Logistics and Engineer Equipment - Eng Dev

Mission — Combat Service Support Systems source

This project supports Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of critical soldier support and sustainment systems that provide more endurance and agility to combat operations, enabling success of Army Expeditionary Forces in future multi-domain scenarios. Project includes highly mobile shelter systems (rigid and soft wall), expeditionary base camp subsystems, field service systems, mortuary affairs equipment, field heaters, and other combat service support equipment. These systems will fill identified theater capability gaps, improve safety, improve unit sustainability, improve resource and energy efficiency; address environmental impacts, and increase combat effectiveness. This project supports Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Prototyping, and testing of critical tactical support systems that allow mobile Joint Service command and control, as well as medical, force projection, and maintenance platforms. This project develops critical enablers that support a number of strategic initiatives, including the Army Campaign Plan, the Army Modernization Strategy, and the Army Arctic Strategy. This project ensures Army Expeditionary Forces are capable of rapid deployment while reducing sustainment requirements, related Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) demands in lift, combat zone footprint, and costs for logistical support. Specifically, shelters developed under these efforts will be better insulated, thus reducing environmental control requirements, energy demand, and fuel usage. Therefore, they will reduce the Army's logistics and carbon footprint and lengthen the resupply interval in contested, support-constrained environments. Additionally, better insulated shelter systems allow for operational viability in extreme environments such as the Arctic.

Mission — Combat Engineer Eq Ed source

This project supports the engineering, manufacturing, and development of combat engineer equipment used in support of horizontal and vertical engineer construction missions, and to develop a variety of enabling systems that will support and improve mobility for Engineers in the Brigade Combat Teams (BCT), Combat Support Brigade (CSB), and Multi-Roll Bridge Company (MRBC) forces. This project also supports the development of enabling systems to meet critical capabilities of joint interdependence through Air and Ground Line of Communication and Rapid Tactical Earthmoving repair and construction which increase the operational reach of modular forces. Systems that support BCT and CSB forces include: High Mobility Engineer Excavators, Scrapers, Scoop Loaders, Skid Steer Loaders, Dozers, Cranes (ATEC and Family of All Terrain Cranes), Graders and Engineer Rapid Airfield Construction Capability (ERACC). Systems that support the MRBC included the Hydraulic Excavators (HYEX), Dozer, High Mobility Engineering Excavator (HMEE), and the All-Terrain Crane. Funds pre-milestone efforts for emerging combat engineer and construction equipment programs and capabilities. Funding supports development efforts to include integration, software development, contractor data gathering, logistic product development, training devices, test articles, development of prototypes and government/contractor testing. FY 2026 RDTE in the amount of $2.319 million provides funding for development and program support for Combat Engineer Equipment.

Mission — Field Sustainment Support Ed source

This project supports the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of critical capabilities for cargo aerial delivery for identified theater distribution and services capability gaps, improve unit sustainability, and increase combat effectiveness. Project supports the demonstration of engineering development models and Type Classification of cargo parachutes, airdrop containers, sling load equipment, and other aerial delivery equipment to improve safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of airborne operations. This project develops critical enablers that support the Army in executing future movement and maneuver operations and distributed sustainment support and the Army's Modular Force Capabilities by maintaining readiness through fielding and integrating new equipment. This project also ensures Army Expeditionary Forces are capable of rapid deployment by providing aerial delivery initiatives and reduces sustainment requirements, related Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) demands in lift, combat zone footprint, and costs for logistical support. Funding supports modernization of cargo aerial delivery portfolio, enabling contested logistics aerial delivery in anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) by dramatically increasing range of aerial delivery vehicles and allowing them to be employed in contested environments. Additionally, funding supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of operational requirements and early user feedback to support future sustainment and operational movement concepts.

Mission — Improved Environmental Control Units Ed source

This line supports the Army Network Modernization Strategy Line of Effort #4 (Command Post). Program develops/integrates Improved Environmental Control Units (IECUs) supporting existing and new requirements including the Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2), the Army Standard Family of Rigid Wall Shelters (ASFRWS) and other applications. In addition, it supports the development of critical Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) modifications required to support the Chemically Protected Deployable Medical System and other systems requiring this capability. The IECUs will provide improved cooling, heating and dehumidification to Soldiers and critical equipment systems in combat, combat support, combat service support units, and field hospitals. The IECUs are required to replace the currently fielded ECUs in order to comply with statutory and regulatory mandates on the use of Class II ODCs (such as HCFC-22) and address increasing restrictions on high GWP chemicals. Technical improvements over existing ECUs will yield fuel and weight savings, reduction in scheduled maintenance and increased reliability. Funding also provides applications engineering support to integration development for shelter/trailer platforms to assist users and help further standardize cooling units in the field. Funding also supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of operational requirements and technology refreshment, and design improvements to address issues and support future sustainment. Expansion of product variants will further accommodate replacement of aging legacy ECUs. FY26 funding in the amount of $1.162M supports the continuation of developing solution for implementation into platform integrated systems.

