What project 625329 buys
This project conducts research to achieve Department of the Air Force (DAF) warfighter decision superiority for all mission sets through advanced human-machine interfaces, joint-cognitive systems decision-making, and distributed and collaborative teaming and communication enhancements. These technologies are critical to optimally integrating DAF warfighters with the increasingly technological & networked battlespace to achieve and maintain resilient decision superiority and defeat adversaries. The research provides advanced warfighter Command and Control interface technology, team collaboration tools, intelligent decision aids, and agile communications management. The research is conducted in two focus areas: human-machine interactions, and distributed teaming and communication. Human-machine interactions focuses on achieving decision superiority by optimizing human engagement with increasingly complex, highly automated, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled combat and combat support systems. Distributed teaming and communication focuses on research technology and methods to enhance the formation, assessment, and performance of distributed teams of warfighters as well as human-machine teams executing combat.
Project 625329 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 45.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 32.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 31.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 38.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 38.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 39.6 |
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 2 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
-Continue research on human-autonomy collaboration tools by executing an operationally relevant tech demonstration integrating advanced teaming assessment tools with novel HMI for distributed teamwork. -Continue research on NLP methods by collecting data in high-fidelity simulations to build models for assessing team communication…
Read the FY2027 plan →-Continue research on human-centric interfaces by designing and testing concepts that convey AI confidence and uncertainty metrics to support rapid, accurate human-machine team decisions. -Continue research on advanced, multi-domain battlespace visualization by developing and evaluating novel C2/battle management interfaces that…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Not applicable.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the technical activities and associated funding from the "Collaborative Interfaces and Teaming' effort were realigned to the "Distributed Teaming and Communication" effort within this Project to better integrate these efforts to focus on the challenges of the distributed aspect of future DAF warfighting teams.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the technical activities and associated funding from the "Multisensory Perceptions and Communications" effort were realigned to the "Distributed Teaming and Communications" effort within this Project to better integrate the multi-modal communication aspects in distributed teams.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year Effort was completed in FY 2025.