# Joint Fires Network — Program Element 0305282K

**Program element:** 0305282K  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305282K

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 250% to a $35.0M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 35.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 35.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 35.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 35.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 35.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 35.0 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JWN | Joint Fires Network | 0.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 | +250% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project JWN — Joint Fires Network

Supports the development of a Joint and Combined warfighting network architecture for the Joint Fires Network program that is resilient, interoperable and flexible. This development effort will ensure efficient and secure transport for Joint Fires data across the theater from the strategic to tactical level of operations in a contested disconnected, denied, intermittent and/or with limited bandwidth (DDIL) environment. In FY 2027, the Joint Fires Network (JFN) will deliver and test new software capabilities, multi-level security (MLS) capability enhancements, and infrastructure deployments. JFN will deliver new command and control software capabilities and establish automated connections between JFN and service command and control systems, ISR systems and fires systems to enable collaborative planning and execution monitoring. The JFN system will integrate Generative AI models in special access facilities to enable decision superiority for fires across the joint force. Additionally, FY 2027 will see the delivery of JFN Operations Centers and nodes in both USINDOPACOM and USEUCOM. The Joint Fires Network (JFN) is a multi-domain resilient fires-informing decision network at theater strategic and operational levels that provides a persistent targeting common operating picture and mission command applications at the SAP level to enable top echelon decision makers to optimize allocation of weapons across Services and partners at speed and scale. The OSW-owned, DAF-led JFN Integrated Program Office oversees execution of all JFN funding. JFN PEs consist of: DAF (0305282F) CDAO (0305282D8Z), DISA (0305282K), USN (0605853N), USMC (0305282M), USA (0305282A). This program element includes necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Joint Fires Network system capability.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Fires Network | 0.0 | 10.0 | 35.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 35.0 |

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Supports the development of a Joint and Combined warfighting network architecture for the Joint Fires Network program that is resilient, interoperable and flexible. This development effort will ensure efficient and secure transport for Joint Fires data across the theater from the strategic to tactical level of operations in a contested disconnected, denied, intermittent and/or with limited bandwidth (DDIL) environment. In FY 2027, the Joint Fires Network (JFN) will deliver and test new software capabilities, multi-level security (MLS) capability enhancements, and infrastructure deployments.

## Related program elements

- [0604522N — Air & Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) System](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604522N) (Navy)
- [0602146A — Network C3I Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602146A) (Army)
- [0305282F — Joint Fires Network](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305282F) (Air Force)
- [0603907C — Sea Based X-Band Radar (SBX)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603907C) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0305282K (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0305282K")`.

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