# Project 329 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts

**Program element:** 0603289D8Z — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts  
**Project:** 329  
**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/0603289D8Z/329  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z

## Summary

Project 329 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts requests $52.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $52.0M requested for program element 0603289D8Z, down 8.3% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603289D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Analysis and Concept Generation | 28.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | +35% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a0) |
| Formulation and Risk Reduction | 24.5 | 36.0 | 24.9 | −31% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a1) |
| Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) | — | 0.7 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Innovative Analysis and Concept Generation

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a0

### Formulation and Risk Reduction

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.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a1

### Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** SBIR and STTR amounts are based on enacted budgets.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding will be transferred to the Department's SBIR and STTR programs in the year of execution.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funding will be transferred to the Department's SBIR and STTR programs in the year of execution.

## 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/0603289D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603289D8Z project 329 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603289D8Z")`.

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