Weapons and Munitions Product… (PE 0607131A) · Army

What it is

Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs (0607131A) is an Army research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army account. Its J-book detail breaks the line into 4 projects.

What changed

-$17.9M FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026

Who gets it

No company is linked to this line. Award records do not carry the program element, so the crosswalk is silent here — why.

Budget figures

FY24 Actuals

$61.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Total

$31.6MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY26 Request

$13.7MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25→26 Change

-$17.9MR-1 TOA · PB2026

Data coverage

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →

Budget trajectory

The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order: this line ends lower than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$61.7M
FY25	$31.6M
FY26	$13.7M

All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026

Decade view

P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition

12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.

The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.

● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
Series	FY15	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Actuals	$0	$5.68M	$20.0M	$16.3M	$18.0M	$14.2M	$24.7M	$40.0M	$54.2M	$61.7M
Enacted		$4.95M	$19.6M	$15.7M	$18.6M	$15.6M	$19.7M	$35.8M	$57.2M	$8.43M	$31.6M
Request			$14.5M	$15.7M	$18.6M	$15.6M	$20.4M	$22.8M	$11.7M	$8.43M	$9.36M	$13.7M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $8.43M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $61.7M as actual total obligation authority — $53.3M above the request. 61.7 − 8.4 = 53.3 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.

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 — Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs

Project CP2 / Precision Fire Technology Improvements, supports required Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), and Precision Fuze and Fuze Setter assessment and improvement initiatives to support increased rates of fire for items that have been fielded or in full rate production, such as the M1155 Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS), Excalibur and Precision Guidance Kit (PGK). Efforts will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test, and develop PGM and Fuze technologies to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability, and accuracy in support of the Army's Cannon Transformation Strategy. Project ER2 / Close Combat Technology includes development efforts to upgrade Close Combat technologies, energetics, and munitions, such as counter explosives, grenades, demolitions, shoulder launched munitions, pyrotechnic simulators, countermeasure flares, non-lethal ammunition/systems, and networked munitions and mines, that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production. Funding will allow the project to identify, characterize, study, analyze, test and develop technologies to resolve close combat munition reliability, safety, environmental, storage, standardization, obsolescence and manufacturing/producibility issues. Project ER5 / The Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology Project includes product improvement, and development efforts to upgrade indirect fire weapon systems and munitions that are fielded and/or are in production. Initiatives include improved target engagement, increased reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety, standardization and interoperability with weapons and munitions of Allied Nations, defense exportability features, reduction of failure mechanisms, and supply chain risk through introduction of new and alternative technology and materiel solutions, improvement of manufacturing methods and their associated production and life cycle support processes, new capabilities in response to the evolving and emerging threats and countermeasures, and reduction/elimination of potential environmental and health risks associated with these products. The Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology Project will enhance the Department of Defense's (DoD) portfolio. Project ER6 / The Direct Fire Technology funding will be used to support direct fire ammunition from small caliber ammunition, medium caliber ammunition and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy and general product improvements. Funding supports a number of small caliber ammunition projects including improvements to training ammunition; improvements to make small caliber primers more environmentally friendly; optimization of handgun ammunition; exploring precision sniper improvements and continuing the effort to reduce Soldier load by developing lightweight ammunition. Improvements to medium caliber ammunition include lethality and safety enhancements including Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) technology. Improvements to 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition include examination and implementation of performance enhancement and improvements to tracer, combustible cartridge case and 105mm Advanced Multipurpose (AMP). The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.03 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."

Mission — Precision Fire Technology Improvements

This Project supports required Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), and Precision Fuze and Fuze Setter assessment and improvement initiatives to support increased rates of fire for items that have been fielded or in full rate production, such as the M1155 Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS), Excalibur and Precision Guidance Kit (PGK). Efforts will identify, characterize, study, analyze, test, and develop PGM and Fuze technologies to increase range, lethality, effectiveness, survivability, and accuracy in support of the Army's Cannon Transformation Strategy.

