What project 098 buys
The Department’s ability to use cyberspace for rapid communication and information sharing in support of operations is a critical enabler of military missions. Advancements in utilizing cyberspace are outpacing the technologies needed for test and evaluation (T&E). The Cyberspace Test Technology (CTT) project develops advanced technologies and methodologies to test and evaluate the Department’s capabilities and information networks to defend and conduct full-spectrum military operations across cyberspace. This program will improve cyberspace T&E capabilities to support the continual experimental, contractor, developmental, operational, and live-fire testing requirements of warfighter systems operating in cyberspace. Many of the test tools and infrastructure items required for systems in cyberspace will require advancement and maturation of nascent test technologies. The CTT project will address test technology shortfalls in cyberspace testing, including planning cyberspace tests, creating representative cyberspace threats and test environments, executing cyberspace tests, and performing cyberspace test analysis and evaluation.
Project 098 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 | 1.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 155.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 15.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 16.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.7 |
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. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
In FY 2027, CTT will continue to develop and demonstrate test technologies that enable delivery of cyber-resilient systems to the warfighter and enhance the scale and efficiency of cyber testing. Highlights include: - Develop and implement tools and processes to improve capability to safeguard test data from exfiltration and corruption…
Read the FY2027 plan →