# Project 3255 — Decision Support Tools and AI Development

**Program element:** 0604027N — Digital Warfare  
**Project:** 3255  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604027N/3255  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604027N

## Summary

Project 3255 — Decision Support Tools and AI Development requests $109.0M in FY2027, 60% of the $182.2M requested for program element 0604027N, up 36% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 58.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 80.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 109.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 113.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 113.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 114.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 117.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604027N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3255 buys

The details of this program element are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence Development Operations (AI DevOps) | 58.8 | 80.1 | 109.0 | +36% | — |

> 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.

### Artificial Intelligence Development Operations (AI DevOps)

**FY2027 planned work.** The details of this program element are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The details of this program element are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The details of this program element are classified SECRET and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

## 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/0604027N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604027N project 3255 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604027N")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*