Mission — Close Combat Technology

Project ER2 Close Combat Technology includes development efforts to upgrade Close Combat technologies, energetics, and munitions, such as counter explosives, grenades, demolitions, shoulder launched munitions, pyrotechnic simulators, countermeasure flares, non-lethal ammunition/systems, and networked munitions and mines, that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production. Funding will allow the project to identify, characterize, study, analyze, test and develop technologies to resolve close combat munition reliability, safety, environmental, storage, standardization, obsolescence and manufacturing/producibility issues.

Mission — Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology

The Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology Project includes product improvement, and development efforts to upgrade indirect fire weapon systems and munitions that are fielded and/or are in production. Initiatives include improved target engagement, increased reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety, standardization and interoperability with weapons and munitions of Allied Nations, defense exportability features, reduction of failure mechanisms, and supply chain risk through introduction of new and alternative technology and materiel solutions, improvement of manufacturing methods and their associated production and life cycle support processes, new capabilities in response to the evolving and emerging threats and countermeasures, and reduction/elimination of potential environmental and health risks associated with these products. The Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology Project will enhance the Department of Defense's (DoD) portfolio.

Mission — Direct Fire Technology

The Direct Fire Technology funding will be used to support direct fire ammunition from small caliber ammunition, medium caliber ammunition and large caliber ammunition enhancements to lethality, effectiveness, survivability, accuracy and general product improvements. Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding supports a number of small caliber ammunition projects including improvements to training ammunition; improvements to make small caliber primers more environmentally friendly; optimization of handgun ammunition; exploring precision sniper improvements and continuing the effort to reduce Soldier load by developing lightweight ammunition. Improvements to medium caliber ammunition include lethality and safety enhancements including Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) technology. Improvements to 105mm and 120mm tank ammunition include examination and implementation of performance enhancement and improvements to tracer, combustible cartridge case and 105mm Advanced Multipurpose (AMP).

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (14)

Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS) Modernization

The effort supports fuze setting system requirements based on legacy and developmental platforms and munitions for 155mm Artillery systems. Efforts support development of comprehensive technology plan in support of the Army's Artillery Modernization Strategy.

M330 Obscuration Grenade

The M330 Hand Grenade Smoke Screening (HGSS) produces a dense cloud of non-colored smoke for 90 to 150 seconds in the visual spectrum for screening and concealment of the tactical small unit. The environmentally friendly M330 is the approved replacement for the highly toxic AN-M8 HC Smoke hand grenade currently restricted for contingency operations. The interim solution, the M83 TA "Practice" smoke hand grenade, is not suitable and sustainable for combat operations as it requires a 3:1 ratio when compared to the AN-M8 HC or M330 for tactical obscuration. The M83 TA "Practice" smoke hand grenade will serve as the M330 HGSS trainer. The M330 enables the Soldier Lethality modernization priority by providing the Soldier with a tactical replacement for the AN-M8 that provides effective obscuration capability to support Soldier Maneuver under enemy fire while reducing toxicity to the Soldiers and Environment. The M330 also reduces Soldier load and the associated logistics burden as Soldiers can now use a single M330 in lieu of 3 M83s currently needed in tactical operations.

M67 (G881) Fragmentation Hand Grenade

The M67 Hand Grenade uses the M213 fuze which does not meet Insensitive Munitions (IM) requirements. The M67 E1 program is a modernization effort that will replace the legacy M67 with a more IM compliant system which greatly increases the safety of the warfighter as it will make the M67 less susceptible to inadvertent detonation. This effort will integrate the Israeli M840 IM compliant foreign fuze as a replacement to the current M213 fuze and incorporate an IM compliant explosive fill. The new IM compliant fuze and explosive fill will be qualified for incorporation into the M67 design and the TDP will be updated. The M67 is an enabler for Soldier Lethality as it provides Soldiers with a highly effective capability that is easy to throw and can produce casualties to enemy combatants via a 15 meter fragmentation radius. This capability enables the soldier lethality Army modernization priority by providing increased lethality while increasing soldier survivability due to safety benefits of the more IM compliant grenade.

M112 Demolition Block - Alternate Fill

This effort will qualify an alternative explosive fill (PAX-52) for the M112 demolition block that is a more reliable demolition for use in cold and extreme cold conditions and more environmentally friendly in manufacture and use. It also eliminates the need for Polyisobutylene (PIB) a current OCONUS single point failure within the production of the M112 Demolition Block.

