# JFCOM Wargaming — Program Element 0207697F

**Program element:** 0207697F  
**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/0207697F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding ramps 1827% to a $83.7M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 95% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 12% (to $73.7M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators cut 24% (to $63.9M). AFDW leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 83.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.1 |

> 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 | 83.7 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 73.7 | −10.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 83.7 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 63.9 | −19.8 |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675190 | JFCOM Wargaming | 3.8 | 4.3 | 83.7 | +1827% |

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

### Project 675190 — JFCOM Wargaming

Funding supports the CSAF Title 10 wargaming efforts to test concepts, capabilities, programming choices, and plans using simulation and other techniques, otherwise known as wargaming. Based on the Department and Air Force direction, there is a concerted effort in these periods of fiscal restraint to reinvigorate, institutionalize, and systematize wargaming across the Department. This effort requires continued funding to maintain the level of effort to most effectively pursue an innovative strategy, avoid operational and technical surprise and make best use of limited resources. The Air Force continues to refine the wargame process and design to better integrate and synergize those efforts in support of the Air Force Strategy, Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (SPPBE) process. Specifically, in addition to maintaining a robust Title 10 Wargame series, Global Engagement, servicing Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) objectives. The HAF Wargaming Enterprise is executing on-call Wargaming in support of the AF/A5/7, the Agile series, along with quick-turning wargame support to the USAF Enterprise Capability Collaboration Team (ECCT) requirements, the Enterprise series, Plan Blue, and to service AF/A5/7 strategy and concept development objectives; all to better address the requirements of the Strategy, Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (SPPBE)process and cycles. Additionally, HAF Wargaming provides and coordinates Air Force representation at other Service and Joint wargames as they execute across the department. These efforts are providing decision support to senior Air Force leaders involving investment strategies and develop concepts to best employ U.S. forces in future conflicts. The Wargame Information Environment (WIE) is a continually evolving system that provides an array of services to game players which enables the accomplishment of game objectives. The backbone of the WIE is GameNet, a deployable, standalone, Local Area Network (LAN) with servers and laptops that host applications to support virtual battlespace collaboration, decision making, three-dimensional visualizations & mapping, and services. Behind these applications are cutting edge technologies and database architectures from both commercial off-the-shelf and government developed software that assures relevance to the wargame.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** AFDW (83.7, 100%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Develop/ Upgrade Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Tools for Wargaming Information Environment (WIE) | 1.7 | 1.9 | 38.3 |
| Joint Concept Development & Experimentation (JCD&E) Tools | 2.1 | 2.5 | 45.3 |

> 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 | 100% | 83.7 |

**Top named industry performers:** AFDW ($83.7M, 100%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Funding supports the CSAF Title 10 wargaming efforts to test concepts, capabilities, programming choices, and plans using simulation and other techniques, otherwise known as wargaming. Based on the Department and Air Force direction, there is a concerted effort in these periods of fiscal restraint to reinvigorate, institutionalize, and systematize wargaming across the Department. This effort requires continued funding to maintain the level of effort to most effectively pursue an innovative strategy, avoid operational and technical surprise and make best use of limited resources.

In order to achieve an innovative strategy, avoid operational and technical surprise and make best use of limited resources, wargaming requires an evolutionary acquisition approach for every wargame. Contract support is required as wargame and IT specialized expertise resides with industry and is not available organically. The requirements constantly evolve and a challenge to be accurately defined at the outset of the contract; however, we will continue to pursue a firm fixed price (FFP) contract awarded under a full and open competition.

## Related program elements

- [0604604F — Joint Smart Munitions Test and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604604F) (Air Force)
- [0901226F — M & S Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F) (Air Force)
- [0602435N — Ocean Wrfghtg Env Applied Res](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602435N) (Navy)
- [0603829J — Joint Capability Experimentation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603829J) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0207697F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207697F")`.

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