# Advanced Enabling Technologies — Program Element 0603469E

**Program element:** 0603469E  
**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/0603469E

## Summary

Defense-Wide requests $331.0M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. 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 | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 317.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 331.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 539.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 667.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 673.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 707.5 |

> 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 | 331.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 331.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 331.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 331.0 | +0.0 |

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

## Projects (4)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AET-02 | ADVANCED DISRUPTIVE MICROTECHNOLOGIES | 0.0 | 212.4 | 212.5 | +0% |
| AET-03 | ADVANCED CYBER SYSTEMS | 0.0 | 55.5 | 61.3 | +11% |
| AET-01 | ADVANCED C4 SYSTEMS | 0.0 | 30.9 | 32.5 | +5% |
| AET-07 | ADVANCED ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT | 0.0 | 18.7 | 24.7 | +32% |

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

### Project AET-02 — ADVANCED DISRUPTIVE MICROTECHNOLOGIES

The Advanced Disruptive Microtechnologies project supports activities to enable and accelerate the transition of advanced microsystems advancement, including those developed under the Disruptive Microtechnologies Sciences (EMR-02) and Disruptive Microtechnologies (MSL-02) projects. Funding under this project will include quantum circuits for computation and sensing; integrated photonic-electronic components for timing and data transfer; and developing new technologies and capabilities that intelligently leverage commercial scaling while still preserving advanced capabilities for the warfighter. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0603739E, Projects MT-15 and MT-16.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) | — | 175.0 | 175.0 |
| Continuous-correctness On Opaque Processors (COOP) | — | 13.8 | 7.4 |
| Modular Efficient Laser Technology (MELT) | — | 13.0 | 7.4 |
| Advanced Disruptive Microtechnologies Studies and Concepts | — | 10.6 | 22.7 |

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

### Project AET-03 — ADVANCED CYBER SYSTEMS

The Advanced Cyber Systems project develops, implements, and demonstrates techniques, tools, and frameworks for the full range of cyber operations. Cyber is now ubiquitous to warfighting. For non-kinetic operations in advance of lethal conflict, cyber can be a powerful enabler of operations that limit adversary options and deter adversary actions. For kinetic operations during lethal conflict, cyber can be a force multiplier and provide an asymmetric advantage. The Advanced Cyber Systems project aims to create operational prototypes based on the cyber technology developed in applied research programs in the private sector and in academia. The utility of the operational prototypes that are developed in this project will be assessed, and improvements will be made, based on demonstrations and evaluations conducted in collaboration with warfighters, acquisition programs, and combatant commands. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0603760E, Project CCC-05.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation | — | 20.0 | 25.0 |
| Advanced Cyber Security Studies and Concepts | — | 3.1 | 16.1 |
| Advanced Cyber Operations Studies and Concepts | — | 4.9 | 14.8 |
| Resilient Software Systems Capstones (RSS Capstones) | — | 15.8 | 5.4 |
| Carcosa | — | 11.7 | — |

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

### Project AET-01 — ADVANCED C4 SYSTEMS

The Advanced C4 project develops and demonstrates technologies that will provide effective communications, information integration, and decision support to U.S. forces. The success of military operations depends on timely, reliable, secure, and synchronized dissemination of command and control and relevant situational awareness information to every military echelon. Technologies are intended to support highly distributed crewed, uncrewed, and human machine teams in all domains and across the entire spectrum of conflict, specifically end-to-end kill chains. While leveraging advancements in commercial technology development, novel approaches promote adaptability, resilience and reliability to overcome environmental challenges while countering a highly capable and dynamic adversary. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0603760E, Project CCC-02.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARPAVERSE | — | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Advanced C4 Systems Studies and Concepts | — | 4.1 | 32.0 |
| Generating Communications Channels to Operate (GeCCO) | — | 11.5 | — |
| Space domain Wide Area Tracking & Characterization (Space-WATCH) | — | 6.4 | — |
| Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation and Resiliency (SCEPTER) | — | 3.4 | — |

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

### Project AET-07 — ADVANCED ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT

The Advanced Enabling Technologies Support project contains management costs in support of DARPA functions and activities across the entire Advanced Enabling Technologies PE. These costs include: DARPA classified and unclassified network support and equipment; contractor support; classified program security; building security; commercial transition services that increase the likelihood that DARPA-funded technologies remain in the U.S. and provide new capabilities for national defense; DARPA outreach to universities and industry; external contracting, financial and support fees; Program Manager Intragovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Funding; Program Managers from other Government Agencies; and similar operating expenses. Agency support is allocated on a pro-rata basis across the Agency's BA1, BA2 and BA3 PEs and, therefore, fluctuates per PE by fiscal year based on the total Agency budget in that fiscal year. Prior to FY 2026, support requirements in this Project were funded in PE 0603760E, Projects CCC-02 and CCC-05, and PE 0603739E, Projects MT-15 and MT-16.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Advanced Enabling Technologies program element is focused on exploiting opportunities to leverage novel capabilities to address the challenges of the modern physical and cyber battlefields. Programs will explore new concepts across electronics, quantum, photonics, materials, communication, software, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cyber while also pulling from the best available commercial technologies and combining them in ways that give the warfighter disruptive capabilities.

## Related program elements

- [0605233A — Accessions Information Environment (AIE)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605233A) (Army)
- [0604610N — Lightweight Torpedo Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604610N) (Navy)
- [0601122E — Emerging Opportunities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601122E) (Defense-Wide)
- [0601110D8Z — Basic Research Initiatives](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603469E (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603469E")`.

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