What project CY50J1 buys
The Cyber Operations Technology Support project provides the critical integration, research, development, and innovation activities required to advance and operationalize the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA). Funding ensures that USCYBERCOM can synchronize Service led and Command led programs into a coherent, interoperable system of systems that enables the Cyber Mission Force (CMF) to conduct full spectrum cyberspace operations at speed and scale. JCWA Integration: JCWA Integration funding aligns and synchronizes four Service acquisition programs—Unified Platform (UP), Joint Command and Control (JCC2), Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP), and the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) - with two USCYBERCOM led efforts: Joint Cyber Weapons (JCW), including the Joint Development Environment (JDE), and Sensors. These programs collectively form the operational environment for cyber forces. Integration funding enables USCYBERCOM to: • Exercise central technical authority across all JCWA components to enforce standards, interfaces, and architectural alignment. • Develop and deploy enterprise-wide services that span functional boundaries, including identity services, data transport, security services, and common development environments. • Conduct integrated test and evaluation (T&E) to validate interoperability, performance, and mission suitability across the architecture. • Accelerate the transition of science and technology (S&T) prototypes into operational use by providing integration pathways and reducing technical friction. • Maintain a continuous innovation pipeline by collaborating with industry, academia, and government partners to mature emerging technologies and transition them into JCWA programs of record. These integration activities ensure that JCWA remains a modern, scalable, and resilient platform capable of supporting the speed, accuracy, and operational tempo required for cyber operations. JCWA Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI): RDI funding accelerates the development, maturation, and transition of next generation cyber capabilities into JCWA programs of record. This includes deep collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) through the DARPA/Constellation partnership established in response to FY 2022 NDAA Section 1509.
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Project CY50J1 funding, 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. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 104.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 86.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 73.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 76.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 73.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 71.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 74.6 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Funding will support the implementation and deployment of the JCWA Next-Gent architecture, increasing efficiency and speed-to-deployment for JCWA-developed capabilities through a common software line for all JCWA components. This critical effort will establish a common software line for all JCWA components, significantly increasing…
Read the FY2027 plan →$26.652M funding will enable accelerating the maturation, integration, and operationalization of advanced cyber capabilities developed through the Constellation program. This includes advancing two existing TPAs to full operational maturity and onboarding two new TPAs, bringing the total active portfolio to eight. These efforts will…
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