# Dominant Information Sciences and Methods — Program Element 0602788F

**Program element:** 0602788F  
**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/0602788F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding falls 50% to a $149.2M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 17% (to $174.2M); the Senate added 23% (to $184.2M); House appropriators added 80% (to $269.2M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 196.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 295.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 149.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 148.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 185.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 195.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 202.8 |

> 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 | 149.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 174.2 | +25.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 184.2 | +35.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 269.2 | +120.0 |

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

## Projects (3)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625315 | C4I Dominance Technology | 82.5 | 176.8 | 95.2 | −46% |
| 62OMMS | Research Site Support | 25.0 | 28.7 | 28.7 | −0% |
| 625319 | Cyberspace Dominance Technology | 88.6 | 90.2 | 25.3 | −72% |

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

### Project 625315 — C4I Dominance Technology

This project executes mission-driven applied research to advance the critical technologies supporting Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I), a core enabler of operational effectiveness across the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Activities under this project accelerate the development of next-generation capabilities to ensure time-dominant decision-making, enable synchronized multi-domain operations, and provide reliable, cyber-secure communications in contested environments. Additionally, these efforts advance high-speed computing and data analytics to support real-time intelligence processing and information fusion, which are essential to operational readiness and the successful implementation of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Joint All-Domain Command & Control (CJADC2) | 22.0 | 30.7 | 28.6 |
| Multi-Domain Exploitation and Decision Support | 0.0 | 39.6 | 29.4 |
| Assured Communications & Networks | 21.6 | 31.8 | 28.3 |
| Data to Decisions | 20.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Processing Technologies | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Quantum Information Science | 10.9 | 12.7 | 8.9 |

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

### Project 62OMMS — Research Site Support

The Research Site Support Project ensures the continued operation, maintenance, and modernization of the Rome Research Site infrastructure in Rome, New York. This site is a strategic asset supporting both the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), enabling uninterrupted research, innovation, and financial operations essential to national defense. The project provides comprehensive support for all Rome Research Site properties, buildings, utilities, and services—ensuring a secure, resilient, and fully functional environment for day-to-day mission execution and long-term strategic objectives.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Research Infrastructure | 25.0 | 28.7 | 28.7 |

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

### Project 625319 — Cyberspace Dominance Technology

This project will execute mission-driven applied research to develop and transition advanced technologies that secure and sustain superiority in the cyberspace domain, fully aligned with joint operations across air, land, sea, and space. The efforts under this Project will focus on three key pillars: (1) cyber offense—enabling precision effects and proactive disruption of adversarial capabilities; (2) cyber defense—ensuring robust protection of critical infrastructure, systems, and platforms against persistent and adaptive threats; and (3) cyber resilience—designing systems that can anticipate, absorb, and recover from attacks with speed and agility. By integrating these capabilities across multi-domain operations, these technologies support the Department of the Air Force's (DAF) and Department of War's (DoW) strategic vision for a secure, interoperable, and resilient digital ecosystem. It directly contributes to the development of agile, lethal, and networked forces capable of operating with decision advantage in highly dynamic threat environments.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyber Offensive and Defensive Technologies | 58.2 | 42.2 | 25.3 |

> 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 program executes applied research to develop information technologies for the Department of the Air Force to address technology gaps for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C5ISRT). These technologies are required to advance the state-of-the-art for C5ISRT that encompasses integrated systems and processes used by the Department of the Air Force and its joint & coalition partners, to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate information to achieve decision-making superiority for warfighter operations.

## Related program elements

- [0602023E — Access AND Awareness](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602023E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0303140K — Information Systems Security Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140K) (Defense-Wide)
- [0203345F — Operations Security (OPSEC)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0203345F) (Air Force)
- [0901538F — Cost Estimating Modeling (CEM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901538F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602788F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602788F")`.

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