What project TDM buys
The three-dimensional (3D) Technical Data Modernization (TDM) / Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) includes efforts to improve and facilitate the exchange of engineering and logistics information among DLA, the Military Services, industry partners, and customers. This LOE includes the Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST), the Defense Logistics Information Research (DLIR), and the Emerging Requirements (EMR) portfolios. A primary focus of this LOE is to capitalize on the emerging “Model Based Enterprise” paradigm and the semantic web as an enabler to a logistics system that is smart and connected and down the supply chain and across all DLA Customers and suppliers. A major focus is to transform DoW engineering data from two-dimensional paper-based products to three-dimensional computer-based models, and to develop processes to move from “electronic paper” (i.e. PDF files) to technical data files that can interface directly with industries’ engineering systems. The benefits include shorter product introduction cycles, lower set up costs for parts production and more economical small batch production. Objectives for this LOE include: 1. Transform technical data into modern, machine-usable, neutral formats: support DoW’s digital modernization efforts and provide significant readiness improvements. 2. Create a model-enabled knowledge base shared among DLA, the Military Services and industry: streamline the delivery of accurate requirements and high-quality material and end-items throughout the supply chain. 3. Quickly develop emergent and breakthrough technologies into military significant capabilities. The Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) program addresses GAO Report 12-707 recommendations for DoW to establish a “knowledge-based approach” to define, communicate, and collaborate on military unique Combat Uniforms and Individual Equipment (CUIE) requirements. DLA has the responsibility to manage and maintain the technical requirements among the Services and the Defense Industrial Base. Currently there is no common environment for collaborating on new requirements among the stakeholders. The strategic objective of the DLA MUST program is to identify, develop, and adopt technologies that can significantly improve the joint process from transitioning new item development to DLA sustainment and operations.
Project TDM funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 55.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 136.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 9.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.9 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, MUST will be under a new Broad Agency Announcement (to be released in FY2026) that will broaden the scope of MUST, incorporating efforts to validate digital technical data as the authoritative source, supply chain resilience in clothing and individual equipment, innovation in clothing and individual equipment, and strengthening collaboration with DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles, JCTMI, AFFOA, and various other DoW and industry partners. In FY27, DLIR will transition several innovative sourcing and industrial base modernization initiatives from development into operational capability. The innovative sourcing portfolio including the Manufacturer Database, MOSAIC, and FILOS…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Slight increase due to inflation adjustment
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, MUST plans to continue the redevelopment of the Supply Request Package Tool to SharePoint Online, continue working with DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles on the adoption of the Interim Change Management Solution Tool, and further validate the AI based tools and technical data content in the digital model library (DML), which will continue to be expanded to make the DML information available throughout the supply chain. MUST continue to work with the Military Services to promote the use of data formats compatible with the digital document models and identify process touch points for the Joint Clothing & Textile Manufacturing Initiative (JCTMI). A new Broad Agency Announcement…
FY2025 accomplishments MUST is working to further develop more powerful Artificial Intelligence based tools to incorporate interim change documents into base digital models, and to extract technical requirements from the digital models. Technical data content in the Digital Model Library (DML) is being expanded and the AI enhanced to make the DML information available throughout the supply chain. In addition, MUST is continuing to work with the Services to promote the use of data formats compatible with the digital document models and identify process touch points for the Joint Clothing & Textile Manufacturing Initiative (JCTMI). The digital document models can be efficiently managed (queried, analyzed, updated)…