# Project 677824 — Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System

**Program element:** 0208088F — AF Defensive Cyberspace Operations  
**Project:** 677824  
**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/0208088F/677824  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F

## Summary

Project 677824 — Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System requests $76.8M in FY2027, 100% of the $76.8M requested for program element 0208088F, down 33% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Enlighten Consulting is the largest named R-3 performer at $19.2M, 25% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 75.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 114.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 76.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 93.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 96.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 99.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 101.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0208088F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 677824 buys

Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) enhances the Department of Air Force (DAF) cyber infrastructure and supports operations within contested environments. The IDCS mission is to provide and maintain enterprise situational awareness of the DAF's cyber terrain within a contested environment to enable and support Cyber Forces response to evolving Cyber threats. The Air Force (AF) strategy previously involved three stand-alone programs that provided capabilities in a disparate fashion. IDCS delivers a comprehensive cyber defense architecture by integrating the three key mission sets with advanced sensors and data analytics. This provides commanders with critical risk assessments and enables proactive threat identification and neutralization on mission-critical networks. Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) is an integrated enterprise-level cybersecurity system that safeguards DAF computer, network, weapon, and control systems. It empowers operators to detect threats and assess their impact, allowing for quick deployment of defensive measures to thwart malicious actors from exploiting critical vulnerabilities. IDCS delivers the cybersecurity requirements of a variety of operational units, including the Sixteenth AF, 688th Cyber Wing Cyber Security Service Providers (CSSPs), 67th Cyber Wing, AF Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs), Mission Defense Teams (MDTs), and network defenders. It equips these units with the tools necessary to protect DAF networks, Industrial Control Systems, and Weapon Systems. It supports both enterprise and edge/mobile cybersecurity defense use cases. IDCS provides capabilities to enable the following mission sets: Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter (CVA/H): The Hunter mission focuses on the capability to find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess (F2T2EA) the advanced persistent threat (APT). CVA/H provides capabilities to characterize and then eliminate threats for the purpose of mission assurance. CVA/H executes Hunter missions on Air Force (AF) and Department of War (DoW) networks and systems. Cyber Defense Analysis (CDA): The CDA mission conducts Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) by monitoring, collecting, analyzing, and reporting sensitive information transiting or residing on the Air Force Network (AFNet).

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Enlighten Consulting | 19.2 | 25% |
| Defense Unicorns | 12.2 | 16% |
| 47th Cyber Test Sq | 2.1 | 2.8% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) Development | 75.3 | 84.0 | 76.8 | −9% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F/677824/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) Development

• Will continue to develop and execute a phased integration of identified DCO systems into the IDCS ecosystem, prioritizing systems with the highest operational impact and lowest integration complexity. • Will continue to develop, test, and deploy cloud-based threat hunting and deception capabilities within the IDCS environment…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F/677824/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0208088F project 677824 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0208088F")`.

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