# Project 665 — NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR

**Program element:** 0603662D8Z — Networked Communications Capability  
**Project:** 665  
**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/0603662D8Z/665  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603662D8Z

## Summary

Project 665 — NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR requests $696.3M in FY2027, 100% of the $696.3M requested for program element 0603662D8Z — 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 | 696.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 421.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 164.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 105.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 72.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603662D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 665 buys

Modern threats from adversaries drastically shorten the U.S. decision-making timeline required to counter these threats, and specifically, threats that hinder timely execution of Presidential nuclear command and control. NC3 Tech Accelerator is focused Presidential nuclear command and control mission.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR | 0.0 | — | 696.3 | new | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603662D8Z/665/a0) |

> 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.

### NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR — NEW START

Assured Presidential positive control of our forces at speed and scale against modern threats by injecting new technologies with asymmetric concepts of operations to outpace U.S. adversaries. − Rapidly assess a broad range of warfighting options − Drive technologies that prove effective in missions against modern threats − Inject…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603662D8Z/665/a0

## 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/0603662D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603662D8Z project 665 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603662D8Z")`.

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