# Information Systems Security Program — Program Element 0303140A

**Program element:** 0303140A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $15.9M 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. CACI leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 16.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 16.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 16.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 15.9 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 15.9 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 15.9 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 15.9 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DV5 | Crypto Modernization (Crypto Mod) | 20.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | +2% |
| 491 | Information Assurance Development | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 | +11% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project DV5 — Crypto Modernization (Crypto Mod)

This funding enables the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems. This Program Element (PE) is a critical enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities including Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) addressing current and emerging cyber security threats. Project DV5, Cryptographic Modernization (Crypto Mod) is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of Army 2030/2040. Communications Security (COMSEC) is governed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSA) 6510. Crypto Mod performs test, evaluation, development, and configuration management for cryptographic devices that receive key through fill devices and allow for secure communication through Army devices such as In Line Network Encryptors (INE), Link/Trunk Encryptors (LEF), and Secure Voice (SV) families of systems. In order to ensure Warfighters continue to have secured voice and data communications, Army communications systems are required to be upgraded to the latest security technologies and modern algorithms to meet emerging adversarial threats. Crypto Modernization necessitates the utilization of the latest National Security Agency (NSA) cryptographic capabilities in order to defeat adversarial efforts to decrypt, disrupt, or exploit US Army networks. Communications Security (COMSEC) is the Army's implementation of NSA protections to create a unified network that is protected, resilient, and survivable against these threats. To accomplish this multi-faceted effort, consistent with Strategic Planning Guidance and the Army Modernization and Strategy Plan, Crypto Mod performs evaluation of emerging threats, development of advance protections to defeat these threats, testing of commercial and government off the shelf applications developed to provide protections against identified threats, and assessment of new software and hardware updates to these end user devices and software to ensure they remain hardened against cyber-attack. This ensures that all endpoints from workstations in the strategic Enterprise to Tactical vehicles and equipment utilized by dismounted personnel forward deployed are protected when processing the critical mission and voice data that provides the strategic overmatch required to accomplish the Army's mission.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** CACI (6.6, 79%), PEO C3T & CECOM (0.8, 9.1%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINSON/ANDVT (Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal) Cryptographic Modernization (VACM) program | 0.3 | — | — |
| Cryptographic Systems Test and Evaluation | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption (HAIPE) extension manager | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Program Management Office Support | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Classified Effort | 12.3 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 491 — Information Assurance Development

Project 491: Information Assurance (IA) Development. Supports the Army's implementation of National Security Agency (NSA) developed Communications Security (COMSEC) and Key Management Modernization technologies including Crypto Mod (CM) Acceleration and Compliance, transition to Fully Quantum Resistant (QR) solutions, and Cryptographic Modernization 2 (CM2) updates and replacements of existing devices and systems. This entails architecture studies, technology assessments, secured devices testing, system integration and installation kits development to provide protections for fixed infrastructure post, camps, and station networks as well as tactical networks. IA Development funding Implements, establishes functional and technical boundaries of Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) to include National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)-approved COMSEC capabilities and Transmission Security (TRANSEC) capabilities, Key Management System (EKMS) Tier 1 to Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) migration; and Army last mile advanced key distribution capability development based on NSA's KMI Over-the-Network Keying (OTNK) to support Army's Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) security architecture implementation.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** CACI (4.1, 54%), AFC C5ISR (2.8, 36%), Booz Allen (0.8, 10.0%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oversight and implementation guidance of emerging Cryptographic and CS capabilities to ensure interoperability to maintain compliance with DoW, NSA, and Army policies and regulations. (CIO/G-6) | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 94% | 15.0 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 6.0% | 1.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** CACI ($10.7M, 67%), AFC C5ISR ($2.8M, 17%), Booz Allen ($0.8M, 4.8%), PEO C3T & CECOM ($0.8M, 4.7%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Project 491: Army Chief Information Officer/Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6 manages Information Assurance Development. Project 491: IA Development. Supports the implementation of the National Security Agency (NSA) developed Communications Security (COMSEC) Modernization and Key Management (KM) technologies within the Army. This includes current and next generation encryption techniques, current and future Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) and technology migrations.

The objective of the Cryptographic Systems program is to provide adaptive, flexible, and programmable cryptographic solutions using best practices, lessons learned and programmatic management to meet the challenge of modernizing the Army's aging cryptographic systems. Associated documents include CDD with CM2 ICD approved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) on 15 July 2021. This document addresses the overarching cryptographic capabilities needed for the next two decades, with an emphasis on FY2020-2035. In particular, the CM2 ICD outlines 42 gaps in current capabilities across six capability gap areas: Interoperability, Flexible and Robust Security, Sustainability, Operational Management, Key Management, and Standardization.

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0303140A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0303140A")`.

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