# Making, Maintaining, Supply CHAIN AND Logistics — Program Element 0602025E

**Program element:** 0602025E  
**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/0602025E

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 23% to a $1.62B request in FY2027 — the program's peak. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 1.2% (to $1.64B).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1,318.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,624.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,484.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,121.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,166.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,185.5 |

> 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 | 1,624.5 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 1,624.5 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 1,624.5 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 1,644.5 | +20.0 |

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

## Projects (8)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQB-01 | QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES | 0.0 | 358.1 | 603.2 | +68% |
| MSL-02 | DISRUPTIVE MICROTECHNOLOGIES | 0.0 | 354.6 | 368.3 | +4% |
| MSL-04 | CYBER SECURITY | 0.0 | 139.5 | 157.1 | +13% |
| MSL-05 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN-MACHINE SYMBIOSIS | 0.0 | 120.7 | 139.0 | +15% |
| MSL-01 | MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY | 0.0 | 182.5 | 133.2 | −27% |
| MSL-07 | MAKING, MAINTAINING, SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT | 0.0 | 75.2 | 121.1 | +61% |
| MSL-03 | ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY | 0.0 | 87.8 | 65.9 | −25% |
| MSL-06 | MAKING, MAINTAINING, SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.9 | new start |

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

### Project MQB-01 — QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

The Quantum Technologies project addresses the Applied Research associated with the development and evaluation of emerging technologies and system concepts that exploit or employ quantum technology and phenomenon for quantum computing and networking to include hardware, software, relevant protocols, and commercialization prospects. This PE also supports innovation and incubation of advanced quantum hardware, architectures, software, and design automation for computing, networking, and sensing. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-02.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) | — | 282.0 | 481.0 |
| Macaroni | — | 18.8 | 5.9 |
| Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) | — | 12.7 | 10.9 |
| Quantum Augmented Network (QuANET) | — | 11.5 | 18.0 |
| H6 | — | 6.6 | 3.1 |
| Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum (HARQ) | — | 14.5 | 15.0 |
| Quantum Technologies Studies and Concepts | — | 12.0 | 69.2 |

> 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 MSL-02 — DISRUPTIVE MICROTECHNOLOGIES

The Disruptive Microtechnologies project continues advancement in microelectronics, including electronic and optoelectronic devices, semiconductor device design and fabrication, and new materials and material structures. This includes developing next generation photonics, quantum, and organic circuits; developing new additive, subtractive, and combination fabrication tools that minimize waste and optimize performance; and new concepts in design, integration, and hardware security that leverages commercial scaling while preserving the superiority of defense systems. In doing so, this area will create disruptive opportunities and prevent the surprise associated with the unintended consequences of technology development. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-02.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faithful Integration Reverse-engineering and Emulation (FIRE) | — | 19.5 | 11.8 |
| Next Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) | — | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Ultra-Wide BandGap Semiconductors (UWBGS) | — | 17.8 | 8.6 |
| Optomechanical Thermal Imaging (OpTIm) | — | 21.8 | 17.0 |
| Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) | — | 19.3 | 29.2 |
| Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics At the Device Scale (THREADS) | — | 13.8 | 14.1 |
| Optimum Processing Technology Inside Memory Arrays (OPTIMA) | — | 15.6 | 21.1 |
| Minitherms3D | — | 11.6 | 6.3 |
| Heterogenous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces (HAPPI) | — | 11.0 | 9.8 |
| Advanced Sources for Single-event Effect Radiation Testing (ASSERT) | — | 7.8 | 11.9 |
| Machine Learning and Optimization-guided Compilers for Heterogeneous Architectures (MOCHA) | — | 11.2 | 13.1 |
| NanoWatt Platforms for Sensing, Analysis, and Computation (NaPSAC) | — | 11.9 | 6.1 |
| Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security (INGOTS) | — | 11.0 | 8.3 |
| Material Synthesis Technologies for Universal and Diverse Integration Opportunities (M-STUDIO) | — | 8.0 | 5.0 |
| Intensity-Squeezed Photonic Integration for Revolutionary Detectors (INSPIRED) | — | 7.3 | 2.3 |
| COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level (COFFEE) | — | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| High Operational Temperature Sensors (HOTS) | — | 12.0 | 2.0 |
| PROtein SEquencing (PROSE) | — | 7.9 | 17.4 |
| Crystal Palace | — | 13.5 | 27.1 |
| Promethean Clay | — | 7.5 | 18.1 |
| Smash | — | 7.3 | 17.6 |
| Photonic Integrated Circuit Architectures for Scalable System Objectives (PICASSO) | — | 6.2 | 18.5 |
| Disruptive Microtechnologies Studies and Concepts | — | 32.4 | 45.6 |
| Applied Microsystems Studies and Concepts | — | 19.7 | 30.4 |
| ELectronics for G-band ARrays (ELGAR) | — | 2.6 | — |
| Space Power Conversion Electronics (SPCE) | — | 13.2 | — |
| Additive Manufacturing of MicrosystEms (AMME) | — | 11.6 | — |
| Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) | — | 1.9 | — |
| Scalable On-Array Processing (SOAP) | — | 1.5 | — |

