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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Manpower/Personnel/Training Technology

PE 0602785A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$14.3M
Army · RDT&E
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U.S. Army funding falls 17% to a $14.3M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate added 21% (to $17.3M); House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$14.3M
▼ 17% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$17.2M
▼ 9.9% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$19.1M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $14.3M for Manpower/Personnel/Training Technology under RDT&E program element 0602785A, down 17% 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.

019.1FY25ACTUAL17.2FY26ENACTED14.3FY27REQUEST15.8FY2816.2FY2916.3FY3016.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual19.1
FY2026Enacted17.2
FY2027Request14.3
FY2028Outyear15.8
FY2029Outyear16.2
FY2030Outyear16.3
FY2031Outyear16.5
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0602785A

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 -17% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 790

Personnel Performance & Training Technology

$14.3MFY2027 request ▼ 17%
FY2025 actual$19.1M
FY2026 enacted$17.2M
FY2027 request$14.3M

This project conducts applied behavioral and social science research to enhance the Soldier Lifecycle (e.g., selection, assignment, training, leader development) and human relations. This project develops new personnel measures and methods that more fully assess potential and predict performance, behavior, attitudes, and resilience. These technologies also provide innovative and effective Talent Management methods to optimize individual and team performance to ensure the Army can meet mission requirements in uncertain and complex environments. This project develops new performance measures and metrics for individuals and units, designs innovative training methods, and conducts scientific assessments to inform talent management. Research in this project will result in effective non-materiel solutions to help the Army adjust to changes in force size and structure, a variety of mission demands and contexts, and challenges in talent management. Work in this project complements PE 0603007A / project 792 (Personnel Performance & Training). Research is performed by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI).

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Talent Assessment and Development▼ 17%
FY2025 actual$19.1M
FY2026 enacted$17.2M
FY2027 request$14.3M

Will conduct research to develop proof-of-concept training and development methods for leadership, teams, and multiteam systems; identify methods for increasing training throughput and effectiveness; initiate development of assessments and interventions to enhance command and control (C2) decision advantage in the future operating…

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Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$14.3M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$14.3M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$17.3M +$3.0M · +21%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$14.3M full · +$0
▲ $3.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This PE designs and validates applied behavioral and social science research to enhance the Soldier Lifecycle (e.g., selection, assignment, training, and leader development) and human relations. This PE develops new personnel measures and methods that more fully assess potential and predict performance, behavior, attitudes, and resilience. These technologies also provide innovative and effective Talent Management methods to optimize individual and team performance to ensure the Army can meet mission requirements in uncertain and complex environments.

Project 790 — Personnel Performance & Training Technology
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602785A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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