# Experimentation, Prototypes, and Enablers Focus Area

**R-2A activity** of project 730 — Concepts and Capabilities  
**Program element:** 0603838D8Z — Defense Innovation Acceleration (DIA)  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603838D8Z/730/a36  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603838D8Z/730

## Summary

This activity requests $28.8M in FY2027, 13% of project 730, down 34% 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.** In FY 2027, DIA intends to initiate Experimentation, Prototypes, and Enablers efforts in support of emergent operational gaps in collaboration with the joint Services and CCMDs. Execute a focused Experimentation and Assessment campaign leveraging J‑REX, CCMD, and Service‑level events to rapidly validate technologies that close critical joint warfighting gaps; counter enemy force's ability to deny, disrupt, destroy, or defeat friendly force logistics activities; Integrate advanced surveillance, layered strategies, and rapid response protocols for robust protection against emerging threats. Planned Activities: • Expand J-REX experimentation scope to incorporate additional cross domain mission threads through live, virtual, and constructive distributed experimentation. • Mature analytic frameworks and modeling tools supporting MEIA and transition readiness assessments. • Integrate emerging technologies into multi Service events to validate interoperability and operational utility. • Deliver transition recommendations and evidence packages to OSW, Joint Staff, and Service sponsors.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provides funding for additional technological experimentation required to rapidly field capability to address Joint Operational Problems and Combatant Commands Priorities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Initiate Experimentation, Prototypes, and Enablers efforts in support of emergent operational gaps in collaboration with the joint Services and CCMDs. Execute a focused Experimentation and Assessment campaign leveraging J‑REX, and Service‑level events to rapidly validate technologies that close critical joint warfighting gaps; counter enemy force's ability to deny, disrupt, destroy, or defeat friendly force logistics activities; Integrate advanced surveillance, layered strategies, and rapid response protocols for robust protection against emerging threats. Planned Activities: • Expand JREX and Assessment scope to incorporate additional cross domain mission threads through live, virtual, and constructive distributed experimentation. • Mature analytic frameworks and modeling tools supporting MEIA and transition readiness assessments. • Integrate emerging technologies into multi Service events to validate interoperability and operational utility. • Deliver transition recommendations and evidence packages to OSW, Joint Staff, and Service sponsors.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 43.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 28.8 |

> 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 730

- Sensors and Data Analytics Focus Area — FY2027 36.1
- Resilient Communications Focus Area — FY2027 26.4
- [Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) and Indiana National Guard (INNG)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603838D8Z/730/a29) — FY2027 25.5
- Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy Focus Area — FY2027 22.3
- Joint Test & Evaluation (JT&E) (Experimentation, Prototypes, and Enablers) — FY2027 21.1
- Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects Focus Area — FY2027 18.0
- Kill Web Interoperability Focus Area — FY2027 17.5
- Contested Logistics/Sustainment Focus Area — FY2027 15.8
- Mine Counter Measure System of Systems (MCM SoS) (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 4.8
- GEO Satellite Ranging (GSR) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 2.0
- Containerized Agile Expeditionary and Rapid Beach Preparation (CONAER) (Contested Logistics / Sustainment) — FY2027 1.7
- Special Access Program (SAP) Assimilation and Integrated Operational Management (Emerging Prototypes and Enablers) — FY2027 1.0
- Joint Undersea Surveillance and Targeting (JUST) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) (Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Birdseye Yonder (BEYOND) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Collaborative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Predicting Enemy Course of Action (ECOA) (CAPE) (Kill Web Interoperability) — FY2027 —
- HAYFINS (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Joint Radiant Touchstone (J-RTS) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Low-Altitude Future Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Long-Range Attack Missile (LRAM) (Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Rapid Large Area Clearance (RLAC) (Contested Logistics / Sustainment) — FY2027 —
- ShadowCat (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Prototyping Development Efforts to Fill Identified Gaps (Emerging Prototypes and Enablers) — FY2027 —
- Kinetic Calypso (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Maritime Platform ORCAstrate (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Cross-Service Sensor Netting for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (CSSN) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Red-Black Integrated Networking for Space Data Transport (RiBN-SDT) (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Scabbard Dome (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Spatiotemporal Hybrid Open Optical Terminal for Enhanced Relay (SHOOTER) (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Unmanned Logistics Systems for Semi-Submersibles (ULS/SS) (Contested Logistics / Sustainment) — FY2027 —
- Combining Information Content with Embedding Relationship Optimization (CICERO) (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Joint Ubiquitous Interoperable Communication Element (JUICE BOX) (Kill Web Interoperability) — FY2027 —
- Low-cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) L700 (Medium Configuration - 700 nautical miles range) (Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Passive Multi-Spectral Air Surveillance Kill Chains (PMASKC) Acceleration (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Broad EA Technology for Launched Effects (BEATLE) (Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Contested Logistics Ops by Robots for Expeditionary Recon via SHARC Swarms (CLOBBER S2) (Contested Logistics / Sustainment) — FY2027 —
- Sea-based Interrogation and Remote Emulation Node (SIREN) (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Talon SPEAR (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603838D8Z project 730 (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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