Volcano Modernization

This effort will develop improvements to the Volcano anti-vehicular scatterable mine delivery system and associated mine canisters. The focus will be on robotic control, remote canister deployment, and tactical canister improvements.

Airborne Expendable Countermeasure Modernization

FY25 funding supports combining the legacy countermeasures into a single cartridge to optimize Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP) and increase the number of countermeasure solutions.

MICLIC Trainer

This effort will develop a replacement for the current M68 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) training round which has proven to be expensive and difficult to utilize. The M68 trainer is designed to be fired 3 times but repacking the inert line charge into its "tub" after a firing event is a manpower intensive and time consuming endeavor, which leads to an ineffective training experience for soldiers. This effort will explore concepts and qualify a solution that provides a realistic training experience for the soldier, reduces the scope of or eliminates the repacking task, and is more cost effective than the current system.

M82 Electronic Delay

M82 is the practice smoke round for the family of 66mm vehicle launched smoke grenades. This effort is to qualify and replace the current pyrotechnic delay mix with an electronic delay circuit. Historically, there have been performance issues and failures at cold temperatures that have been attributed to the pyrotechnic delay mix. This effort will improve the performance of the M82 (and eventually, the M81) during extreme temperatures.

Shoulder Launched Munition Improvements

This effort will improve Army Multipurpose Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS) ammunition communication capability with M3A1 Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Fire Control System. The improvements will enable the M3A1 Carl Gustaf rifle's fire control system to recognize the ballistic trajectories and energetic profile automatically enabling the Soldier to focus on the mission and reducing time to engage adversaries. This increases accuracy and improves Soldier Lethality. Effort will also add improvements to other soldier launched capabilities.

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

Fuze Technology Integration (FTI)

This project implements new and mature technologies into fuzing systems to preclude obsolescence, maximize standardization, enhance performance, and improve the safety and exportability of existing munitions. The FTI project addresses two major areas: (1) analysis/risk mitigation and (2) block upgrades. Analysis efforts will identify second sources for fuzing systems that may reduce costs by providing competition and maintain production when sources or parts are no longer available. It will also allow for the performance enhancement of current ammunition items by conducting studies of major fuze components to detect, identify, and correct latent defects. The second major area is block upgrades, which will identify and perform studies on improvements to fuzes, increase commonality of fuze components and requirements. Block upgrades will enable the introduction of the latest technologies into fuzing, keep the fuzing design current to avoid obsolescence issues and add capabilities.

Small Caliber Ammunition Product Improvements

Develop, demonstrate, and qualify improvements for 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50 cal, Next Generation Squad Weapon ammunition, Precision Sniper ammunition and Handgun ammunition to achieve an increase in overall lethality and effectiveness.

Medium Caliber Ammunition Product Improvements

Develop, demonstrate, and qualify improvements for 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, and 40mm ammunition. 40mm M433E1 will improve lethality (fragmentation) of the M433 grenade. The 40mm M550 fuze replacement will replace the single stage fuze with a dual spinlock fuze to improve safety and performance reliability. Improve safety, performance and reliability issues on the 20mm M940 ammunition.

Tank Ammunition Product Improvements

Develop and test potential improvements to 105mm and 120mm gun system ammunition.

Budget line items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

Account	Org	Type	Amount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY24 Actuals	$61.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY25 Enacted	$31.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY25 Total	$31.6M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY26 Disc. Request	$13.7M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army	A	FY26 Total	$13.7M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.

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Project	FY24 Actuals	FY25 Total	FY26 Base	FY26 Request
Program Element	$61.7M	$31.6M	$13.7M	$13.7M
CP2: Precision Fire Technology Improvements	$3.33M	$10.9M	$3.63M	$3.63M
ER2: Close Combat Technology	$2.78M	$1.75M	$4.71M	$4.71M
ER5: Indirect Fire and Fuze Technology	$14.1M	$7.11M	$2.30M	$2.30M
ER6: Direct Fire Technology	$41.5M	$11.8M	$3.05M	$3.05M

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Awards

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Lobbying mentions

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H.R.4016 & S.2572 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5342 & 2354 - Commerce, Justice, Science and…

Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs

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