# Project 591 — Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments

**Program element:** 0305245D8Z — Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments  
**Project:** 591  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305245D8Z/591  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305245D8Z

## Summary

Project 591 — Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments requests $15.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $15.0M requested for program element 0305245D8Z, down 65% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 24.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 43.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 16.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 20.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 21.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 21.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0305245D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 591 buys

Classified.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments | 24.0 | 43.6 | 15.0 | −65% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Intelligence Capabilities and Innovation Investments

**FY2027 planned work.** Classified

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Classified.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Classified.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305245D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0305245D8Z project 591 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0305245D8Z")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*