques that prioritize information by echelon. Research also investigates methods for situational awareness that run at individual echelons, are efficient at-the-edge, account for uncertainty, and handle limited information from multi-modal sources.
Foundation Models of Multimodal Battlefield Phenomena
This effort develops foundation models to enhance battlefield situational awareness, human-Artificial Intelligence (AI) interaction and speed of decision making for mission planning and mission execution. These approaches enable robust and generalizable perception of the battlefield, provide military doctrine summarization, and natural language interaction for human-machine integration. Research incorporates multimodal heterogeneous data, including visual, language, audio, and haptic, and seek to establish a unified latent space representation to enable robust reasoning and querying of battlespace information.
Multi-Domain Information Analytics (MDIA)
This effort develops Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) approaches for providing Situational Awareness (SA) across echelons that are robust to compromised, corrupted, or limited data and networks in contested and unpredictable battlespace environments. These approaches will provide increased probability of discernment of true vs. false targets, and incorporate uncertainty-aware neuro-symbolic AI/ML to calibrate confidence in algorithm predictions. Research will incorporate multimodal analysis with multi-view scene understanding from heterogeneous sensor systems for context-aware inference, utilize transfer learning techniques to bridge domain gap between real and synthetic data for improved machine learning, and employ Size, Weight and Power-Time (SWaP-T) constrained processing at the edge on emerging low power secure compute architectures through neural network pruning and compression. Simulations of Command and Control (C2) strategies will incorporate the MDIA approaches.
Adaptive Cross Reality Information Mediation
This effort investigates and develops techniques that intelligently integrate local and external data sources across different interaction modalities to enable enhanced situational awareness, shared understanding between echelons, augmented information representations, and accelerated decision-making. It provides techniques that support at-the-edge situational awareness and accelerate decision-making among distributed humans and agents. Specifically, the research focuses on improving decentralized, yet collaborative decision-making agents through intelligent mediation and delivery of tactical information to dynamic immersive, augmented, and conventional displays that are adaptive to the user and context.
Technology Supporting Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception
This effort matures innovative camouflage, concealment and deception technologies for expeditionary high- value assets to defeat advanced current and emerging adversary Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) threats, and to reduce the probability of detection in multi-domain operations. Matures physics-based models for material and system performance that support probability of detection metrics in the multi-domain operational environment, assisting in closing the capability gap between current camouflage, concealment and deception technologies and defeating enemy sensorial capabilities in future operating environments.
CP Modularity and Dispersion Technology
Funds research to enable CP's to reconfigure and reconstitute at speeds consistent with a near-peer MDO engagement. Investigates emerging low probability of interception (LPI)/low probability of detection (LPD) radio technologies, distributed computing, tactical data and security architectures, and distributed collaboration methods. Develops mobile, and integrated power systems that enable CP's to disperse geographically and create extended at-the-halt and on-the-move command and control.
Multi-Function RF Applications Research
This effort investigates multi-function Radio Frequency (RF) systems for Army missions. Design and develop a flexible configuration enabling multi-mission applications utilizing single or multi-antenna configurations. This effort will validate the complex combinations of multi-antenna configurations, and multi-mission waveforms for enhancements to traditional sensor modalities such as radar, communications and other missions. Components will be matured enabling optimal combinations of RF architectures to enhance traditional sensor and RF system performances (e.g., enhanced receiver sensitivities, enhanced sensing distances, enhanced simultaneous multi-mission performance metrics, and more).
HAYFINS
This effort researches and develops a ground-based system supporting Space and Autonomy Modernization priorities by fusing protection technologies with legacy systems that provide multi-modal capabilities to the Army to enhance freedom of maneuver supporting Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). This provides a tailored selection and application of multi-layered active and passive measures.
Assured PNT Communications Applied Research
This effort will design, develop, and validate Space and High Altitude technologies, components, and tools that lead to smaller, lighter, more responsive payloads and applications. These technologies will allow for the rapid integration and development of tactical payloads in support of responsive Space or High Altitude environments. Will develop High Altitude (HA) testbed environment. Will continue classified capability development. Will validate Quantum Entanglement (QE) in the lab.
