# C3I Cyber Advanced Development — Program Element 0603457A

**Program element:** 0603457A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603457A

## Summary

U.S. Army funding falls 71% to a $8.5M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 24.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 29.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 8.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 6.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 7.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 8.5 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 8.5 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 8.5 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 8.5 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8CY | Information Trust Advanced Technology | 24.2 | 29.8 | 8.5 | −71% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 8CY — Information Trust Advanced Technology

This project demonstrates enhanced awareness of the "provenance" / origin of data traversing the network from originator to consumer (e.g. sensor to shooter) in the presence of cyber-attacks, ensuring that the data can be trusted, has not been modified or manipulated, and has been authenticated for use in real-time decision making. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602213A (C3I Applied Cyber) / Project 2CY (Information Trust Technology). Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PKI-Modernization/Dynamic Access Control for Tactical (DAC-T) | 4.2 | — | — |
| Tactical Zero Trust | — | 3.3 | 8.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This Program Element (PE) matures and demonstrates technologies for offensive and defensive cyber operations in tactical environments. Projects optimize devices, techniques, services, software and algorithms to enable cyber situational understanding and Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA). For offensive cyber, efforts demonstrate integrated electronic attack (EA) and CEMA hardware and software to execute force protection (FP), EA, electronic surveillance (ES), signals intelligence (SIGINT), electronic warfare (EW) and cyber missions in a dynamic, distributed and coordinated fashion.

## Related program elements

- [0208088F — AF Defensive Cyberspace Operations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208088F) (Air Force)
- [0602025E — Making, Maintaining, Supply CHAIN AND Logistics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602025E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0607150A — Intel Cyber Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607150A) (Army)
- [0305220N — MQ-4C Triton](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305220N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603457A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603457A")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*