# Army Agile Innovation and Demonstration — Program Element 0603025A

**Program element:** 0603025A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603025A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 92% to a $3.3M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 75% (to $5.8M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 2782% (to $95.8M).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.1 |

> 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 | 3.3 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 5.8 | +2.5 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 3.3 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 95.8 | +92.5 |

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

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA3 | Army Advanced Innovation | 4.3 | 43.1 | 3.3 | −92% |
| CK8 | Advanced Technology Development and Convergence | 9.7 | 1.0 | — | −100% |

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

### Project DA3 — Army Advanced Innovation

This project funds the Advanced Development portion of the Army Innovation Plan, the Army's investment strategy to rapidly accelerate innovative solutions to challenging Warfighter problems. This project will provide the Army with the most advanced and cutting-edge solutions with the ability to adapt and integrate multi- disciplinary innovative technologies by bridging the interfaces between internal and external efforts for a holistic entry into the acquisition pipeline at the most appropriate milestone. Cross-cutting modernization initiatives leverage strategic partnerships that foster an environment to bring knowledge and expertise to demonstrate innovative technologies that will benefit the warfighter. The pace of advancing technology and the flexibility to respond to cutting-edge technology at the Speed of Innovation, will accelerate the development of unanticipated technology opportunities, and allow the Army to rapidly deliver capabilities to the Soldier. Through the Army's Innovation Oversight Board, the Army senior leadership approves the Innovation projects in the budget year and year of execution based on priority and opportunity, ensuring that innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps and transitioning to Army S&T projects to inform an optimal technology investment strategy and rapidly deliver capabilities to the Soldier. This project is coordinated with PE 0602002A (Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research) / project DC4 (Army Applied Innovation). Work is performed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C), the Engineering Research and Development Center, Space and Missile Defense Technical Center, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Advanced Innovation | 4.3 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| Advance Army University Research Hubs | — | 3.5 | — |

> 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 CK8 — Advanced Technology Development and Convergence

The Army aims to accelerate finding innovative solutions for the warfighter's difficult technological problems. This effort develops new ways of doing business to include strategic and non-traditional partnerships while working with traditional vendors in novel ways to allow for agile integration of leading-edge technology. This effort enables the Army to quickly implement novel solutions garnered from operational experimentation. It allows the Army to accelerate efforts with industry to better inform requirements. Transformation & Training Command senior leadership approves innovation projects in the budget year and year of execution based on priority and opportunity, ensuring that innovations have a high potential for filling capability gaps. These efforts transition to programs of record; transition to Army Science and Technology (S&T) projects; inform requirements and concepts; and, when appropriate, transition directly to the warfighter. Work is performed by the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Technology Development of Existing Commercial Technology | 9.7 | 1.0 | — |

> 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 funds the Army's goal of accelerating innovative solutions to achieve future force modernization. The Army is using strategic and "non-traditional" partnerships and working with traditional vendors in novel ways to respond at the speed of innovation to accelerate the development of cutting-edge technology. Critical technologies that allow for technological superiority are increasingly dual-use or developed in academia-led partnerships that leverage cutting edge innovation. In an era of global competition, technological superiority requires agile and rapid innovation.

## Related program elements

- [0602002A — Army Agile Innovation and Development-Applied Research](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602002A) (Army)
- [0303140N — Information Sys Security Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140N) (Navy)
- [0604320M — Rapid Technology Capability Prototype](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604320M) (Navy)
- [0604880C — Land Based SM-3 (LBSM3)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604880C) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603025A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603025A")`.

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