# University Research Initiatives - Space — Program Element 0601103SF

**Program element:** 0601103SF  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force  
**Appropriation:** 3620F — RDT&E, Space Force  
**Budget Activity:** 1 — Basic Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601103SF

## Summary

U.S. Space Force requests $14.4M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 15.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 15.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.0 |

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

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 14.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 14.4 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 14.4 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 14.4 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610002 | University Research Initiatives - Space | 13.6 | 14.3 | 14.4 | +1% |

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

### Project 610002 — University Research Initiatives - Space

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is researching, analyzing, and developing technology through the University Research Initiatives PE 0601103SF (Project 610002) to support Guardians across Science & Technology and Test & Evaluation. The effects of our efforts will ensure that future Science & Technology and Test & Evaluation have the necessary experimentation and analytic results for future USSF R&D activities. This program supports defense-related basic research in a wide range of scientific and engineering disciplines relevant to maintaining U.S. military technology superiority. Research topics include, but are not limited to, revolutionary and high priority technologies critical to the five core technical competencies of the United States Space Force: Space Security; Combat Power Projection; Space Mobility and Logistics; Information Mobility; and Space Domain Awareness. The program also enhances and promotes the education of U.S. scientists and engineers in disciplines critical to maintaining, advancing, and enabling future U.S. defense technologies. This program assists universities in establishing superior instrumentation capabilities needed to improve the quality of defense-related research and education. A fundamental component of this program is the recognition that future technologies and technology exploitations require highly coordinated and concerted multi- and interdisciplinary efforts. In order to manage, execute, and deliver Science and Technology (S&T) capabilities, this program element may include: necessary civilian pay expenses; expenses to support the operation and maintenance of facilities; as well as expenses related to travel, supplies, IT hardware, software and support, administrative contractor services, etc. Funds in this program element may be used to investigate specified science advancements primarily targeted to challenges in the space domain and multi-domain research with space-domain application. This program falls within the S&T and Test & Evaluation (T&E) mission area which provides the S&T initiatives, demonstrations, experiments, and studies towards developing next-generation space capabilities. The T&E mission area provides all efforts required to establish and operate the test infrastructure for USSF capabilities.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
| Research Instrumentation | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 |

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

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0601103SF (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0601103SF")`.

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