# Project CY50H1 — Artificial Intelligence

**Program element:** 0306250JCY — Cyber Operations Technology Support  
**Project:** CY50H1  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50H1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY

## Summary

Project CY50H1 — Artificial Intelligence requests $138.1M in FY2027, 11% of the $1.30B requested for program element 0306250JCY, up 2661% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 5.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 138.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 124.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 50.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 47.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 48.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0306250JCY; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project CY50H1 buys

The U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is advancing emerging AI/ML capabilities to enhance the speed, scale, and precision of cyberspace operations. This effort includes evaluating commercial and government developed research initiatives and developing specialized AI/ML capabilities for integration into operational workflows across the Cyber Mission Force (CMF). These investments enable USCYBERCOM to accelerate decision making, improve threat detection, and increase the effectiveness of both Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) and Offensive Cyberspace Operations (OCO). Adversary nations - particularly China - are investing heavily in AI, cloud computing, and advanced analytics to gain strategic advantage and hold U.S. critical infrastructure at risk. To maintain decision superiority in this environment, USCYBERCOM must field AI capabilities that allow cyber operators to process large volumes of data, identify malicious activity, and respond to threats faster than human operators alone can achieve. AI enabled tools provide the ability to find, characterize, and counter adversary activity at machine speed, ensuring the United States can maintain freedom of action in cyberspace. This funding supports the development, integration, and operationalization of AI/ML capabilities aligned with USCYBERCOM’s validated requirements and the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). These capabilities include automated threat detection, predictive analytics, mission planning augmentation, and advanced data processing tools that enhance the effectiveness of cyber operators. Continued investment is essential to maintaining USCYBERCOM’s competitive advantage in the face of rapidly evolving cyber threats and disruptive technologies.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence for Cyberspace Operations | — | 5.0 | 138.1 | +2661% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50H1/a0) |

> 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.

### Artificial Intelligence for Cyberspace Operations

With $138.068M, USCYBERCOM will scale and operationalize AI capabilities across all four thrust areas—ISR, Enhancing OCO, Enhancing DCO, and Integrated Foundational Activities—to deliver AI‑enabled effects at campaign‑level scale. This investment advances the Command’s strategic priority to integrate AI across JCWA and accelerate mission…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50H1/a0

## 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/0306250JCY.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0306250JCY project CY50H1 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0306250JCY")`.

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