Mission — Water And Petroleum Distribution - Ed source

This project supports engineering and manufacturing development efforts as well as the Production Qualification Testing (PQT) and First Article Testing (FAT) efforts to provide all services with ample supply of clean fuel and water, supporting all types of missions. The Army has the mission to supply fuel for all land-based forces, including the Marines and the Air Force, and for supplying bulk drinking water to Soldiers. These programs enable the Army to improve maneuver sustainment operations to meet the demands of Army units and the Future Force. The mission includes receiving and transferring petroleum from trucks, ships, pipelines, and permanent and temporary storage facilities; moving petroleum from storage to and within corps and division areas; fuel quality surveillance testing; and dispensing in support of tactical operations, including rapid refueling of aircraft. This project also supports development and analysis of technologies designed to increase survivability of petroleum and water systems that may operate or be transported in hostile environments. The mission covers water purification and wastewater treatment, reutilization, storage, distribution, alternative water source acquisition, disposal, and quality control. These research and development missions support the development and enhancement of rapidly deployed Petroleum and Water equipment, which enables the Army to achieve its vision by providing a highly mobile and self-sustaining systems in hostile joint operations areas. Programs funded on this Project includes: Tactical Fuel Distribution System (TFDS), Bulk Fuel Distribution System (BFDS), Petroleum Expeditionary Analysis Kit (PEAK), Water Bison and Water Bison Light, Water Storage and Distribution System (WSDS) , 3K Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS), Early Entry Fluid Distribution System (E2FDS) and Pipeline Trace Tool - Software Development, Load Handling System (LHS) - Compatible Water Tank-rack System (HIPPO), Small Unit Water Purifier (SUWP) and Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Water Hauler. This Project provides for the modernization of current Petroleum and Water System fleets by investigating technology insertions including, but not limited to: condition-based maintenance, Vectronics, Victory Architecture, autonomous operations and other emerging technologies. Funding also supports market research, developing and testing initial prototypes, and production representative articles to enable refinement of Operational Requirements and early user feedback to support future sustainment and operational movement operating concepts. Funding supports non-traditional and middle tier acquisitions to include Other Transaction Authority (OTA) and 804. FY 2026 Base RDTE $6.431 million provides for Small Unit Water Purifier (SUWP), Unit Water Trailer (Bison), 3k Tactical Water Purification System (3k TWPS), Tactical Fuel Distribution System (TFDS), and Chemical Biological Radiation Nuclear (CBRN) Water Hauler developmental testing and program support. The 3k TWPS program will achieve Milestone 'C' (MS C) in FY 2025, award Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) hardware and start Production Qualification Testing (PQT) in FY 2026. Bison achieved MS C and awarded LRIP hardware (Dec 2024) and will start PQT in FY 2025. TFDS achieved MS C March 2025 and awarded LRIP hardware. TFDS will start PQT in FY 2025. CBRN will achieve MS C and award LRIP hardware in FY 2026 and start PQT in FY 2027.

Mission — Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) source

ULCANS provides increased survivability against multi-spectral visual, infrared and radar threats, thermal signature suppression and significant thermal/solar reduction capability. ULCANS is capable of use in all types of weather and climatic conditions except in heavy snow and winds. ULCANS variants are integrated systems that are very lightweight, easily deployable, versatile, user friendly and tailored to the equipment meeting the requirements of operations for combat systems, command and control equipment, logistic support sites, tactical facilities, and fixed facilities. RDT&E funding for ULCANS Increment I program supports formal development for necessary technology/signature enhancements of three ULCANS Increment I variants (Woodland, Arctic, Desert/Urban) to replace current legacy ULCANS variants (Woodland and Desert). Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) provides Full Spectrum Signature Management for Vehicles from ground, aerial, and satellite. MCS enables combat vehicle protection and survivability against current peer and near-peer threats; defeats enemy targeting and surveillance systems through multi-spectral concealment (UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, Thermal, Radar); enables multi-domain operations in A2/AD environment and provides operational units layered protection and concealment against long-range precision fires, drones, ground, aerial, and satellite threats. Funding supports modernization of current camouflage net systems by investigating technology insertions that decrease Soldier and ground combat vehicle detection from threat sensors. Funding also supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of operational requirements and early user feedback to maintain overmatch signature reduction against future threat sensors from peer competitors. FY26 funding in the amount of $6.781M supports the development of vehicle platforms including the Abrams and Bradley Fighting Vehicle. MCS is a congressional interest program.

