# Pulling Guard

**R-2A activity** of project DAT-01 — ADVANCED SYSTEMS  
**Program element:** 0603467E — DARPA Advanced Technology Development  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01

## Summary

This activity requests $19.9M in FY2027, 4.9% of project DAT-01, down 48% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Conduct Overwatch demonstration for the sensing and sensemaking components. - Conduct design review for Platform Transition to production. - Initiate construction of platforms with sensing and sensemaking system and conduct interoperability test.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 decrease reflects a planned down select from five performer teams to two integrated performer teams with expectation of protection-as-a-service commercial investment.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Conduct iterative risk reduction through build and test activities supporting design validation. - Mature business models to enable dual commercial/military investment for long-term sustainment. - Address key policy/legal issues through active engagements. - Conduct laboratory and on-water engineering tests of critical hardware components.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 38.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.9 |

> 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 DAT-01

- [Advanced Systems Studies and Concepts](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a10) — FY2027 178.7
- [Advanced Propulsor, Experimental (APEX)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a0) — FY2027 73.4
- Midway — FY2027 39.6
- [Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a1) — FY2027 25.0
- [Archer](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a2) — FY2027 20.8
- [Box Kick](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603467E/DAT-01/a9) — FY2027 20.0
- Deep Thoughts — FY2027 15.8
- Time-definite Capability Delivery — FY2027 8.0
- Resilient Supply-and-Demand Networks (RSDN) — FY2027 4.1
- FLexible networking Using Intelligent Dialecting (FLUID) — FY2027 2.0
- Goblin — FY2027 —
- No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) — FY2027 —
- Scorpionfish — FY2027 —
- Trenton — FY2027 —
- Willow — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603467E project DAT-01 (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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