# Project 328 — Science and Technology Analytic Assessments

**Program element:** 0603288D8Z — Science and Technology (S&T) Analytic Assessments  
**Project:** 328  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603288D8Z/328  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603288D8Z

## Summary

Project 328 — Science and Technology Analytic Assessments requests $28.3M in FY2027, 77% of the $36.9M requested for program element 0603288D8Z, down 14% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 18.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 28.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 38.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 43.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 48.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 53.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603288D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 328 buys

The Assured Technical Overmatch project funds comparative assessments that integrate Intelligence Community (IC) insights and independent technical analysis to shape the development of innovative capabilities and address emerging threats from a diverse range of state and non-state actors as outlined in the National Defense Strategy (NDS) and as reported through the IC. Engineering and technology analysis is performed by Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, University Affiliated Research Centers, industry, and academia partners focused on analysis of critical Department of War (DoW) scientific and technical investments and breakthroughs by U.S. strategic competitors. These assessments compare global science, technology, research and development efforts, and current state-of-the-science, and identify technology development strategies. Main lines of effort include: - Technology Overmatch products leverage OUSW(R&E) subject matter expertise with Federally Funded Research and Development Center and University Affiliated Research Center expertise to identify potential future military capability gaps and propose technological solutions for OUSW(R&E) and broader Department consideration. These efforts are conducted in overlapping six-month sprints and are informed by intelligence reporting, operational plans, service requirements, and Department-funded R&D as well as commercial and academic research activities. Results are consolidated in a graphical overview of the problem and potential solutions, along with white papers outlining details for proposed solutions to help assure technology overmatch.Competitive Landscape Assessments that characterize the technical state-of-the-art, measure relative national standing, and identify and assess the applications of emerging technologies to strategically important military capabilities to inform OUSW(R&E technology development and investment decisions. - Quantitative, engineering-level analyses of novel technologies and concepts that identify potential areas of future technology overmatch. - Independent assessments of critical technology research and development efforts that compare U.S. and competitor nations. Operational and technical assessments identify prioritized operational issues and associated technology focus areas through comprehensive kill chain analysis across all domains through the year 2040.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assured Technical Overmatch | 18.9 | 33.1 | 28.3 | −14% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603288D8Z/328/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Assured Technical Overmatch

Engineering and Technology Analysis: - Continue to conduct engineering- and physics-based threat assessments informed by IC reporting to identify gaps in U.S. capabilities. - Continue to conduct analysis of novel technology and concepts to address capability gaps and potential counters to emerging technologies in future operating…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603288D8Z/328/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603288D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603288D8Z project 328 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603288D8Z")`.

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