Mission — Maneuver Support Vessel (MSV) source

This project line supports the family of Maneuver Support Vessels (MSV) which enable Dynamic Force Repositioning (DFR) by providing the Combatant, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) Commanders with the ability to access multiple entry points via littorals and inland waterways (waterborne corridor) to sustain forces within an anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) bubble. The family of MSV include the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) and other systems both manned and autonomous and enablers which support INDOPACOM operational plans and Army Title 10 requirements to prepare for land combat and provide watercraft support in a theater of operations in support of Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC). MSV connectors will provide Surge, Precision and Dispersed Logistics to move and maneuver tailored forces, combat ready troops, platforms, equipment, and supply bulk fuel and water across the full spectrum of operations. MSV connectors mitigate A2/AD threats by providing access to shallow coastal waters, rivers, in narrow inland waterways in support of dispersed force elements in austere environments and where mature ports or road networks are unavailable. The MSV(L) provides upgraded capabilities such as higher operational speed, reduced draft and increased payload to support expeditionary movement and maneuver of tailored forces and combat power to mitigate the Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) operational environment. Capable of delivering a combat configured Abrams, Stryker or Bradley Fighting Vehicles along with critical sustainment missions including delivery of food, water, fuel, and ammunition. MSV(L) is the first new development program which will displace the Army's aging Landing Craft Mechanized-8 (LCM-8) class of vessels. The LCM-8 does not have the speed, functional draft (shallow water capability), interoperability, or maneuver capability to move today's Army Maneuver Platforms. The MSV(L) prototype will undergo contractor and government testing through FY 2026, with limited Reliability and Maintainability (RAM) testing in FY 2027. Following prototype testing the prototype vessel may be used as a test bench for future modifications and or a training asset. The MSV(L) low-rate initial production vessels will complete RAM, Production Verification Testing, and Initial Operational & Evaluation in FY 2027-2030. The family of MSV will also include interim capabilities and enablers to facilitate the range of pulsed operations in the littorals. FY 2026 RDTE dollars in the amount of $6.722 million support the family of Maneuver Support Vessels requirements development process with analysis and concept design, including potential autonomous solutions, to address approved requirements and testing.

Mission — Engine Driven Gen Ed source

This funding line is a key enabler for multiple Army Modernization Priorities by providing adaptable and efficient electrical power sources for network modernization, soldier lethality, long range precision fires, and air & missile defense. The main efforts are integrating standardized power solutions supporting specific programs and modernizations within the CPI2 command post, Soldier power battery charging, and precision fires and air & missile defense systems. This project supports the Tactical Electric Power (TEP) programs (2kW-900kW Generators and Associated Equip) which is established to develop a modernized, standard family of Mobile Electric Power (MEP) systems to include MEP Generating Sources (MEPGS), MEP Distribution Systems (MEPDS), MEP Storage Systems (MEPSS) and MEP Management Systems (MEPMS) for all Services throughout the Department of Defense IAW DoDI 4120.11. Building on the device/component evaluations conducted in PE 0603804A project G11, this project supports the system development and demonstration of a series of innovative mobile electric power systems that are essential to the development and eventual fielding of modernized MEPGS, MEPMS, MEPSS and MEPDS. This project also supports Army modernization priorities, specifically Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) demands in Network / Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence (C3I), Soldier Lethality, Air & Missile Defense and Long Range Precision Fires, field hospital power, and reduces sustainment requirements. Power Distribution Illumination Systems Electrical (PDISE) provides reliable, modular designed power distribution equipment that is critical to deploying power networks. PDISE Expansion will add power distribution greater than 60kW and a universal controller that can connect multiple power sources. The Prime Power Distribution Systems (PPDS) effort will fulfill prime power (medium voltage, 4160 Volts Alternating Current (VAC)) distribution shortfalls to support 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) and Force Provider Expeditionary (FPE) requirements. PPDS will provide modernized power distribution capabilities for the U.S. Army Deployable Power Generation and Distribution System (DPGDS), the FPE Prime Power Connection Kit (PPCK), and the U.S. Air Force Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) power systems. The PPDS will incorporate advanced capabilities and include three primary components: an improved Primary Switching Center (iPSC), secondly, an improved Secondary Distribution Center (iSDC), and last, a Tactical Prime Power Transformer (TPPT). The Universal Power Gateway (comprised of a Universal Power Electronic Secondary Controller and advanced energy storage) will enable a seamless alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) power grid to connect multiple sources (generator, energy storage, vehicle power, renewable), giving the warfighter maximum operational flexibility, greater operational reliability, and reduced logistics footprint. STEP is a modernization program for existing legacy small power generation systems, that will provide expeditionary, durable and reliable tactical electric power capabilities less than 5kW, to support operations in the austere environments of today's battlefield. The STEP program is a critical enabler to the Army modernization priorities under Army Futures Command Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team (CFT) and Network CFT. It will provide battery charging power sources for Soldier borne sensors, lasers and optics. The Hybrid AMMPS Power Source (HAPS), renamed from Integrated Fire Control Network (IFCN) in FY 2024, activities include the development and integration a 10kW bi-directional power converter to include the integration of 6T format Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries on a IFCN platform system. The U.S Army field hospital configurations require a modernized power generator and distribution system to support medical operations in large scale ground combat operations (LSGCO). Based on the Army's modernized field hospital and recently fielded next generation computed tomography (CT) systems, the current Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) authorization of 100kw Tactical Quiet Generators (TQGs) are insufficient to meet the operational power demands for the 148-bed configuration. FY 2026 funds will support prototyping and engineering, manufacturing and development efforts for the STEP 3kW and PPDS effort.

