# Project CY50S1 — Data and Sensors

**Program element:** 0306250JCY — Cyber Operations Technology Support  
**Project:** CY50S1  
**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/CY50S1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY

## Summary

Project CY50S1 — Data and Sensors requests $266.2M in FY2027, 20% of the $1.30B requested for program element 0306250JCY, up 127% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Varioius is the largest named R-3 performer at $249.8M, 94% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 44.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 117.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 266.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 42.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 22.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 104.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 113.1 |

> 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 CY50S1 buys

The Data and Sensors Portfolio develops and integrates advanced capabilities that enhance U.S. awareness, decision advantage, and operational readiness in support of Department of War (DoW) contingency plan execution, with a primary focus on the U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of responsibility. These efforts aim to maintain and restore the comparative U.S. military advantage by improving the collection, fusion, and exploitation of data across multiple domains, enabling timely, precise, and actionable insights for cyber and multi domain operations. Investments in this portfolio reduce operational risk, strengthen deterrence, and ensure the Joint Force can effectively counter emerging and advanced threats in the Indo Pacific region.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Varioius | 249.8 | 94% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data and Sensors | 44.2 | 117.2 | 266.2 | +127% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50S1/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.

### Data and Sensors

$266.173M in FY 2027 funding will mature the Command’s Data Analytic Support Cell (DASC), enabling the use of advanced analytical tools aligned to mission threads and an analytic scheme of maneuver to improve command and control of the DCDC. Additionally, FY 2027 resources will sustain existing USINDOPACOM capabilities installed from FY…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50S1/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 CY50S1 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0306250JCY")`.

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