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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Combined Advanced Applications

PE 0305172D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$18.9M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide funding falls 16% to a $18.9M request in FY2027. 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
$18.9M
▼ 16% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$22.5M
▼ 44% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$40.2M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $18.9M for Combined Advanced Applications under RDT&E program element 0305172D8Z, down 16% 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.

25040.2FY25ACTUAL22.5FY26ENACTED18.9FY27REQUEST19.8FY2820.3FY2920.9FY3012.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual40.2
FY2026Enacted22.5
FY2027Request18.9
FY2028Outyear19.8
FY2029Outyear20.3
FY2030Outyear20.9
FY2031Outyear12.5
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 0305172D8Z

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 -16% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 333

Combined Advanced Applications

$18.9MFY2027 request ▼ 16%
FY2025 actual$40.2M
FY2026 enacted$22.5M
FY2027 request$18.9M
SupportManagement Services

Combined advanced applications details are classified and reported in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 119(a)(1) in the Special Access Program annual report to Congress.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Combined Advanced Applications▼ 16%
FY2025 actual$40.2M
FY2026 enacted$22.5M
FY2027 request$18.9M

FY2027 planned work Information is classified.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 decrease reflects program adjustments to support Combined Advanced Applications. Requirements going from research and development to sustainment and contracts reduction.

FY2026 plans — current year Information is classified.

FY2025 accomplishments Information is classified.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$18.9M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$18.9M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$18.9M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$18.9M 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
Other / unspecified100%18.9
FY2027 request100%18.9
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Combined advanced applications details are classified and reported in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 119(a)(1) in the Special Access Program annual report to Congress.

Project 333 — Combined Advanced Applications
  • Support
  • Management Services
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305172D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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