# Talent Assessment and Development

**R-2A activity** of project 792 — Personnel Performance & Training  
**Program element:** 0603007A — Manpower, Personnel and Training Advanced Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603007A/792/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603007A

## Summary

This activity requests $11.1M in FY2027, 100% of project 792, down 18% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Will conduct research to advance prototype assessments of officer and enlisted Soldiers for enhanced Talent Management; advance analytic and modeling techniques to provide more efficient mean of developing assessments; develop and validate competency growth models, assessments, and interventions to enhance complex leader competencies required for large scale combat operations; advance development of tailored self-development training tools.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding decrease due to delayed development of critical talent management interventions and reduced comprehensiveness of competency growth models across careers and job categories.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will advance prototype development and mature longitudinal validation of officer talent management assessments; will advance validation of prototypes of automated test item generation for knowledge tests.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Will mature prototype development and initiate longitudinal validation of officer talent management assessments; will validate prototypes of automated test item generation for knowledge tests; will mature research on methods to develop complex leader competencies; will develop small unit performance training methods.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603007A project 792 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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