# Project 675197 — Core Technology

**Program element:** 0305022F — ISR Modernization & Automation Dvmt (IMAD)  
**Project:** 675197  
**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/0305022F/675197  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305022F

## Summary

Project 675197 — Core Technology requests $12.5M in FY2027, 77% of the $16.2M requested for program element 0305022F, down 33% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. ACC/A29P is the largest named R-3 performer at $12.5M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0305022F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| ACC/A29P | 12.5 | 100% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algorithmic Warfare | 15.9 | 18.6 | 12.5 | −33% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305022F/675197/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.

### Algorithmic Warfare

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305022F/675197/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/0305022F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0305022F project 675197 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0305022F")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*