RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

CYBERCOM Activities

PE 0208059JCY·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$31.7M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $31.7M 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
$31.7M
▲ 5.0% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$30.2M
▼ 15% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$35.7M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $31.7M for CYBERCOM Activities under RDT&E program element 0208059JCY, up 5.0% 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.

25035.7FY25ACTUAL30.2FY26ENACTED31.7FY27REQUEST32.5FY2833.1FY2934.0FY3034.3FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual35.7
FY2026Enacted30.2
FY2027Request31.7
FY2028Outyear32.5
FY2029Outyear33.1
FY2030Outyear34.0
FY2031Outyear34.3
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.

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

1 project rolls up into PE 0208059JCY

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 5% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project CY59A1

CYBERCOM Activities

$31.7MFY2027 request ▲ 5%
FY2025 actual$35.7M
FY2026 enacted$30.2M
FY2027 request$31.7M
Product Development

This program provides the foundational engineering, analytic rigor, and IT development required for U.S. Cyber Command to plan, direct, and synchronize full spectrum cyberspace operations. These investments underpin the nation’s ability to defend critical infrastructure, impose costs on adversaries in cyberspace, and ensure the Joint Force can operate with confidence in a contested digital environment.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
FY2025 actual$27.4M
FY2026 enacted$25.6M
FY2027 request$27.1M

• Joint Warfighting Analysis Center (JCWA) PEO Transition & Governance: Finalize the transition of Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) authorities to the newly established JCWA Program Executive Office (PEO). Execute statutory requirements outlined in Section 1509 of the FY 2023 NDAA, shifting from process development to full…

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HQ IT Development▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$8.3M
FY2026 enacted$4.6M
FY2027 request$4.7M

FY2027 planned work The focus on completing the final stages of development for key technologies while continuing the strategic drawdown of RDT&E investments in favor of increased O&M appropriations. This reflects the successful maturation of major initiatives and the transition of cloud computing, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT capabilities into sustained operational use, ensuring long term support, optimization, and lifecycle management under O&M funding.

FY2026 to FY2027 change The funding increase between FY 2026 and FY 2027 reflects an inflationary adjustment.

FY2026 plans — current year • As USCYBERCOM transitions key research and development initiatives into full operational use, FY 2026 RDT&E resources will focus on completing final development stages for priority technologies while strategically scaling down RDT&E investments in favor of increased O&M appropriations. This shift reflects the successful maturation of critical efforts—particularly in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture—that are now entering sustained operational phases. • Execute a deliberate transition strategy to maximize the value of prior RDT&E investments, reallocating resources to maintain and enhance these capabilities throughout their operational lifecycle. This approach…

FY2025 accomplishments Funding for USCYBERCOM IT supports the continuation of efforts providing engineering and cybersecurity support for new IT requirements analysis, design, planning and implementation of IT solutions. These include implementing centralized security and monitoring capabilities for the Command’s dynamic multi-cloud and on-premise network environment spanning across classification levels. FY 2025 funding also supports incorporating DevSecOps frameworks, tools and enforcement mechanisms into cloud infrastructure environments and IT system development processes, to include prototyping and development of automated Authority to Operate (ATO) capabilities to support rapid accreditation of mission…

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$31.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$31.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$31.7M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$31.7M 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%31.7
FY2027 request100%31.7
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This program provides the foundational engineering, analytic rigor, and IT development required for U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) to plan, direct, and synchronize full‑spectrum cyberspace operations. These investments enable the nation to defend critical infrastructure, impose costs on adversaries in cyberspace, and ensure the Joint Force can operate with confidence in a contested digital environment.

The program employs an acquisition strategy designed to accelerate the delivery of cyber capabilities by applying innovative solutions to both existing and emerging technologies. A flexible mix of Fixed Price and Cost Plus contract vehicles enables rapid fielding of mature technologies while preserving the ability to incentivize innovation for novel or high risk development efforts. This approach ensures the program can adapt to evolving mission needs, technical complexity, and varying levels of technology readiness. Contracts are awarded under full and open competition whenever feasible to ensure best value, promote transparency, and maintain access to a broad industrial base with specialized cyber expertise.

Project CY59A1 — CYBERCOM Activities
  • Product Development
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0208059JCY (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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