# Dynamical Systems, Optimization, and Control

**R-2A activity** of project 613003 — Mathematics, Information and Life Sciences  
**Program element:** 0601102F — Defense Research Sciences  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102F/613003/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102F/613003

## Summary

This activity requests $27.5M in FY2027, 28% of project 613003, up 4.8% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue developing new scientific concepts supported by rigorous analysis for advancing the science of autonomy and promoting the understanding necessary to analyze and design complex multi-scale systems as well as to provide guaranteed levels of performance. - Continue to develop novel adaptive control strategies for coordinating heterogeneous, autonomous, or semiautonomous aerospace vehicles in uncertain, information rich, dynamically changing, adversarial, and networked environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increased compared to FY 2026 by $1.266 million due to increased emphasis on Dynamical Systems, Optimization, and Control. This increase reflects programmatic adjustments to the DAF Science and Technology portfolio for strategic realignment to optimize core research areas and improve resource efficiency. This will result in approximately 5 more grants awarded in Dynamical Systems, Optimization, and Control.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Develop new scientific concepts supported by rigorous analysis for advancing the science of autonomy and promoting the understanding necessary to analyze and design complex multi-scale systems as well as to provide guaranteed levels of performance. - Develop novel adaptive control strategies for coordinating heterogeneous, autonomous, or semiautonomous aerospace vehicles in uncertain, information rich, dynamically changing, adversarial, and networked environments.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 27.5 |

> 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 613003

- [Natural Materials and Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102F/613003/a3) — FY2027 27.0
- [Decision Making](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102F/613003/a1) — FY2027 21.2
- [Information and Complex Networks](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601102F/613003/a0) — FY2027 21.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0601102F project 613003 (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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