# Project 625329 — Warfighter Interfaces and Teaming

**Program element:** 0602202F — Human Effectiveness Applied Research  
**Project:** 625329  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F/625329  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F

## Summary

Project 625329 — Warfighter Interfaces and Teaming requests $32.8M in FY2027, 32% of the $103.2M requested for program element 0602202F, down 29% on FY2026. 5 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602202F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 5

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distributed Teaming and Communication | 6.2 | 34.8 | 19.1 | −45% | [a3](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F/625329/a3) |
| Human Machine Interactions | 5.5 | 11.2 | 13.7 | +23% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F/625329/a2) |
| Collaborative Interfaces and Teaming | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Multisensory Perceptions and Communication | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| System Analytics | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Distributed Teaming and Communication

-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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F/625329/a3

### Human Machine Interactions

-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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F/625329/a2

### Collaborative Interfaces and Teaming

**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.

### Multisensory Perceptions and Communication

**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.

### System Analytics

**FY2027 planned work.** Not Applicable

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Not Applicable

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Effort was completed in FY 2025.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602202F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602202F project 625329 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602202F")`.

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