# Project 126 — Initiative for Amer Space

**Program element:** 0603375D8Z — Technology Innovation  
**Project:** 126  
**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/0603375D8Z/126  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603375D8Z

## Summary

Project 126 — Initiative for Amer Space requests $100.0M in FY2027, 10% of the $982.7M requested for program element 0603375D8Z — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 100.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603375D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 126 buys

Supports Executive Order 14369 (18 Dec 2025) Ensuring American Space Superiority. This project develops foundational space nuclear technologies and explores the military utility of nuclear reactors to enable responsive and adaptive national security space operations.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiative for American Space | 0.0 | — | 100.0 | new | — |

> 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.

### Initiative for American Space — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Work with the Interagency to address key technical risks associated with space nuclear power and mitigate them by maturing the technology to enable nuclear power generation in space for Department mission capabilities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $100M to support new Initiative for American Space for Department mission capabilities.

## 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/0603375D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603375D8Z project 126 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603375D8Z")`.

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