Mission — Logistics and Engineer Equipment - Eng Dev source

This Program Element (PE) provides system development, demonstration, and test and evaluation funding for various projects. This PE includes the development of watercraft, military tactical and assault bridging, material handling equipment, construction equipment, engineer support and maintenance equipment, soldier support equipment (to include shelter systems, environmental control, field service equipment, camouflage systems and aerial delivery equipment), water purification equipment, petroleum distribution equipment, and mobile electric power. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.097 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 $0.247 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 — Maintenance Support Equipment source

Mobile Maintenance Equipment provides state of the art, deployable, vehicle-mounted, Soldier portable and containerized shelter tool systems supporting the readiness of the Joint warfighter directly supporting Soldier Lethality, Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) and Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF), as well as, addressing GAPs 10 and 17. These systems are equipped with industrial quality tools required for Two Level Maintenance that reduce common tool redundancy, provide tool standardization, minimize transportation requirements, reduce logistical footprint, and are backed by a Lifetime Warranty/Replacement Program which reduces sustainment costs. This is accomplished by employing a system of systems approach to maintenance acquisition. The System of Systems approach builds a maintenance capability upon each system, allowing a logical and natural approach to the Army's overall two level maintenance strategy. These inter-connected systems distributed throughout the Army at multiple levels and echelons provide a holistic repair capability in all scenarios and environments. These systems provide the Maintenance and Combat Commanders an unprecedented capability to repair wheeled, tracked, aviation, ground support and weapons systems on site at one location at one time. This approach to maintenance acquisition increases efficiencies and supports the current force while providing modular configurations designed to meet the specific needs of the Army maintainer in today's complex transforming environment. The need to develop and maintain a System of System maintenance approach is critical for maintaining readiness due to the growing complexity of today's military equipment, operational tempo, modularity, and current and evolving Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs). The individual maintenance systems are comprehensive, interconnected and capable of solving and repairing any maintenance problems. The System of Systems approach does not advocate specific tools, methods or practices; instead it seeks to promote a streamlined comprehensive set of systems for solving maintenance challenges where the interactions of doctrine, technology, time and tactics techniques and procedures are the primary drivers. Funding for projects shall include test article procurement and testing of Soldier portable maintenance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (SKOs), load banks and refrigeration tool kit; investigation of new technologies for next generation mobile maintenance equipment shop sets including the Shop Equipment Welding (SEW) and Shop Equipment Contact Maintenance (SECM); development of additional Standard Automotive Tool Set (SATS) maintenance modules, Armament Repair Shop Set (ARSS), Refrigeration Tool Kit (RTK), Mobile Ammunition Processing Facility (MAPF), Forward Repair System (FRS), Special Tools initiatives, shelter mounted system development; packaging development; and technical support for emerging Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) materiel requirements documents. Additive Manufacturing increased capabilities to the Metal Working and Machining Shop Set (MWMSS) to include a polymer and metal printing and associated digital library capability. Modernization upgrades increase effectiveness while improving efficiency, reliability and maintainability while supporting emerging Army systems as well as using lower cost set components. Funding supports modernization of the current Ordnance equipment by investigating technology insertions due to but not limited to obsolescence and technology innovations. Funding also supports developing initial prototypes to enable refinement of Operational Requirements and early user feedback to support future sustainment and operational movement concepts.

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