Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration
Abstract
This Program Element (PE) funds the Army's goal of accelerating innovative solutions to achieve future force modernization. The Army is using strategic and "non-traditional" partnerships and working with traditional vendors in novel ways to respond at the speed of innovation to accelerate the development of cutting-edge technology. Critical technologies that allow for technological superiority are increasingly dual-use or developed in academia-led partnerships that leverage cutting edge innovation. In an era of global competition, technological superiority requires agile and rapid innovation. Cross-cutting modernization initiatives leveraging strategic partnerships and foster an environment to bring knowledge and expertise to demonstrate breakthrough and innovative technologies that will benefit the warfighter. These collaborations bring new ways of doing business to demonstrate emerging technologies and systems with high payoff potential to address current technology shortfalls or future capability gaps and systems. Leveraging other innovative mechanisms, to include accelerators, incubators, and other technology accelerants, to enhance innovation is part of the overall innovation strategy. Innovation includes not only hardware, and physical products but also software, software development, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, all as stand-alone initiatives and as part of broader innovation to programs and technology development. Through the Army's Innovation Oversight Board, Army senior leadership approves Innovation projects in the budget year and year of execution based on priority and opportunity, ensuring that innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps and transitioning to Army acquisition to rapidly deliver capabilities to the Soldier. Research in this PE is closely coordinated with PE 0602002A (Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research) Work is performed by the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C), the Engineering Research and Development Center, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center, and the United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 0603025A_3_2040_PB_2025
- Change Summary Explanation
- Funding decrease is due to a reduction the assessment of innovative proposals in FY25 and realignment to Program Element (PE) 0602150A (Air and Missile Defense Technology) to accelerate Army investment in Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS).
- Service Agency Name
- Army
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army
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