# Project AQ8 — High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech

**Program element:** 0603463A — Network C3I Advanced Technology  
**Project:** AQ8  
**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/0603463A/AQ8  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603463A

## Summary

Project AQ8 — High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Adv Tech requests $6.5M in FY2027, 13% of the $48.5M requested for program element 0603463A, down 64% on FY2026. 6 R-2A activities decompose the request, 2 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 6.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 8.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603463A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project AQ8 buys

This project matures and demonstrates data driven decision tools that help develop Situational Understanding (SU) for Commanders. It enhances decision-making and accurately assesses and integrates cross-warfighting functional area impacts with all the domains in Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), and thereby enhances mission effectiveness by improving decision cycles. This project matures and integrates methods to optimize the Army's Command and Control (C2) services and data architecture to strengthen data-driven decisions. Work in this project complements Program Element (PE) 0602146A (Network C3I Technology) / Project AQ7 (High Tempo Data Driven Decision Tools Technology). Work in this project is performed by the Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center, Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C), and the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

## Activities (R-2A) — 6

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command and Control Agile Software (C2AS) Adv Tech | — | — | 5.5 | new | — |
| AI-Enabled Tools | — | — | 1.0 | new | — |
| RoadRunner Advanced Technology | 3.8 | — | — | — | — |
| Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA) | — | 5.0 | — | −100% | — |
| Next Generation Battle Systems Architecture and Infrastructure | — | 7.9 | — | −100% | — |
| Suite Of Live Virtual constructive nEtworking tools (SOLVE) | — | 5.4 | — | −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.

### Command and Control Agile Software (C2AS) Adv Tech — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Will establish a modern software environment to assess and mature emerging command and control (C2) capabilities such as containerized microservices; mature core components that enable initial functionality of the environment, such as a common data layer; and demonstrate the performance of these emerging C2 capabilities and their readiness for integration into a full-stack implementation.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** This is not a new start. FY 2027 funding increase reflects the consolidation of other ongoing efforts within this project from Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA) and Next Generation Battle Systems Architecture and Infrastructure.

### AI-Enabled Tools — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** Will mature and demonstrate AI-enabled common operating picture through enhancements that surface machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI) insights from the Sustainment, Intelligence, Fires, Protection, Movement and Maneuver, and Information Advantage warfighting functions. Develop and demonstrate AI/ML models and tools to validate a distributed architecture for natural language processing; operationalize the use AI/ML modeling techniques to validate autonomous data fusion to support command post efforts at echelon, inform risk and support the commanders decision making process in contested and non-contested environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** This is not a new start effort. Funding restructured from Program Element (PE) 0603040A (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced Technologies) / Project DA7 (AI-Enabled Command and Coordination Adv Tech) to consolidate data driven decision tools and related activities into one project.

### RoadRunner Advanced Technology

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Integrate Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) technologies onto mission command and intel platforms, such as NGC2, coexisting with Innovation requirements efforts; mature DEVSECOPS processes to identify application vulnerabilities and deploy software patches; develop adaptive threat order of battle, optimize strategies using digitized plans, and prioritization with real time battle damage assessment.

### Unified Data Reference Architecture (UDRA)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects realignment to Command and Control Agile Software (C2AS) Adv Tech within this project to continue the transformation of data reference architectures to maximize modular reuse.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will mature Software and Data reference architectures, reference implementations, design patterns, and frameworks for implementing digital platforms (design and runtime), data / AI solutions, and other common components; mature solutions development and maximize modular reuse (by abstracting common architectures, design patterns, and frameworks and promoting shared services).

### Next Generation Battle Systems Architecture and Infrastructure

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects realignment to Command and Control Agile Software (C2AS) Adv Tech within this project to continue the transformation of software delivery and optimization of common services.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will mature and develop Innovative Requirements techniques and Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) technologies onto existing mission command and intel platforms; mature and develop a scalable, modular software framework that incorporates application, data, and platform layers to "plug-and-play" applications using modern software development practices; demonstrate initial functionalities, such as establishment and visualization of dynamic and real-time common operations picture, common intel picture, and common logistics picture, support for coordination and communication of offensive and defensive fires, and tools to enable commanders to communicate and collaborate in real time; optimize strategies using digitized plans and mature rules based approaches and Machine Learning techniques for improved planning and information coverage to enhance workflow for overall decision, detection and delivery needs.

### Suite Of Live Virtual constructive nEtworking tools (SOLVE)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease reflects the strategic reallocation of resources to support evolving priorities and objectives.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Will provide a library of models, threats and integrated mission threads and relevant hardware footprints to support test scaling; mature and demonstrate an automated approach to create mission threads that reduce setup time and allow for a more dynamic implementation of continuous learning demands; optimize and validate the evolving threat foundation that enables the Army Science and Technology community to conduct demonstrations with real assets while bringing in virtualized future systems and threat profiles.

## What is NOT on this page

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603463A project AQ8 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603463A")`.

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