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

### Project MSL-04 — CYBER SECURITY

The Cyber Security project is developing the computing, networking, and cyber security technologies required to protect Department of War, U.S. Government, and U.S. civilian information, information infrastructure, cyber-physical and embedded systems, critical infrastructure, and other computation-intensive mission-critical systems. Information technologies enable important existing and new military capabilities and drive the productivity gains essential to U.S. industry. Meanwhile, cyber threats grow in sophistication and number, and put data, computer programs, key information systems, and U.S. economic competitiveness at risk. The technologies developed in this project will enhance the resilience of information systems to current and emerging cyber threats; enable broad situational awareness of the cyber domain; and provide the basis for accurate, calibrated, and safe cyber response. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602303E, Project IT-03.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation | — | 28.1 | 25.0 |
| Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security (INGOTS) | — | 11.1 | 12.6 |
| Business Process Logic (BPL) | — | 11.5 | 11.8 |
| Provably Weird Network Deployment and Detection (PWND²) | — | 14.3 | 9.4 |
| Reclaiming Bus-based Systems During Compromise (Red-C) | — | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| Pipelined Reasoning of Verifiers Enabling Robust Systems (PROVERS) | — | 25.8 | 6.1 |
| Cyber Agents for Security Testing and Learning Environments (CASTLE) | — | 13.5 | 6.1 |
| Cyber Security and Resilience Studies and Concepts | — | 11.2 | 40.5 |
| Cyber Operations Studies and Concepts | — | 9.0 | 39.5 |
| Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines (HARDEN) | — | 6.8 | — |
| Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments (SMOKE) | — | 2.4 | — |

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

### Project MSL-05 — ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN-MACHINE SYMBIOSIS

The Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Symbiosis project develops technologies to enable machines to function not only as tools that facilitate human action but also as trustworthy partners to human operators. Of particular interest are systems that can understand human language, extract information, and reliably categorize content contained in diverse media; answer questions, reach conclusions, and propose explanations; and learn, reason, and apply knowledge gained through experience to respond intelligently to new and unforeseen events. Enabling computing systems with such human-like intelligence matters because the tempo of military operations in emerging domains can exceed that at which unaided humans can orient, understand, and act. The technologies developed in this project will enable warfighters to make better decisions in complex, time-critical, battlefield environments with greater efficiency and confidence; and help autonomous systems and intelligent computational agents to safely and reliably perform critical missions in contested and adversarial physical and virtual environments. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602303E, Project IT-04.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Securing Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER) | — | 13.7 | 16.4 |
| Artificial Intelligence Quantified (AIQ) | — | 9.4 | 13.4 |
| Anticipatory and Adaptive Anti-money Laundering (A3ML) | — | 13.2 | 10.2 |
| Fostering Research and Growth in Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI FORGE) | — | 4.8 | 6.6 |
| Kallisti | — | 10.6 | 6.0 |
| National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) | — | 17.4 | 5.2 |
| Transfer from Imprecise and Abstract Models to Autonomous Technologies (TIAMAT) | — | 15.0 | 2.7 |
| Scientific Feasibility (SciFy) | — | 2.6 | 1.2 |
| Artificial Intelligence Engineering and Assurance Studies and Concepts | — | — | 39.7 |
| Artificial Intelligence Operations and Effects Studies and Concepts | — | — | 37.7 |
| Open Price Exploration for National security (OPEN) | — | 18.7 | — |
| Learning Introspective Control (LINC) | — | 7.3 | — |
| Assured Neuro Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (ANSR) | — | 4.2 | — |
| Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) | — | 3.8 | — |

