# Joint Fires Network

**R-2A activity** of project JWN — Joint Fires Network  
**Program element:** 0305282K — Joint Fires Network  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305282K/JWN/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305282K

## Summary

This activity requests $35.0M in FY2027, 100% of project JWN, up 250% 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.** Increase Impact Level (IL) -5 and IL-6 network transport by 50%. Complete Network Operations (NETOPS), and Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) support and build cyber sensor architecture. Complete JFN operations center in Japan. DISA enhanced architecture and IL-7+ cloud capability.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of +$25.000 million from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is for the addition of 10 JFN nodes to the overall architecture, the addition of edge compute devices for coalition interoperability, and the application of agnostic peering gateways for improved resiliency.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Development of a resilient network for Fires data in USINDOPACOM with redundancy and security. Implementation of dynamic software defined networking that is highly adaptable to changes in the operational environment. Develop and deploy scaled secure and resilient networking to Joint Fires Network nodes and centers.

## Funding

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

> 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 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0305282K project JWN (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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