BA-4: Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P)

BA-4 refers to Budget Activity 4, one of the eight budget activities used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to categorize and structure its Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriations.

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