# NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR

**R-2A activity** of project 665 — NC3 TECH ACCELERATOR  
**Program element:** 0603662D8Z — Networked Communications Capability  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603662D8Z/665/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603662D8Z/665

> **NEW START.** $696.3M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $696.3M in FY2027, 100% of project 665 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 innovations from industry, academia, start-ups, and non-profits

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of $696 millions between FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to a realignment of funds from project 663 Networked Communication Analysis to support presidential and departmental priorities.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 696.3 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603662D8Z project 665 (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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