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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Cloud & Unified Platform

PE 0208099JCY·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$84.7M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $84.7M 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
$84.7M
▲ 2.0% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$83.0M
▼ 9.3% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$91.6M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $84.7M for Cloud & Unified Platform under RDT&E program element 0208099JCY, up 2.0% 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.

255075091.6FY25ACTUAL83.0FY26ENACTED84.7FY27REQUEST83.6FY2885.3FY2986.9FY3088.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual91.6
FY2026Enacted83.0
FY2027Request84.7
FY2028Outyear83.6
FY2029Outyear85.3
FY2030Outyear86.9
FY2031Outyear88.7
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

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

2 projects roll up into PE 0208099JCY

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 2% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$84.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$84.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$84.7M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$84.7M 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%84.7
FY2027 request100%84.7
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Unified Platform (UP) provides the secure, cloud based infrastructure that underpins the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). UP delivers the “R2D2” JCWA development and collaboration environment, the modernized and interoperable JCWA Common Runtime Stack (JCRS), and the upgraded “CASPIAN” Big Data Platform—together forming the primary weapon system enabling Cyber Mission Forces to execute the Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) mission. “R2D2” is the controlled unclassified development environment that enables rapid software engineering for cyberspace capabilities.

This effort leverages the WINTERSHADOW contracting program to execute development and sustainment activities required to deliver a scalable Cross Domain Solution (CDS) for USCYBERCOM, aligned with industry best practices and the National Cross Domain Strategy and Management Office (NCDSMO) Raise‑the‑Bar baseline. Using a combination of commercial and government‑off‑the‑shelf software, the program prototypes and fields an accredited, mission‑focused, bi‑directional cross‑domain capability that is cloud‑agnostic, built on an open platform, and designed with a modular architecture. This approach accelerates delivery, enables faster upgrades, and supports scalability for complex and evolving data‑flow requirements.

Project CY99U1, CY99C1 — Unified Platform
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0208099JCY (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$75.7M
▲ 2.2% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$74.1M
▼ 19% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$91.1M
Prior year

Unified Platform — one RDT&E project inside PE 0208099JCY. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project CY99U1 — Unified Platform — requests $75.7M in FY2027, 89% of the $84.7M requested for program element 0208099JCY. Year over year it grows 2.2% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project CY99U1 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.

255075091.1FY25ACTUAL74.1FY26ENACTED75.7FY27REQUEST74.6FY2876.1FY2977.6FY3079.1FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual91.1
FY2026Enacted74.1
FY2027Request75.7
FY2028Outyear74.6
FY2029Outyear76.1
FY2030Outyear77.6
FY2031Outyear79.1
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

Unified Platform▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$91.1M
FY2026 enacted$74.1M
FY2027 request$75.7M

Enhance JCRS to improve software development monitoring, optimize user and group management, integrate application tools, and increase visibility of authorization artifacts to strengthen development platform functionality and accelerate capability delivery to Cyber Mission Force operators. • Onboard cloud environments for the Persistent…

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Project detail

What project CY99U1 buys

Unified Platform (UP) provides the secure, cloud based infrastructure that underpins the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). UP delivers the “R2D2” JCWA development and collaboration environment, the modernized and interoperable JCWA Common Runtime Stack (JCRS), and the upgraded “CASPIAN” Big Data Platform—together forming the primary weapon system enabling Cyber Mission Forces to execute the Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) mission. “R2D2” is the controlled unclassified development environment that enables rapid software engineering for cyberspace capabilities. UP provides a common suite of development and collaboration tools, along with automated software pipelines for testing and cybersecurity, accelerating delivery of capabilities to Cyber Mission Forces. JCRS is the scalable runtime environment used to deploy cyberspace capabilities in production, ensuring applications remain interoperable, available, and able to consume authoritative data sources. UP modernizes the JCRS baseline, which is deployed across all Service Cyber Components and Department of War agencies to perform DCO missions. JCRS supports large cloud based Big Data Platforms, local instances, and deployable Joint Cyber Hunt Kits. “CASPIAN” is USCYBERCOM’s Big Data Platform built on the JCRS architecture and designated as the warfighting system for the DoW Cyber Defense Command (DCDC) to secure, operate, and defend the DoW Information Network (DoWIN). It also supports the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) in defending the nation and allies against cyberspace threats. This program element also funds non USCYBERCOM civilian pay required to manage, execute, and deliver existing and emerging weapon system capabilities.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
FY2027 Request
$9.0M
▲ 0.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$9.0M
▲ 1706% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.5M
Prior year

Cross Domain Solution (CDS) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0208099JCY. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project CY99C1 — Cross Domain Solution (CDS) — requests $9.0M in FY2027, 11% of the $84.7M requested for program element 0208099JCY. Year over year it grows 0.3% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project CY99C1 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.

00.5FY25ACTUAL9.0FY26ENACTED9.0FY27REQUEST9.0FY289.2FY299.4FY309.6FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.5
FY2026Enacted9.0
FY2027Request9.0
FY2028Outyear9.0
FY2029Outyear9.2
FY2030Outyear9.4
FY2031Outyear9.6
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Cross Domain Solutionflat
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$9.0M
FY2027 request$9.0M

FY2027 planned work • Scale and distribute a CDS architecture for JCWA: Implement a highly scalable, distributed CDS architecture across multiple active sites, leveraging for resilience and dynamic resource allocation. Funding will support a focus on performance monitoring, security hardening, and comprehensive operational procedures. • Refine data handling: Optimize existing data flows and enhance filter policies with threat intelligence and analytics, ensuring data quality and security. • Automate for scale and compliance: Begin exploring automation and orchestration tools for infrastructure management and continuous compliance monitoring. • Knowledge transfer and training: Develop training materials and…

FY2026 to FY2027 change CDS increases by $0.024M due to contractual rate adjustments.

FY2026 plans — current year Develop new data flows and filtering policies to support USCYBERCOM missions and operational requirements. • Design, develop, and test updated system architectures to maintain full compliance with NCDSMO Raise the Bar cross‑domain design policies. • Expand CDS deployment to a second site to provide high availability, load balancing, and increased resiliency in support of JCWA enterprise requirements.

FY2025 accomplishments • Scale prototype to full operational capability to enable new mission capabilities, upgrade the system from medium to high availability. • Initiate secondary deployment to separate geographic region for continuity of operations and load balancing.

Project detail

What project CY99C1 buys

The Cross Domain Solution (CDS) effort provides the development, engineering, and subject‑matter expertise needed to deliver a scalable, accredited cross‑domain capability for the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). It is built on industry best practices and fully aligned with the National Cross Domain Strategy and Management Office (NCDSMO) Raise the Bar baseline and the requirements of NSM‑8, ensuring secure, policy‑compliant transfer of intelligence and operational data across classification boundaries.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development