# Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) — Program Element 0207611F

**Program element:** 0207611F  
**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/0207611F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding falls 22% to a $6.8M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), 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.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 8.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 6.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 6.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 6.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 6.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 6.4 |

> 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 | 6.8 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 6.8 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 6.8 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 6.8 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675273 | Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS) | 0.0 | 8.8 | 6.8 | −22% |

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

### Project 675273 — Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS)

This package incorporates RDT&E funds to maintain constant readiness landscape changes, which entail software changes, new requirements, etc. to Air Force DRRS-S. DRRS-S is an OSD platform providing readiness reporting capabilities to the DoD. The DRRS-S mission is to establish a mission focused, capabilities based, common framework that provides the combatant commanders, military services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other key DoD users a data-driven environment and tools in which to evaluate, in near real-time, the readiness and capability of the U.S. Armed Forces to carry our assigned and potential tasks. These assigned and potential tasks sometimes drive software changes and development specifically for the Air Force which require RDT&E funding to achieve the ability to measure readiness. One example would be the development of Combat Wing. This drives a new assessment framework which needs to be developed within DRRS-S so commanders can measure the readiness of combat wings as a single capability, which are different from the way the Air Force currently assesses readiness. By not having the development ability with the RDT&E funding, readiness reporting will not meet the needs of Joint Staff, Congress, Commanders, or any end users of Air Force Readiness data. MODIFY THE DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ENCHANCE RESOURCE REPORTING FOR COMBAT WINGS: Air Force modifications to force presentation and organization requires modifications new capabilities in DRRS to allow for presented forces to reflect meaningful resource and capability ratings that fully encompass the entirety of capability packages. This change will allow the AF to present fully capability packages with a single resource rating informed by supporting unit ratings. This will provide key decision makers with decision quality data reflecting the full capability package. This is in addition to the current functional unit structure that requires deeper cross referencing to account for the full capability package. The system will combine resource data from multiple units (where reasonable) to reflect combat unit readiness informed by combat support and combat service support limits. MODIFY THE DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM AIR FORCE INPUT TOOL TO STREAMLINE REPORTING: The Air Force Input Tool module of DRRS is the interface by which Air Force units report Readiness.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Readiness Report System - Strategic | — | 8.8 | 6.8 |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 6.8 |

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This package incorporates RDT&E funds to maintain constant readiness landscape changes, which entail software changes, new requirements, etc. to Air Force DRRS-S. DRRS-S is an OSD platform providing readiness reporting capabilities to the DoD. The DRRS-S mission is to establish a mission focused, capabilities based, common framework that provides the combatant commanders, military services, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other key DoD users a data-driven environment and tools in which to evaluate, in near real-time, the readiness and capability of the U.S. Armed Forces to carry our assigned and potential tasks.

Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) utilizes a common contract vehicle to support Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS). The DAF partners with OSD for DRRS and AF-IT development. This partnership ensures OSD and AF continuous development continuity. On this contract AF has existing operating and maintenance support to manage standard maintenance and service specific support.

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0207611F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207611F")`.

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