Project 675266
$279.6MFY2027 request NEWISR Transport
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$279.6M
Product Development
FY2027 Request
$312.0M
▲ 858% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$242.1M
▼ $69.9M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$32.6M
In law
Roll-up of 3 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 $312.0M for ISR Transport and Processing under RDT&E program element 0305240F, up 858% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $242.1M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 33.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 32.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 312.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 33.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 34.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 35.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 36.3 |
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
3 projects roll up into PE 0305240F
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 858% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 675265
$28.7MFY2027 request ▲ 3%Common Imagery Processor (CIP)
FY2025 actual$28.5M
FY2026 enacted$27.9M
FY2027 request$28.7M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Project 674826
$3.7MFY2027 request ▼ 20%Common Imagery Ground / Surface Systems
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$3.7M
Support
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$312.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$277.0M −$35.0M · −11%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$312.0M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$242.1M −$69.9M · −22%
▲ $69.9M chamber gap — 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 flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 312.0 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 312.0 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Transport and Processing (ITP) is a DoD program for global ISR bi-directional data transport and processing. Detailed information remains classified and will be provided on a need-to-know basis. The ITP program provides global air and space Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) data transport/relay, imagery processing, data conditioning, and AI/ML augmentation. It serves multiple national, theater, and tactical customers with processing and transport of raw/unexploited ISR data in support of operational and intelligence functions.
For imagery processing capabilities, the Air Force uses an incremental acquisition approach with development cycles and spirals to develop, field, and upgrade the system. Contracts are structured for full and open competition to the maximum extent possible. Additionally, strategic partnerships and agreements with National Laboratories and other agencies are utilized.
Project 675266, 675265, 674826 — ISR Transport
- Product Development
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305240F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0305240F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$279.6M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
ISR Transport — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305240F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 675266 — ISR Transport — requests $279.6M in FY2027, 90% of the $312.0M requested for program element 0305240F. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 675266 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 279.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
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.
ISR TransportNEW
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$279.6M
RDT&E for Next Gen RF
Project detail
What project 675266 buys
The ISR Transport effort is an upgrade of the ITP global bi-directional system. Detailed information for this particular effort remains classified and will be provided on a need-to-know basis. 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
$28.7M
▲ 2.8% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$27.9M
▼ 2.2% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$28.5M
Prior year
Common Imagery Processor (CIP) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305240F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 675265 — Common Imagery Processor (CIP) — requests $28.7M in FY2027, 9.2% of the $312.0M requested for program element 0305240F. Year over year it grows 2.8% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 675265 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 27.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 28.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 29.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 30.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 30.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 31.5 |
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.
FY2025 actual$28.5M
FY2026 enacted$27.9M
FY2027 request$28.7M
- Will continue to upgrade VIP-C to enable better geo-coordinate accuracy, facilitate automated intelligence discovery, integrate new algorithms, and reduce processing latency. This includes developing and integrating ISR data into a Cloud storefront infrastructure enhancing user interface and facilitating accelerated system security…
Read the FY2027 plan →Project detail
What project 675265 buys
The Imagery Processing effort develops the Virtual Imagery Processing Capability (VIP-C) within the Air Force ISR Transport and Processing (Formerly DCGS) architecture. Current efforts include further developing the virtual software capability to enhance processing performance while decreasing latency across the enterprise and testing, development, and demonstrations integrating updated and new/emerging air and space based sensors into the DAF Battle Network. In addition, the project involves improving the Machine Assisted Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Exploitation (MAGE) capability to employ advanced technologies, automation, and augmentation at speed and scale to close the gap between image collection and actionable intelligence. Efforts within this PE align with USAF investment in the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) (0604003F), Tech Transition - Air (0604858F), and Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) (0305208F) to deliver the Long-Range Fires architecture for the DAF BATTLE NETWORK. Program RDT&E funding may be utilized to implement innovation insertion, capability insertion, software increments, spiral upgrades, modular component swaps, and other insertions consistent with Modular Open System Architecture. Program RDT&E funding may be utilized to design, develop, integrate, and test weapon system and/or component level open architectures. Program RDT&E funding may be utilized to fund the concept refinement, design, development, integration, and testing of interdependent technologies and common architectures that underpin weapon system and portfolio-wide mission outcomes. 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
- Support
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$3.7M
▼ 20% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.7M
▼ 4.8% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.9M
Prior year
Common Imagery Ground / Surface Systems — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305240F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 674826 — Common Imagery Ground / Surface Systems — requests $3.7M in FY2027, 1.2% of the $312.0M requested for program element 0305240F. Year over year it falls 20% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 674826 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.8 |
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.
Enterprise Interoperability▼ 20%
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$3.7M
FY2027 planned work - Will continue to support OUSD(I&S), C3BM, and AF DCGS Interoperability Enterprise efforts. - Will continue integrating new and emerging air and space-based sensors by incorporating sensor data into the VIP-C processing and supporting communications architecture in support of joint operations.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decrease due to FFRDC and Service Contract Reductions.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue to support OUSD(I&S), C3BM, and AF DCGS Interoperability Enterprise efforts. - Continue integrating new and emerging air and space-based sensors by incorporating sensor data into the VIP-C processing and supporting communications architecture in support of joint operations.
Project detail
What project 674826 buys
This project funds the Common Imagery Ground / Surface Systems enterprise support capabilities. This includes support to OUSD(I&S), C3BM, and AF DCGS interoperability efforts. This includes integration with new and emerging air and space-based sensors. 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 Efforts within this PE align with USAF investment in the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) (0604003F), Tech Transition - Air (0604858F), and Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) (0305208F) to deliver the Long-Range Fires architecture for the DAF BATTLE NETWORK.
R-3 lines of work
- Support