# Cyber Weapon Payloads (e.g., implants, exploits, and associated modules)

**R-2A activity** of project CY50W1 — Cyber Weapons/Tools  
**Program element:** 0306250JCY — Cyber Operations Technology Support  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50W1/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50W1

## Summary

This activity requests $134.0M in FY2027, 70% of project CY50W1, up 36% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** $134.011M in FY 2027 funding enables the Cyber Weapon Payloads program to expand the scale and scope of payload development to gain new accesses while maintaining existing accesses to critical adversary systems. Integration of hundreds of classified capabilities into Joint Cyber Weapons Common Services will continue, increasing the speed, agility, and repeatability of cyber operations. As part of the USINDOPACOM Pacific Deterrence Initiative, the Cyber Weapons and Tools Exploits portfolio will continue developing and integrating capabilities into the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA) to enhance platform effectiveness and interoperability with Joint capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The $35.418 million increase supports the development and integration of emerging technologies required to keep pace with evolving threats and operational opportunities. Increased funding accelerates the delivery of automated capabilities into common services for payloads and weapons, enhancing scalability, resilience, and operational readiness across the Joint cyber mission force.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** $98.593M in FY 2026 funding enables USCYBERCOM to continue centralizing multiple Service led payload development efforts into a unified model, improving prioritization across supported Combatant Commands. The Command will begin standardizing integration and delivery mechanisms for advanced offensive cyber payloads, reducing operator cognitive load and increasing operational efficiency.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** FY 2025 will continue the expansion of Cyber Weapon Payload capabilities with the services. Major expansion with supporting the technical transfer of new payloads that provide increased capability on specific hard targets that are emerging from Science & Technology (S&T) efforts in this area.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 127.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 98.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 134.0 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project CY50W1

- [Joint Development Environment (e.g., build, manage, and test both payload and common services)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0306250JCY/CY50W1/a2) — FY2027 53.1
- Joint Cyber Weapons Common Services — FY2027 5.6
- Data Management — FY2027 —
- Cyber Weapons Tools/Hard Targets — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0306250JCY project CY50W1 (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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