# Project 098 — Cyberspace Test

**Program element:** 0603941D8Z — Test and Evaluation Science and Technology  
**Project:** 098  
**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/0603941D8Z/098  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z

## Summary

Project 098 — Cyberspace Test requests $15.1M in FY2027, 0.4% of the $3.83B requested for program element 0603941D8Z, down 90% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603941D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberspace Test | 1.0 | 155.8 | 15.1 | −90% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z/098/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.

### Cyberspace Test

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603941D8Z/098/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/0603941D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603941D8Z project 098 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603941D8Z")`.

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