# Access AND Awareness — Program Element 0602023E

**Program element:** 0602023E  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602023E

## Summary

Defense-Wide requests $110.1M 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 | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 98.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 110.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 192.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 224.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 232.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 237.0 |

> 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 | 110.1 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 110.1 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 110.1 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 110.1 | +0.0 |

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

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS-01 | ALL DOMAIN TACTICAL TECHNOLOGIES | 0.0 | 92.6 | 101.9 | +10% |
| ACS-07 | ACCESS AND AWARENESS SUPPORT | 0.0 | 5.6 | 8.2 | +46% |

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

### Project ACS-01 — ALL DOMAIN TACTICAL TECHNOLOGIES

The All Domain Tactical Technologies project examines and evaluates emerging technologies and system concepts for developing technologies for enhancing U.S. military effectiveness and survivability in operations across all domains. Enabling and novel technologies include concepts for expanding the envelope of operational naval capabilities to include the entire sea column such as improved situational awareness over large maritime environments, ship self-defense techniques, novel underwater propulsion modalities, high speed underwater vessels, improved techniques for underwater object detection and discrimination, long endurance unmanned surface vehicles, methods and techniques for servicing assets throughout the sea column, and high bandwidth communications. This project will also examine methods and architectures for distributing maritime operations to enable a more agile, survivable, and cost-effective fleet. Technologies will be studied for enhancing U.S. military effectiveness and survivability in ground operations ranging from traditional threats to military operations against irregular forces that can employ disruptive or catastrophic capabilities, or disrupt stabilization operations, including competing in underground spaces. Programs in this project will break the relative symmetry of land combat to strengthen and maintain U.S. forces' decisive advantages in the current and future ground battlefield. Aeronautics and space technology efforts studied will address high payoff opportunities that dramatically reduce costs associated with advanced aeronautical and space systems and/or provide revolutionary new system capabilities for satisfying current and projected military mission requirements. This includes advanced technology studies of revolutionary propulsion, vehicle, and launch concepts, sophisticated fabrication methods, and examination of novel materials and enabling technologies for aeronautics and space system applications. Studies that also fundamentally change the calculus of battle including consideration of a mix of assets, platforms that are potentially disposable or with limited lifespans, and autonomous integration of space and air platforms in the tactical battlespace are included. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602702E, Projects TT-03, TT-04, and TT-07.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyber Physical systems Executing in Real time (CyPhER) Forge | — | 13.8 | 30.4 |
| Lunar Assay via Small Satellite Orbiter (LASSO) | — | 19.6 | 19.9 |
| Albatross | — | 22.2 | 11.1 |
| Next Generation Electronic Surveillance Technology (NGEST) | — | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| All Domain Tactical Technologies Studies and Concepts | — | 8.8 | 33.5 |
| Oversight | — | 12.3 | — |
| Expeditionary Carbon Utilization for energy Resilience and Stabilization (ExCURSion) | — | 2.8 | — |
| Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) | — | 5.7 | — |

> 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 ACS-07 — ACCESS AND AWARENESS SUPPORT

The Access and Awareness Support project contains management costs in support of DARPA functions and activities across the entire Access and Awareness PE. These costs include: DARPA classified and unclassified network support and equipment; contractor support; classified program security; building security; commercial transition services that increase the likelihood that DARPA-funded technologies remain in the U.S. and provide new capabilities for national defense; DARPA outreach to universities and industry; external contracting, financial and support fees; Program Manager Intragovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Funding; Program Managers from other Government Agencies; and similar operating expenses. Agency support is allocated on a pro-rata basis across the Agency's BA1, BA2 and BA3 PEs and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by fiscal year based on the total Agency budget in that fiscal year. Prior to FY 2026, support requirements in this Project were funded in PE 0602702E, Projects TT-03, TT-04, TT-07, and TT-13.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Applied Research associated with the Access and Awareness Program that is directed toward the development and application of technologies that ensure physical or virtual presence where and when necessary and that collect, integrate, or disseminate data and/or knowledge. There is strong interest in the development and application of advanced, innovative autonomy, computing, and communications technologies. This PE also supports innovation and robust transition planning in the technology cycle by working with entrepreneurs to increase the likelihood that DARPA funded technologies take root in the U.S.

## Related program elements

- [0602303E — Information & Communications Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602303E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0602788F — Dominant Information Sciences and Methods](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602788F) (Air Force)
- [0602026E — Effects](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602026E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604771N — Medical Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604771N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602023E (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602023E")`.

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