RDT&E Project · President's Budget PB2027

Other Robust Infrastructure

Project CY85R1·PE 0208085JCY — Robust Infrastructure·Defense-Wide·BA7
FY2027 Request
$87.5M
▲ 328% vs FY2026
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Project CY85R1 — Other Robust Infrastructure requests $87.5M in FY2027, 56% of the $155.6M requested for program element 0208085JCY, up 328% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

FY2027 Request
$87.5M
▲ 328% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$20.4M
▼ 61% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$52.4M
Prior year
Project detail

What project CY85R1 buys

The Robust Infrastructure portfolio provides critical resources that enable U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) to conduct Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) and support the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) in executing global defensive missions. This includes managed unclassified infrastructure that provides virtual tenant environments for Hunt Forward Operations (HFO), enabling CNMF teams to analyze partner‑provided data, identify malicious activity, and strengthen the defense of the Department of War Information Environment (DoWIE). Robust Infrastructure also includes the Cyberspace Rapid Response Platform (CRRP), which provides the CNMF with the ability to rapidly implement new capabilities, services, tradecraft, and partnerships in response to emergent or crisis scenarios. CRRP resources are foundational to the success of Joint Task Force ZERO (JTF‑ZERO), which is responsible for accelerating access generation, advancing innovative operational methods, and disseminating actionable cyber insights across the CNMF, other USCYBERCOM components, and designated partners. The portfolio additionally supports the CENTURION effort, which develops and advances state‑of‑the‑art non‑kinetic capabilities delivered to operators with appropriate authorities to meet designated USCYBERCOM and Department of War mission requirements. These capabilities enhance the Joint Force’s ability to generate precise, scalable, and timely cyberspace effects in support of national objectives

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
Funding trajectory

Project CY85R1 funding, 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. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

255075100052.4FY25ACTUAL20.4FY26ENACTED87.5FY27REQUEST94.7FY2896.6FY2998.5FY30100.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual52.4
FY2026Enacted20.4
FY2027Request87.5
FY2028Outyear94.7
FY2029Outyear96.6
FY2030Outyear98.5
FY2031Outyear100.5
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.

FY2025 actual$52.4M
FY2026 enacted$20.4M
FY2027 request$87.5M

• Continue modernization and refresh of CNMF unclassified infrastructure supporting Hunt Operations, including replacement of servers and related equipment. • Maintain focus on integrating existing capabilities and tools into the JCWA to improve overall platform effectiveness and interoperability with Joint capabilities

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