> 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 MSL-01 — MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

The major goal of the Materials Processing Technology project is to develop novel materials, fabrication and processing techniques, models, devices and components that will increase the performance, and/or enable new missions for military platforms and systems that can be manufactured at commercial scales. Included in this project are efforts across a wide range of technology areas including manufacturing, electronics, sensors, optics, and complex and autonomous systems. Prior to FY 2026, this Project was funded in PE 0602715E, Project MBT-01.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functional Materials and Devices | — | 55.6 | 41.2 |
| Materials for Extreme Environments | — | 34.3 | 20.1 |
| Burn n' Go | — | 28.8 | 18.7 |
| Carbon Crunch | — | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Chemical Processing for Force Protection | — | 28.6 | 12.0 |
| Grainy Day | — | 15.9 | 10.5 |
| Reconfigurable Systems | — | 10.6 | 0.9 |
| Making, Maintaining, Supply Chains and Logistics Studies and Concepts | — | 7.2 | 13.7 |

> 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 MSL-07 — MAKING, MAINTAINING, SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT

The Making, Maintaining, Supply Chain and Logistics Support project contains management costs in support of DARPA functions and activities across the entire Making, Maintaining, Supply Chain and Logistics 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 0602715E, Project MBT-01, PE 0602716E, Projects ELT-01 and ELT-02, and PE 0602303E, Projects IT-03 and IT-04.

### Project MSL-03 — ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY

The Electronic Technology project pursues materials, devices, and architectures that will enable dramatic improvements over the current state-of-the-art. Areas of particular emphasis of this work include the development of techniques for advanced fabrication and test and the development of technologies that support electronics reuse and recycling. These technologies will reduce the barriers to designing and fabricating advanced technologies and exploit improved manufacturing techniques to provide these advanced technologies faster and cheaper to the warfighter. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-01.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA) | — | 20.6 | 18.2 |
| Scalable Analog Neural networks (ScAN) | — | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| Fast and Curious | — | 9.2 | 25.9 |
| Electronic Technology Studies and Concepts | — | 26.7 | 9.5 |
| Highly Accelerated Learnings of Vibratory Systems (HALOVS) | — | 16.0 | — |
| Emon | — | 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 MSL-06 — MAKING, MAINTAINING, SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS

This project funds classified DARPA programs that are reported in accordance with the SAP Annual Report to Congress.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Applied Research associated with the Making, Maintaining, Supply Chain and Logistics Program that is directed toward needed technical innovations involved with preserving a healthy, responsive technology supply chain and its associated logistics. This PE also supports the applied research associated with novel techniques in materials processing to include the discovery of said materials and doing so in an environmentally stable fashion.

## Related program elements

- [0208088F — AF Defensive Cyberspace Operations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F) (Air Force)
- [0604516N — Ship Survivability](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604516N) (Navy)
- [0208059JCY — CYBERCOM Activities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208059JCY) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603457A — C3I Cyber Advanced Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603457A) (Army)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602025E (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602025E")`.

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