RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Digitization

PE 0203758A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$1.6M
◆ Scaling +59%
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U.S. Army funding ramps 59% to a $1.6M request in FY2027, sustained 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.

FY2027 Request
$1.6M
▲ 59% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.0M
▼ 33% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$1.5M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $1.6M for Digitization under RDT&E program element 0203758A, up 59% over FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

01.5FY25ACTUAL1.0FY26ENACTED1.6FY27REQUEST1.6FY281.6FY291.7FY301.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual1.5
FY2026Enacted1.0
FY2027Request1.6
FY2028Outyear1.6
FY2029Outyear1.6
FY2030Outyear1.7
FY2031Outyear1.7
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0203758A

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 59% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 374

HOR Battlefld Digitizn

$1.6MFY2027 request ▲ 59%
FY2025 actual$1.5M
FY2026 enacted$1.0M
FY2027 request$1.6M
Support

As the Army Equipping methodology transitions to the Army Modernization Enterprise or AME, the information technology used to support Army Equipping must grow and change. The development of an upgraded Army Equipping Enterprise System (AE2S) will integrate and share programming data (dollars and quantities) with information from IT systems that support the Army Futures Command (AFC), ASA(ALT), ASA(FM&C) and Army G3/5/7. This data sharing will allow the AME to provide Army Senior Leaders with a complete picture of how well programs are executing, the impacts of programming decisions on Army current and future readiness and modernization and will help to develop a road map needed to transition the current force to a fully modernize Army. The AE2S next generation capability requirements include a flexible data and software architectures that allows the user to integrate disparate data from differing architectures in order to develop new information that can be turned into actionable knowledge by senior leaders. The software architecture must have data visualization capabilities that allow the user to display data in ways that can articulate how AME decisions made impact warfighting effectiveness and plans.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Interoperability and Integration▲ 56%
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.2M
FY2027 request$0.3M

FY2027 planned work Contractor will continue to conduct independent analyses of Army, joint, and multinational interfaces, adherence to standards, implementation profiles, and interoperability baselines.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 funding increase supports additional interoperability and integration analyses for Army and Joint efforts.

FY2026 plans — current year Contractor will continue to conduct independent analyses of Army, joint, and multinational interfaces, adherence to standards, implementation profiles, and interoperability baselines.

FY2025 accomplishments Contractor will continue to conduct independent analyses of Army, joint, and multinational interfaces, adherence to standards, implementation profiles, and interoperability baselines.

Operational Capability Analysis and Evaluation▲ 58%
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.2M
FY2027 request$0.3M

FY2027 planned work Contractor will continue to conduct iterative capability analyses and assessments consistent with CJCSI 3170 (JCIDS) and 6212 (Net Readiness) to ensure Army and joint program technical and operational requirements are consistent. Efforts support Army and joint initiatives.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 funding increase supports additional projected capability analysis and assessments.

FY2026 plans — current year Contractor will continue to conduct iterative capability analyses and assessments consistent with CJCSI 3170 (JCIDS) and 6212 (Net Readiness) to ensure Army and joint program technical and operational requirements are consistent. Efforts support Army and joint initiatives.

FY2025 accomplishments Contractor will continue to conduct iterative capability analyses and assessments consistent with CJCSI 3170 (JCIDS) and 6212 (Net Readiness) to ensure Army and joint program technical and operational requirements are consistent. Efforts support Army and joint initiatives.

Systems Architecture Development▲ 30%
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.4M
FY2027 request$0.5M

FY2027 planned work FFRDC contractor will continue to conduct broad concept studies with emphasis on interoperability and joint coalition operations.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 funding increase supports additional projected broad concept studies supporting system architecture development.

FY2026 plans — current year FFRDC contractor will continue to conduct broad concept studies with emphasis on interoperability and joint coalition operations.

FY2025 accomplishments Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) contractor will continue to conduct broad concept studies with emphasis on interoperability and joint coalition operations.

Technical Reviews and Technical Performance Analysis▲ 85%
FY2025 actual$0.2M
FY2026 enacted$0.1M
FY2027 request$0.3M

FY2027 planned work Contractor will continue to provide technology maturity assessments, prepare technical recommendations in support of Army Transformation and specific technologies of interest, including test and evaluate network systems, and infrastructure modeling and simulations to the G-8.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 funding increase supports additional projected technology maturity assessments and technical recommendations in support of modernized forces

FY2026 plans — current year Contractor will continue to provide technology maturity assessments, prepare technical recommendations in support of Army Transformation and specific technologies of interest, including test and evaluate network systems, and infrastructure modeling and simulations to the G-8.

FY2025 accomplishments Contractor will continue to provide technology maturity assessments, prepare technical recommendations in support of Army Transformation and specific technologies of interest, including test and evaluate network systems, and infrastructure modeling and simulations to the G-8.

Academic Research▲ 363%
FY2025 actual$0.1M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.1M

FY2027 planned work Contractor will continue to apply university academic and research resources to the integration of Army complex modeling, simulation, and training in support of modernized forces.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 funding increase supports additional projected university academic and research for the Army.

FY2026 plans — current year Contractor will continue to apply university academic and research resources to the integration of Army complex modeling, simulation, and training in support of modernized forces.

FY2025 accomplishments Contractor will continue to apply university academic and research resources to the integration of Army complex modeling, simulation, and training in support of modernized forces.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$1.6M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$1.6M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$1.6M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$1.6M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Other / unspecified100%1.6
FY2027 request100%1.6
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

As the Army Equipping methodology transitions to the Army Modernization Enterprise or AME, the information technology used to support Army Equipping must grow and change. The development of an upgraded Army Equipping Enterprise System (AE2S) will integrate and share programming data (dollars and quantities) with information from Information Technology (IT) systems that support the Army Futures Command (AFC), ASA(ALT), ASA(FM&C) and Army G3/5/7.

The AE2S development will be done through either a competitive Cost Plus or Fixed Price Incentive contracts that will deliver capabilities in increments, recognizing up front the need for future improvements. The objective of the strategy is to develop and optimize system capabilities while reducing risk and streamlining business and engineering processes. FFRDC requirements will be accomplished by competitive contract. Other efforts will be accomplished by various contract methods and types.

Project 374 — HOR Battlefld Digitizn
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0203758A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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