What project 474 buys
DIU increases the Department's access to commercial technologies and talent, with the ultimate goal of fielding technology at a pace that effectively deters our adversaries and helps ensure victory if we are forced to fight. Consistent with the Administration's 2026 National Defense Strategy and the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy, this new era of competition requires technological superiority to ensure the United States’ ability to project power, maintain international norms and rule of law, provide credible deterrence, and prevail in conflict.
Project 474 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 130.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 140.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 522.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,293.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,633.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,811.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,713.3 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue to increase the Department's access to commercial technologies and talent consistent with the Administration's 2026 National Defense Strategy and the National Defense Science and Technology Strategy.
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