# C3I Applied Cyber — Program Element 0602213A

**Program element:** 0602213A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602213A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 99% to a $0.1M request 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 | 7.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 5.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 17.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 15.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 15.8 |

> 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 | 0.1 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 0.1 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 0.1 | +0.0 |

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

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2CY | Information Trust Technology | 7.8 | 4.7 | 0.1 | −99% |

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

### Project 2CY — Information Trust Technology

This project develops defensive cyber technology to ensure that data traversing the network remains verified and has not been modified through unauthorized means. Project enhances system access without affecting personnel authentication processes, enhances awareness of user actions and intent within the network, and maintains information provenance from originator to consumer. It will also integrate zero trust principles where access to resources is granted based on continuous risk assessments. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 8CY (Information Trust Advanced Technology). Work in this project is performed by Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tactical Zero Trust | 7.8 | 4.7 | 0.1 |

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This PE investigates, designs, and develops cyber architectures, software, tools, and techniques to enable Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) to counter adversary communications and harden the Army's tactical communications networks against cyber attacks. For offensive cyber effort against adversary communications, efforts investigate capabilities to identify and capture data traversing targeted networks for detection, identification, exploitation, direction finding, geolocation, and denial of service.

## Related program elements

- [0605041A — Defensive CYBER Tool Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605041A) (Army)
- [0604127N — Surface Mine Countermeasures](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604127N) (Navy)
- [0602275A — Electronic Warfare Applied Research](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602275A) (Army)
- [0101125F — Nuclear Weapons Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101125F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602213A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602213A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*