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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments

PE 0305245D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$15.0M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide funding falls 65% to a $15.0M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate added 33% (to $20.0M); House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$15.0M
▼ 65% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$43.6M
▼ 16% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$51.8M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $15.0M for Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments under RDT&E program element 0305245D8Z, down 65% 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.

2550051.8FY25ACTUAL43.6FY26ENACTED15.0FY27REQUEST16.2FY2820.8FY2921.2FY3021.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual51.8
FY2026Enacted43.6
FY2027Request15.0
FY2028Outyear16.2
FY2029Outyear20.8
FY2030Outyear21.2
FY2031Outyear21.7
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.

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

2 projects roll up into PE 0305245D8Z

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 -65% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$15.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$15.0M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$20.0M +$5.0M · +33%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$15.0M full · +$0
▲ $5.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Classified program.

Project 591, 245 — Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305245D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$15.0M
▼ 65% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$43.6M
▲ 81% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$24.0M
Prior year

Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305245D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 591 — Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments — requests $15.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $15.0M requested for program element 0305245D8Z. Year over year it falls 65% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 591 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.

25024.0FY25ACTUAL43.6FY26ENACTED15.0FY27REQUEST16.2FY2820.8FY2921.2FY3021.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual24.0
FY2026Enacted43.6
FY2027Request15.0
FY2028Outyear16.2
FY2029Outyear20.8
FY2030Outyear21.2
FY2031Outyear21.7
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.

Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments▼ 65%
FY2025 actual$24.0M
FY2026 enacted$43.6M
FY2027 request$15.0M

Classified

Project 591 — every activity in full →
Project detail

What project 591 buys

Classified.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$27.7M
Prior year

EW ENT EXP AND INNOV — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305245D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 245 — EW ENT EXP AND INNOV — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $15.0M requested for program element 0305245D8Z.

Funding trajectory

Project 245 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.

25027.7FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual27.7
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
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.

Classified.
FY2025 actual$27.7M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
Project detail

What project 245 buys

Classified.