Project 329
$52.0MFY2027 request ▼ 8%Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts
FY2025 actual$52.5M
FY2026 enacted$56.7M
FY2027 request$52.0M
FY2027 Request
$52.0M
▼ 8.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$56.7M
▲ 3.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$55.0M
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, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $52.0M for Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts under RDT&E program element 0603289D8Z, down 8.3% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 55.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 56.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 52.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 53.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 54.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 55.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 55.4 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 3 — Advanced Technology Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Current
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0603289D8Z
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 -8% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 289
$0.0MFY2027 request Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts
FY2025 actual$2.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$52.0M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$52.0M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$52.0M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$52.0M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
This program supports the Department's initiatives to Deter Aggression and Prevail in Conflict, Defend the Homeland, Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage, and Build a Resilient Joint Force and Defense Ecosystem. The Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) conducts analysis to identify and accelerate the development, demonstration, and transition of operationally impactful capabilities to shape and counter emerging threats and increase the lethality of the Joint Force in contested environments. In a partnership endeavor across the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Staff, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Services, the Intelligence Community (IC), and other U.S.
Project 329, 289 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603289D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0603289D8Z.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$52.0M
▼ 8.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$56.7M
▲ 8.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$52.5M
Prior year
Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603289D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 329 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts — requests $52.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $52.0M requested for program element 0603289D8Z. Year over year it falls 8.3% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 329 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 52.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 56.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 52.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 53.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 54.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 55.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 55.4 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
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. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual$28.0M
FY2026 enacted$20.0M
FY2027 request$27.0M
Conduct modeling and simulation, mission engineering, and technical and operational analysis aligned to high priority operational problems. Focus areas for FY 2027 analysis include integrated air and missile defense, long range kill chains, and counter long range kill chains. Analysis will inform current and future SCO and Department of…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2025 actual$24.5M
FY2026 enacted$36.0M
FY2027 request$24.9M
Conduct formulation and risk reduction for five to six projects reviewed by the Cross Functional Teams and proposed to begin 6.4 work in FY 2027.
Read the FY2027 plan →Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request—
Funding will be transferred to the Department's SBIR and STTR programs in the year of execution.
Project detail
What project 329 buys
The Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) conducts analysis in support of ongoing efforts to shape and counter emerging threats, with special emphasis on innovative and architecture-level concepts, cross-Service and cross-Defense/Intelligence concepts, red-teaming, and on a case-by-case basis, research and development projects to demonstrate new concepts. SCO identifies, analyzes, and accelerates the development, demonstration, and transition of selected capabilities to shape and counter emerging threats, and to improve U.S. security posture. In a partnership endeavor across the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Staff, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Services, the Intelligence Community (IC), and other U.S. Government agencies, SCO combines capability innovation with concepts of operation to develop novel, high-leverage approaches to address pressing national security challenges. SCO conducts projects on accelerated timelines, at any classification or access level. The Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts program supports development, study, and analysis of integrated concepts and prototypes, analysis in support of ongoing efforts to shape and counter emerging threats, cross-Service and cross-Defense/Intelligence concepts, and red-teaming. Projects focus on proving component and subsystem maturity prior to integration in major systems and may involve risk reduction initiatives. Due to the nature of these projects, specific applications and detailed plans are available at a higher classification level.
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.5M
Prior year
Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603289D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 289 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $52.0M requested for program element 0603289D8Z.
Funding trajectory
Project 289 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| 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.
Innovative Analysis and Concept Generation
FY2025 actual$2.5M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
Project detail
What project 289 buys
The Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) conducts analysis in support of ongoing efforts to shape and counter emerging threats, with special emphasis on: innovative and architecture-level concepts, cross-Service and cross-Defense/Intelligence concepts, red-teaming, and on a case-by-case basis, research and development projects to demonstrate new concepts. SCO identifies, analyzes, and accelerates the development, demonstration, and transition of selected capabilities to shape and counter emerging threats, and to improve U.S. security posture. In a partnership endeavor across the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), Joint Staff, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Services, the Intelligence Community (IC), and other U.S. Government agencies, SCO combines capability innovation with concepts of operation to develop novel, high-leverage approaches to address pressing national security challenges. SCO conducts projects on accelerated timelines, at any classification or access level. The Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts program supports development, study, and analysis of integrated concepts and prototypes, analysis in support of ongoing efforts to shape and counter emerging threats, cross-Service and cross-Defense/Intelligence concepts, and red-teaming. Projects focus on proving component and subsystem maturity prior to integration in major systems, and may involve risk reduction initiatives. Due to the nature of these projects, specific applications and detailed plans are available at a higher classification level.