# Innovative Analysis and Concept Generation

**R-2A activity** of project 329 — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts  
**Program element:** 0603289D8Z — Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329

## Summary

This activity requests $27.0M in FY2027, 52% of project 329, up 35% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 War programs.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease will fund fewer studies and analysis to identify high-impact concepts for prototype development to solve highest priority Combatant Command challenges.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to innovate in partnership with Services Program Offices and CCMDs to identify game-changing uses of existing and mature systems and technologies to prepare for presentation to the Cross Functional Teams.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue to innovate in partnership with Services Program Offices and CCMDs to identify game-changing uses of existing and mature systems and technologies to prepare for presentation to the Cross Functional Teams.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 20.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 27.0 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 329

- [Formulation and Risk Reduction](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603289D8Z/329/a1) — FY2027 24.9
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603289D8Z project 329 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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