# Project CY50J1 — Joint Cyber Warfighting Integration/Innovation

**Program element:** 0306250JCY — Cyber Operations Technology Support  
**Project:** CY50J1  
**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/CY50J1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY

## Summary

Project CY50J1 — Joint Cyber Warfighting Integration/Innovation requests $73.3M in FY2027, 5.6% of the $1.30B requested for program element 0306250JCY, down 15% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> 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 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.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture - Integration | 104.4 | 48.1 | 46.7 | −3% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50J1/a0) |
| Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Research, Development and Innovation | 0.0 | 38.5 | 26.7 | −31% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50J1/a1) |

> 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.

### Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture - Integration

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50J1/a0

### Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Research, Development and Innovation

$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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50J1/a1

## 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 CY50J1 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0306250JCY")`.

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