# Cyber Collaborative Research Alliance — Program Element 0601121A

**Program element:** 0601121A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 1 — Basic Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601121A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 5.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.1 |

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

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB5 | Cyber Collaborative Research Alliance | 5.5 | 5.5 | — | −100% |

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

### Project CB5 — Cyber Collaborative Research Alliance

This project fosters cyber research, performed by a competitively selected consortium, formed to advance the theoretical foundations of cyber science in the context of Army networks. This work consists of academia, industry, and government researchers working jointly to develop a fundamental understanding of cyber phenomena so that fundamental laws, theories, and theoretically grounded and empirically validated models can be applied to a broad range of Army domains, applications, and environments. This research focuses on three interrelated cyber aspects and is conducted using a trans-disciplinary approach that takes into account the human element of the network. The three aspects of cyber that are addressed are: 1) adaptive reasoning for deception, 2) anticipating, detecting, and analyzing malicious activities, and 3) agile cyber maneuver to thwart and defeat malicious activities. The overarching goals are to significantly decrease the adversary's return on investment when considering cyber-attack on Army networks and minimizing the impact on Army network performance. This research creates a framework that effectively integrates the knowledge of cyber assets and potential adversary capabilities and approaches and provides defense mechanisms that dynamically adjust to changes related to mission, assets, vulnerability state, and defense mechanisms. Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adversarial-resilient Cyber Effects for Decision Dominance | 5.5 | 5.5 | — |

> 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

This Program Element (PE) fosters research performed through the Cyber Security Collaborative Research Alliance (CSEC CRA), a competitively selected consortium, formed to advance the theoretical foundations of cyber science in the context of Army networks. This CRA consists of academia, industry and government researchers working jointly with the objective of developing a fundamental understanding of cyber phenomena so that fundamental laws, theories, and theoretically grounded and empirically validated models can be applied to a broad range of Army domains, applications, and environments.

## Related program elements

- [0601104A — University and Industry Research Centers](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601104A) (Army)
- [0601384BP — Chemical and Biological Defense Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601384BP) (Defense-Wide)
- [0801380F — AF LVC Operational Training (LVC-OT)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0801380F) (Air Force)
- [0305238F — NATO AGS](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305238F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0601121A (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0601121A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*