Project 64536A
$4.0MFY2027 request ▲ 57%INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TOOLS (IET)
FY2025 actual$2.5M
FY2026 enacted$2.6M
FY2027 request$4.0M
Product DevelopmentManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$4.0M
▲ 2.8% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$3.9M
▲ 2.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$3.8M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $4.0M for Intelligence Advanced Development under RDT&E program element 0603260F, up 2.8% over FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.4 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0603260F
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 3% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 64537A
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES (IAC)
FY2025 actual$1.3M
FY2026 enacted$1.3M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Product DevelopmentManagement Services
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$4.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$4.0M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$4.0M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$4.0M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Government labs & warfare centers | 5.2% | 0.2 |
| Other / unspecified | 95% | 3.8 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 4.0 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Intelligence Advanced Development (IAD) develops and demonstrates technology required to support warfighter needs for timely, all-source intelligence information. IAD supports global awareness, consistent battlespace knowledge, and the execution of time-critical missions. IAD focuses on enhancing defense intelligence capabilities through exploration and development of innovative tools including data analytics for mining and exploitation, machine-learning, and software automation.
Requirements for new/improved techniques for operational employment of simulation models are identified and prioritized by ACC. Development of the new/improved capabilities to meet these requirements is managed by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site. Prototype products (usually software), once evaluated by the users, are transitioned from the laboratory to the operational community in spirals. All major contracts within this project are awarded after full and open competition.
Project 64536A, 64537A — INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TOOLS (IET)
- Product Development
- Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603260F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0603260F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$4.0M
▲ 57% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.6M
▲ 2.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.5M
Prior year
INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TOOLS (IET) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603260F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 64536A — INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TOOLS (IET) — requests $4.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $4.0M requested for program element 0603260F. Year over year it grows 57% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 64536A funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 2.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.4 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET)▲ 57%
FY2025 actual$2.5M
FY2026 enacted$2.6M
FY2027 request$4.0M
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, PE 0603260F (Intelligence Advanced Development), Project 64537A, (Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC)) efforts were transferred to PE 0603260F (Intelligence Advanced Development), Project 64536A, (Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET)) in order to streamline the funding. Historically the two projects were required to delineate efforts, however, as time progressed and funding for IAD has been reduced the efforts now fall into one project (IET). - Will complete threat airborne radar supporting predictive analysis, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and EW programmability - Will complete unified targeting and operational predictive intelligence application to predict adversarial…
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding increase of $1.378M is due to transfer of all Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC) Project 64537A funds into Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET) Project 64536A and minor inflation adjustments.
FY2026 plans — current year - Completes the development and demonstration of the knowledge representation and reasoning tools for intelligent systems to gain ability to solve complex tasks associated with Audio/Video (A/V) data clustering/filtering using semantic embedding techniques - Completes the development and demonstration of the prediction of aircraft trajectory and behavior without real-time positioning information while assessing future behavior based on complex models derived from training data - Continues threat airborne radar supporting predictive analysis, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and Electronic Warfare (EW) programmability - Completes Over-the-Horizon (OTH) tracks of adversary air/land/maritime…
Project detail
What project 64536A buys
The mission is to develop prototypes which encompass several areas of intelligence exploitation including the advancement of all source correlation and fusion for the intelligence analyst. Projects include development of innovative data analytics, machine-learning, and automated software tools. The intent is to enhance the overall situational awareness for Air Force, DoD, and Coalition groups which have requirements to correlate various sources of intelligence information, including Communications Intelligence (COMINT), Electronics Intelligence (ELINT), Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Publicly Available Information (PAI) and others, in a timely manner. IET may reallocate existing resources to support out-of-cycle new/updated warfighter requirements.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.3M
▲ 2.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$1.3M
Prior year
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES (IAC) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603260F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 64537A — INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES (IAC) — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $4.0M requested for program element 0603260F. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 64537A funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC) Development▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$1.3M
FY2026 enacted$1.3M
FY2027 request$0.0M
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, PE 0603260F (Intelligence Advanced Development), Project 64537A, (Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC)) efforts were transferred to PE 0603260F (Intelligence Advanced Development), Project 64536A, (Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET)) in order to streamline the funding. Historically the two projects were required to delineate efforts, however, as time progressed and funding for IAD has been reduced the efforts now fall into one project (IET).
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 Funding decrease is due to transfer of all Intelligence Analysis Capabilities (IAC) (Project 64537A) projects/funds into Intelligence Exploitation Tools (IET) (Project 64536A).
FY2026 plans — current year - Continues a unified targeting and operational predictive intelligence application to predict adversarial threats - Initiates cloud enablement of electronic warfare integrated reprogramming database (EWIRDB) to improve dissemination of capability
Project detail
What project 64537A buys
The mission is to provide continuing development and upgrades of threat analysis capabilities to produce integrated, predictive air and space intelligence to enable military operations, force modernization decisions, and policy making. Products from IAC allow the Intelligence Analyst to accelerate and increase the accuracy of threat estimates and system descriptions to deployed operational forces. Each of the development projects within the IAC program portfolio transition technologies to the operational communities through the incremental release of upgraded versions over a period of years as development projects progress towards the final configuration. IAC may reallocate existing resources to support out-of-cycle new/ updated warfighter requirements.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Management Services