Quantum Effects for Assured PNT in Zero-GPS Environments
This effort will research SWAP-C quantum based timing sub-systems, incorporate advanced sensors, RF signals (beyond GPS), navigation databases, and advanced algorithms. This effort incorporates advanced quantum timing circuits, advanced IMU components, multi-sensor modalities, perception techniques, geolocation data, vision aided navigation sensors, and available RF signals in order to increase precise and assured PNT operations in a GPS denied environments for up to seven days.
Precision Measurement Technology for Contested Environments
This effort will develop technologies that will enable precise and assured PNT in GPS-denied environments for extended durations. This research will improve the accuracy while also focusing on size, weight, power, cost (SWAP-C) of current IMUs to advance capability at the tactical edge to include sUAS and dismounts. This effort will address the design, fabrication, and assessment of novel micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) sensor designs and materials and the integration of multiple sensor modalities with the IMUs using sensor fusion and perception techniques to reduce drift and increase positional accuracy. Research will also include the ability to transmit jam-resistant precision position, navigation, and timing signals via electro-optical and/or RF transmission methods.
Anti-Tamper Technology Development
This task continues the development of anti-tamper tools, devices, and techniques to protect acquisition program systems' (CPI) from adversarial reverse engineering/exploitation threats due to battlefield loss and foreign sale. Loss of CPI will impact the ability of these systems to maintain US overmatch capabilities. Such tools, devices and techniques are not readily available for use by US Army and DoD programs to use in their systems.
Advanced PNT for Precise Complex Effects
This effort develops precision Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) capability to enable assured navigation without GPS for extended durations. This research will improve the accuracy of positioning and timing holdover sensors while also reducing the size, weight, and power. Research will also focus on the localized distribution and synchronization of time, position, and information. The benefits of this effort are a flexible, scalable PNT synchronization architecture and sensing capability for improved coordination of systems at the tactical edge.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $135.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $110.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $110.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $56.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $56.5M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV4: Pathfinder 3D Applied Technology | $2.01M | $1.26M | $1.03M | $1.03M |
| AM6: Modular RF Communications Technology | $5.80M | $8.34M | $1.19M | $1.19M |
| CG3: Assured PNT Communications Applied Research | $5.49M | $4.16M | $1.77M | $1.77M |
| AQ7: High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Technology | $1.26M | — | $2.32M | $2.32M |
| AT7: Network-Enabled GeoSpatial-GEOINT Services Tech | $2.46M | $4.04M | $2.76M | $2.76M |
| AT9: Tactical GeoSpatial Information Capabilities Techn | $2.62M | $2.07M | $2.95M | $2.95M |
| AM8: Protected SATCOM Technology | $4.36M | $6.51M | $3.49M | $3.49M |
| AV5: Protective Technologies | $6.36M | $5.31M | $4.84M | $4.84M |
| AN3: Non Traditional Waveforms Technology | $10.7M | $10.1M | $7.45M | $7.45M |
| AV9: Advanced PNT for GPS Independent Environments Tech | $8.99M | $8.06M | $7.95M | $7.95M |
| AN9: UNT - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology | $2.07M | $4.62M | $8.90M | $8.90M |
| CU6: Adaptive Information Mediation and Analytics | $6.96M | $5.96M | $11.9M | $11.9M |
| Program Element | $135.5M | $110.4M | $56.5M | $56.5M |
| AW1: Autonomous Navigation Technology | — | $1.00M | — | — |
| CI3: Mobile and Survivable Command Post (MASCP) Tech | $3.17M | $2.38M | — | — |
| AQ2: EW Techniques Technology | $521.0K | $3.70M | — | — |
| AW5: Modular GPS Independent Sensors Technology | — | $4.55M | — | — |
| AP5: Electronic Warfare Technology | $5.33M | $5.40M | — | — |
| BP2: Sensor and Electronic Network Initiatives (CA) | $62.0M | $33.0M | — | — |
| AN7: COE - Every Receiver is a Sensor Technology | $997.0K | — | — | — |
| AO4: Energy Efficient Devices Technology | $4.47M | — | — | — |
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