RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Effects

PE 0602026E·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$13.7M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $0.0M for Effects under RDT&E program element 0602026E, down 100% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

00.0FY25ACTUAL13.7FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted13.7
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 2 — Applied Research.

Current
Research
BA 1–2
Later
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0602026E

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Applied Research associated with the examination and evaluation of emerging technologies and system concepts that employ either physical or non-physical means to degrade or deny targeted adversary capabilities. 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. and provide new capabilities for national defense.

Project EFF-01, EFF-07 — EFFECTS
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602026E (President's Budget PB2027).
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FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$12.6M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

EFFECTS — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602026E. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project EFF-01 — EFFECTS — requests $0.0M in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project EFF-01 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

00.0FY25ACTUAL12.6FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted12.6
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

3 accomplishments / planned programs

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

Humboldt▼ 100%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$4.9M
FY2027 request

- Develop a range of application-specific antennas. - Experimentally characterize Humboldt devices integrated with antennas in relevant, simulated environments.

Sync▼ 100%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$4.8M
FY2027 request

- Demonstrate techniques on a UUV in laboratory environment in pool demonstration. - Demonstrate techniques on additional UUVs in simulation.

Effects Studies and Concepts▼ 100%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$2.9M
FY2027 request

- Evaluate design of high pulsed power laser systems to be used for non-kinetic effects. - Investigate digital design methodologies for effects-based technologies.

Project EFF-01 — every activity in full →
Project detail

What project EFF-01 buys

The Effects project will examine and evaluate emerging technologies and system concepts that employ physical or non-physical means to degrade or deny targeted adversary capabilities. The feasibility of achieving potential improvements, in terms of resources, schedule, and technological risk, is also evaluated. The results from these studies and initiatives are used, in part, to formulate future prototype development programs or refocus ongoing work. Topics for this thrust may include but are not limited to: methods of defeating enemy anti-aircraft attacks; munition technologies to increase precision, range, endurance, and hard or soft-kill weapons for a variety of mission sets; digital design methodologies that are compatible with surged production. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-01.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.1M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

EFFECTS SUPPORT — one RDT&E project inside PE 0602026E. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project EFF-07 — EFFECTS SUPPORT — requests $0.0M in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project EFF-07 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

00.0FY25ACTUAL1.1FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted1.1
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Project detail

What project EFF-07 buys

The Effects Support project contains management costs in support of DARPA functions and activities across the entire Effects 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 0602716E, Project ELT-01.