RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support

PE 0305251A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$22.9M
⚑ Contested — House cuts 4.4%
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U.S. Army funding ramps 308% to a $22.9M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 80% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 4.4% (to $21.9M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$22.9M
▲ 308% vs FY2026
House mark
$21.9M
▼ $1.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$5.6M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $22.9M for Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support under RDT&E program element 0305251A, up 308% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $21.9M.

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.

02.3FY25ACTUAL5.6FY26ENACTED22.9FY27REQUEST5.5FY285.6FY2919.4FY304.6FY31HOUSE
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual2.3
FY2026Enacted5.6
FY2027Request22.9
FY2028Outyear5.5
FY2029Outyear5.6
FY2030Outyear19.4
FY2031Outyear4.6
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0305251A

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 308% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project FA8

Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support

$22.9MFY2027 request ▲ 308%
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted$5.6M
FY2027 request$22.9M
Product DevelopmentSupport

* The ARCYBER TIAD is the Global Integrator to synchronize information forces across warfighting functions specifically leveraging command and control, fires, and intelligence. * The ARCYBER TIAD has the unique ability to leverage large data sets to synchronize informational considerations with operational requirements, integrate and enhance the combined information overlay (CIO), and assist targeting and assessments by sensing signatures only manifested through Public/Commercially Available Information (PAI/CAI). * The ARCYBER TIAD enhances the speed and precision of the Commanders' decision-making cycle, ensuring they can quickly sense, understand, and act to stay ahead of adversaries by integrating with external resources to conduct offensive operations to deny, degrade, destroy, and manipulate (D3M) the enemy's decision-making process. * The ARCYBER TIAD provides commanders the ability to protect critical nodes physically and virtually, to gain and maintain advantage while utilizing active and passive protection measures to enhance operational and cyberspace security under constant adversary observation. * The ARCYBER TIAD will focus on priority adversary threats as articulated in the National Defense Strategy (NDS). Trans-Regional threats can act from anywhere against any target. The ARCYBER TIAD is uniquely capable to provide command and control to coordinate and synchronize information forces globally against those threats.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Agile Solutions Pursuit Program
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted
FY2027 request

FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 Base dollars in the amount of $2.270 will be used to support the Line of Effort (LOE): Design, build, and deliver integrated capabilities for the future fight. Funds will initiate up to 3 different prototypes per year with the goal of focusing on internal R&D and external partnerships on the broad classes of ARCYBER capabilities based on operational requirements.

Equipment for TIADs▲ 5%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$5.6M
FY2027 request$5.9M

FY2027 planned work Continues funding for TIAD initial equipment.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding increase funds prototyping for Information Environment Dashboards to support decision making and also to meet demands in rapidly shifting and growing information environment requiring additional testing, research, experimenting, and prototyping for new technologies.

FY2026 plans — current year The Army will establish three Theater Information Advantage Detachments: One in Europe, one in Indo-Pacific, and one in Fort Eisenhower, Georgia. This funding is for the initial equipment fill for the units.

NCR IAMD Cyber and CommunicationNEW
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted
FY2027 request$15.8M

FY2027 planned work Details provided under separate cover.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Details provided under separate cover.

NCR Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) Command and ControlNEW
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted
FY2027 request$1.2M

FY2027 planned work Details provided under separate cover.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Details provided under separate cover.

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
$22.9M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$21.9M −$1.0M · −4.4%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$22.9M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$22.9M full · +$0
▲ $1.0M 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 flowsShare$M
Other / unspecified100%22.9
FY2027 request100%22.9
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) is the supporting Army Headquarters under United States Cyber Command to operate and defend Army networks and deliver cyberspace effects against adversaries to defend the nation. ARCYBER pursues research and development of cyber-peculiar capabilities across ARCYBER's lines of effort in coordination with other cyber acquisition and research entities to satisfy ARCYBER's time-sensitive operational requirements.

Not identified yet.

Project FA8 — Cyberspace Operations Forces and Force Support
  • Product Development
  • Support
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305251A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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