# Imagery Processor

**R-2A activity** of project 675265 — Common Imagery Processor (CIP)  
**Program element:** 0305240F — ISR Transport and Processing  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305240F/675265/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305240F/675265

## Summary

This activity requests $28.7M in FY2027, 100% of project 675265, up 2.8% 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.** - 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 acceptance. - Will continue to refine and scale foundational components and begin developing more advanced technologies (e.g. automated site monitoring, explainable AI/ML, and adversarial attack detection/mitigation).

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - 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 acceptance. - Continue to refine and scale foundational components and begin developing more advanced technologies (e.g. automated site monitoring, explainable AI/ML, and adversarial attack detection/mitigation).

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 27.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 28.7 |

> 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 0305240F project 675265 (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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