Project 675197
$12.5MFY2027 request ▼ 33%Core Technology
FY2025 actual$15.9M
FY2026 enacted$18.6M
FY2027 request$12.5M
Product Development
FY2027 Request
$16.2M
▼ 27% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$22.2M
▲ 15% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$19.4M
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, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $16.2M for ISR Modernization & Automation Dvmt (IMAD) under RDT&E program element 0305022F, down 27% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 17.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 18.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 18.7 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.
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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 0305022F
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 -27% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 675306
$3.7MFY2027 request ▲ 3%Analysis Enterprise
FY2025 actual$3.5M
FY2026 enacted$3.6M
FY2027 request$3.7M
Product Development
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$16.2M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$16.2M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$16.2M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$16.2M 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.
ACC/A29P
$12.5M · 77%
HAF/A2
$3.7M · 23%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 100% | 16.2 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 16.2 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
AF ISR Modernization, Automation and Development (IMAD) program develops and demonstrates technology required to implement Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Automation to aid in the current manpower-intensive approaches with digital innovations across the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems. SECAF directed the Air Force to invest in a more automated environment to relieve strain on manpower in the out years, and IMAD delivers on that direction by creating ISR enterprise-wide effects that enhance the common operating picture, accelerate the flow of data from detection to decision, and expand use of ISR Commercial Cloud capabilities as outlined in the…
IMAD is committed to transforming innovative concepts into operational capabilities that strengthen and modernize Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) competencies for the warfighter. To achieve this mission, IMAD will leverage the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) vehicle, an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) framework designed to accelerate Research and Development (R&D) and deliver critical services. This approach ensures that cutting-edge solutions are delivers that directly enhance warfighter readiness and operational effectiveness.
Project 675197, 675306 — Core Technology
- Product Development
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305022F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0305022F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$12.5M
▼ 33% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$18.6M
▲ 17% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$15.9M
Prior year
Core Technology — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305022F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 675197 — Core Technology — requests $12.5M in FY2027, 77% of the $16.2M requested for program element 0305022F. Year over year it falls 33% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 675197 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 15.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 13.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 13.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 14.7 |
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.
Algorithmic Warfare▼ 33%
FY2025 actual$15.9M
FY2026 enacted$18.6M
FY2027 request$12.5M
IMAD will continue advancing automation and AI/ML to optimize data workflows and multi-source fusion, Including Common Intelligence Network (CIN) and ontology-based solutions for ISR at scale. These investments enhance cloud-enabled ISR, adaptive infrastructure, and resilient systems, delivering actionable intelligence faster with…
Read the FY2027 plan →Who's building it
Named performers on project 675197
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
ACC/A29P
$12.5M · 100%
Project detail
What project 675197 buys
Core Technologies in support of Algorithmic Warfare: technologies using algorithms to support USAF ISR, Joint, and the Intelligence Community (IC) operations at the scale and speed required in modern warfare against our adversaries and supports the National Defense Strategy (NDS) priority of operating at the "speed of relevance." Algorithmic technologies such as Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to reshape current sense, identify, attribute, and share Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) models to meet sustainable and effective ISR digital solutions while identifying efficiencies and thrive in a complex operating environment. Supports National Defense Strategy priority of operating at the speed of relevance and Next Generation Flight Plan. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
FY2027 Request
$3.7M
▲ 2.7% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$3.6M
▲ 2.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$3.5M
Prior year
Analysis Enterprise — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305022F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 675306 — Analysis Enterprise — requests $3.7M in FY2027, 23% of the $16.2M requested for program element 0305022F. Year over year it grows 2.7% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 675306 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 3.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.1 |
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.
Kill Chain Automation▲ 3%
FY2025 actual$3.5M
FY2026 enacted$3.6M
FY2027 request$3.7M
FY2027 planned work IMAD will refine workflow automation, focusing on multi-INT fusion and cloud/edge integration to support a variety of ISR activities to include prioritizing projects that focus on border protection and missile defense. By streamlining ISR workflows, IMAD will compress kill chains, accelerate decision-making, and provide real-time, interoperable intelligence to decision-makers, improving counter-UAS and ISR mission readiness in complex environments.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The FY2026 President's Budget submittal did not reflect the FY2027 through FY2030 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the changes between the two budget positions for FY2027 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to fund software development to automate ISR analyst workflows
Who's building it
Named performers on project 675306
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
HAF/A2
$3.7M · 100%
Project detail
What project 675306 buys
AF ISR must adapt large data sets and condition it into mission sets, allowing personnel to discover, manage, and analyze data and transform it into living intelligence. Kill Chain Automation applies new methodologies; advances automation and machine learning algorithms; ensures data is accessible, agreeable, and interoperable; and delivers decision advantage. Supports National Defense Strategy priority of operating at the speed of relevance and Next Generation ISR Dominance Flight Plan. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development