# Algorithmic Warfare

**R-2A activity** of project 675197 — Core Technology  
**Program element:** 0305022F — ISR Modernization & Automation Dvmt (IMAD)  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305022F/675197/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305022F/675197

## Summary

This activity requests $12.5M in FY2027, 100% of project 675197, down 33% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 improved interoperability. IMAD's innovations in data conditioning and fusion support border protection and missile defense by compressing decision timelines and providing real-time intelligence that adapts to dynamic operational environments. This approach ensures warfighters maintain decision advantage in contested, complex settings.

**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.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to develop ISR Algorithmic Warfare automation of tools and machine learning algorithms. Continue to investigate AL methods.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 15.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.5 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0305022F project 675197 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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