# Defense Research Sciences — Program Element 0601101E

**Program element:** 0601101E  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 1 — Basic Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601101E

## Summary

Defense-Wide requests $0.0M in FY2027.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 280.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Projects (4)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCS-02 | MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCES | 180.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| ES-01 | ELECTRONIC SCIENCES | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| ES-02 | BEYOND SCALING SCIENCES | 43.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| MS-01 | MATERIALS SCIENCES | 53.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project CCS-02 — MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

The Math and Computer Sciences project supports scientific study and experimentation on new mathematical and computational algorithms, models, and mechanisms in support of long-term national security objectives. Modern analytic and information technologies enable important new military capabilities and drive the productivity gains essential to U.S. economic competitiveness. Conversely, new classes of threats, particularly threats that operate in or through the cyber and information domain, put military systems, critical infrastructure, and the civilian economy at risk. This project aims to magnify these opportunities and mitigate these threats by leveraging emerging mathematical and computational capabilities, including artificial intelligence, computational social science, machine learning and reasoning, data science, quantum science, complex systems modeling and simulation, and theories of computation and programming. The basic research conducted under the Math and Computer Sciences project will produce breakthroughs that enable new capabilities for national and homeland security. Beginning in FY 2026, efforts in this Project will be funded in PE 0601122E, Project EMR-01.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) | 30.0 | — | — |
| Advanced Tools for Modeling and Simulation | 22.9 | — | — |
| Intrinsic Cognitive Security (ICS) | 22.0 | — | — |
| Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) | 19.0 | — | — |
| Young Faculty Award (YFA) | 18.0 | — | — |
| In The Moment (ITM) | 15.0 | — | — |
| Translating All C To Rust (TRACTOR) | 10.7 | — | — |
| Scientific Feasibility (SciFy) | 9.0 | — | — |
| Foundational Artificial Intelligence (AI) Science | 7.0 | — | — |
| Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath) | 3.5 | — | — |
| Fostering Research and Growth in Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI FORGE) | 3.5 | — | — |
| Knowledge Management at Scale | 11.0 | — | — |
| Environment-driven Conceptual Learning (ECOLE) | 9.1 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project ES-01 — ELECTRONIC SCIENCES

The Electronic Sciences project is for basic exploration of electronic and optoelectronic devices, circuits, and processing concepts to meet the military's need for near real-time information gathering, transmission, and processing. In seeking to continue the phenomenal advancement in microelectronics innovation that has characterized the last few decades, the project will provide DoW with new, improved, or potentially revolutionary device options for accomplishing these critical functions. The resulting technologies will help maintain knowledge of the enemy, communicate decisions based on that knowledge, and substantially improve the cost and performance of military systems. Research areas include analog, mixed signal, and photonic circuitry for communications and other applications; alternative computer architectures; and reducing the size of Electromagnetic (EM) and sensing systems. Other research could support field-portable electronics with reduced power requirements, and new approaches to nanometer-scale structures, molecules, and devices.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic-Photonic Integration (A-PhI) | 2.8 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project ES-02 — BEYOND SCALING SCIENCES

The Beyond Scaling Sciences project supports investigations into materials, devices, and architectures to provide disruptive improvements in electronics performance that can be realized by techniques other than transistor scaling. Examples include circuit specialization, non-volatile memory devices that combine computation and memory, and new automated design tools using machine learning. Additionally, new design and manufacturing advances for three-dimensional microelectronics integration will underpin continued performance improvements as silicon transistor scaling plateaus. Beginning in FY 2026, efforts in this Project will be funded in PE 0601122E, Project EMR-02.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0) | 28.0 | — | — |
| Compartmentalization and Privilege Management (CPM) | 12.0 | — | — |
| Advanced Microsystems Manufacturing Technologies Studies and Concepts | 3.0 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project MS-01 — MATERIALS SCIENCES

The Materials Sciences project provides the fundamental research that underpins the design, development, assembly, and optimization of advanced materials, devices, and systems for DoW applications in areas such as robust diagnostics and therapeutics, novel energetic materials, and complex hybrid systems. Beginning in FY 2026, efforts in this Project will be funded in PE 0601122E, Project EMR-03.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamental Limits | 37.0 | — | — |
| Molecular Systems and Materials Assembly | 16.4 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Basic Research associated with the Defense Research Sciences Program that provides the technical foundation for long-term National Security enhancement through the discovery of new phenomena and the exploration of the potential of such phenomena for Department of War applications. This PE supports the scientific study and experimentation that is the basis for more advanced knowledge and understanding in electronic, mathematical, computer, and materials sciences.

## Related program elements

- [0601122E — Emerging Opportunities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601122E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0601121A — Cyber Collaborative Research Alliance](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601121A) (Army)
- [0601110D8Z — Basic Research Initiatives](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [1203710SF — EO/IR Weather System Dev](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203710SF) (Space Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0601101E (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0601101E")`.

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