# Project CY99U1 — Unified Platform

**Program element:** 0208099JCY — Cloud & Unified Platform  
**Project:** CY99U1  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208099JCY/CY99U1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208099JCY

## Summary

Project CY99U1 — Unified Platform requests $75.7M in FY2027, 89% of the $84.7M requested for program element 0208099JCY, up 2.2% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 91.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 74.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 75.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 74.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 76.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 77.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 79.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0208099JCY; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Platform | 91.1 | 74.1 | 75.7 | +2% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208099JCY/CY99U1/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.

### Unified Platform

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208099JCY/CY99U1/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/0208099JCY.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0208099JCY project CY99U1 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0208099JCY")`.

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