# Global Data Integration (GDI) — Program Element 0101318F

**Program element:** 0101318F  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101318F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding ramps 723% to a $56.2M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 86% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. Altamira leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 6.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 56.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 7.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 7.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 56.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 56.2 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 56.2 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 56.2 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675368 | Global Data Integration (GDI) | 7.1 | 6.8 | 56.2 | +723% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 675368 — Global Data Integration (GDI)

The mission of USSTRATCOM is to deter strategic attack through a safe, secure, effective, and credible, global combat capability and, when directed, is ready to prevail in conflict. The command enables Joint Force operations and is the combatant command responsible for Strategic Deterrence, Nuclear Operations, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Operations, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Global Strike, Analysis and Targeting, and Missile Threat Assessment. USSTRATCOM integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of War, other national leadership and combatant commanders. The Nation's strategic C2 sensors, and mission planning programs cannot rapidly exchange information across multiple missions creating ambiguity that delays time critical national C2 decision making processes. GDI developed and established a unified schema that integrates disparate Missile Warning/Missile Defense (MW/MD), Technical Intelligence (TI) and other data into a single, exposed data set, providing redundant and unambiguous Situational Awareness data to national leadership. GDI also enables existing radars and sensors to provide data in net-centric formats consumable by other authorized systems and mission areas, thus reducing the need to acquire more systems. Activities also include studies and analysis to support current program planning, execution, and future program planning. GDI directly supports USSTRATCOM and other Combatant Command and MAJCOM mission sets. GDI meshes together selected systems and sensors (from tactical to strategic), including the Nation's most modern and capable assets, taking advantage of their larger numbers, improved algorithms, mobility, and forward deployment to provide earlier cross-cueing and expanded decision space when every second counts. Re-purposing these traditionally stove-piped systems and sensors, GDI enables the warfighter in several ways. GDI enables creation of a User Defined Operating Picture (UDOP) to provide a single, unambiguous missile event picture allowing real-time collaboration for nuclear C2 and improved senior leader situational awareness (SA) for effective decision-making.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Altamira (19.1, 34%), SciTec (9.5, 17%), MIT/LL (0.3, 0.5%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radar, Sensor, Technical Intelligence [TI], and Allied Systems | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Global Data Integration [GDI] Development | 6.4 | 6.3 | 55.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 51% | 28.9 |
| Other / unspecified | 49% | 27.3 |

**Top named industry performers:** Altamira ($19.1M, 34%), SciTec ($9.5M, 17%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The mission of USSTRATCOM is to deter strategic attack through a safe, secure, effective, and credible, global combat capability and, when directed, is ready to prevail in conflict. The command enables Joint Force operations and is the combatant command responsible for Strategic Deterrence, Nuclear Operations, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Operations, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Global Strike, Analysis and Targeting, and Missile Threat Assessment.

GDI uses existing government contract vehicles whenever available to develop and modernize the combined SDA/MW/MD/MASINT/TI data exposure architecture and solution. When appropriate contracts do not exist or not available to GDI, USSTRATCOM awards new contracts in support of responsive and consistent GDI goals.

## Related program elements

- [0304260F — Airborne SIGINT Enterprise](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304260F) (Air Force)
- [0605154N — Center For Naval Analyses](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605154N) (Navy)
- [0603289D8Z — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603945D8Z — International Innovation Initiatives](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603945D8Z) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0101318F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0101318F")`.

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