What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 484 of PE 0603122D8Z. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
Establish a functional framework for planning, executing, and evaluating prototypes and software developed assessments under Irregular Warfare Capability Development (IWTSD), supporting SOF and partner force capability integration. • Integrate prototypes into recurring global test events. • Align assessment events with the IWCD project development cycle. • Build partnerships and expand networks with partner nations in collaboration with GIP. • As necessary, facilitate live demonstrations and structured data collection reports to inform acquisition or refinement. • Conduct algorithm and software evaluations.
This increase is a direct result of the transition of legacy Irregular Warfare Capability Development (IWTSD) subgroup activities to the newly established Capability Development and Innovation (CD&I) directorate and the strategic realignment of R&D efforts within the IWCD and APEX divisions. The consolidation of resources previously allocated to individual subgroups allows for a more integrated and efficient approach to capability development and experimentation. This includes the absorption of key focus areas from legacy subgroups, ensuring the continued advancement of critical capabilities for U.S. Special Operations Forces, other military operators, intelligence analysts, and first responders, while optimizing resource allocation and streamlining processes.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 66.3 |
This activity is 90% of project 484's FY2027 request and 90% of PE 0603122D8Z's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
12 activities in project 484
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.