RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

TECH Surveil Counter MEAS EQPT

PE 0305146F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$2.5M
Air Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 62% to a $2.5M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), 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.

FY2027 Request
$2.5M
▼ 62% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$6.5M
▲ 2.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$6.4M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $2.5M for TECH Surveil Counter MEAS EQPT under RDT&E program element 0305146F, down 62% 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.

06.4FY25ACTUAL6.5FY26ENACTED2.5FY27REQUEST2.7FY282.8FY293.0FY303.1FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual6.4
FY2026Enacted6.5
FY2027Request2.5
FY2028Outyear2.7
FY2029Outyear2.8
FY2030Outyear3.0
FY2031Outyear3.1
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0305146F

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 -62% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 671931

TECH SURVEIL COUNTER MEAS EQPT

$2.5MFY2027 request ▼ 62%
FY2025 actual$6.4M
FY2026 enacted$6.5M
FY2027 request$2.5M
Product Development

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) develops future technologies capable of thwarting advanced hostile force and foreign intelligence technical capabilities. The technologies will provide secure environments for austere mission planning locations and theater commander centers, and will collect information for counterintelligence (CI) operations in support of DoD and AF requirements. CI Cyber activities enable the Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations to detect and neutralize covert activities conducted by Foreign Intelligence Entities seeking to compromise classified or sensitive information in cyberspace. The technologies provided will enhance state of the art capabilities to detect and neutralize criminal activities targeted against sensitive and classified AF and DoD information, activities, and technology. This program element may include necessary civilian pay 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 element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY2025 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY2026 0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)▲ 3%
FY2025 actual$0.4M
FY2026 enacted$0.4M
FY2027 request$0.5M

FY2027 planned work Will continue advancement of counterintelligence equipment and software.

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 Continuing advancement of counterintelligence equipment and software.

Cyber Counterintelligence Pilot▼ 67%
FY2025 actual$6.0M
FY2026 enacted$6.1M
FY2027 request$2.0M

FY2027 planned work Will continue R&D for new iterations of Cyber Threat Pursuit Activities, COPPER CASTLE, and JUPITER SENTINEL.

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 Continuing R&D for new iterations of Cyber Threat Pursuit Activities, COPPER CASTLE, and JUPITER SENTINEL.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$2.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$2.5M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$2.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$2.5M 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.

Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Government labs & warfare centers100%2.5
FY2027 request100%2.5
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) develops future technologies capable of thwarting advanced hostile force and foreign intelligence technical capabilities. The technologies will provide secure environments for austere mission planning locations and theater commander centers, and will collect information for counterintelligence (CI) operations in support of DoD and AF requirements. CI Cyber activities enable the Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations to detect and neutralize covert activities conducted by Foreign Intelligence Entities seeking to compromise classified or sensitive information in cyberspace.

Defense Joint Counterintelligence Program TSCM funds will be obligated on existing contracts with Naval Research Labs and DARPA. Counterintelligence (CI) Cyber funding will be obligated on an existing Air Force contract with MIT/Lincoln Labs, Sandia National Labs, and Air Force Research Labs.

Project 671931 — TECH SURVEIL COUNTER MEAS EQPT
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305146F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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