# JADC2 Development and Experimentation Activities — Program Element 0604122D8Z

**Program element:** 0604122D8Z  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 619% to a $2.11B request in FY2027 — the program's peak, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 1.4% (to $2.08B); the Senate cut 31% (to $1.46B); House appropriators cut 53% (to $1.00B).

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 271.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 293.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 2,109.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2,019.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2,078.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2,081.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2,094.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 2,109.9 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 2,079.9 | −30.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 1,459.9 | −650.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 1,001.1 | −1,108.8 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (4)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 668 | Mission Command Applications | 103.2 | 240.5 | 2,031.0 | +745% |
| 085 | Data Integration Layer (DIL) | 163.3 | 26.3 | 52.8 | +101% |
| 669 | Global Experimentation (GIDE) | — | 26.8 | 26.1 | −2% |
| 973 | JADC2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 668 — Mission Command Applications

This effort integrates data, analytics, and AI in support of the seven Joint warfighting functions leveraging a common government owned/contractor operated data stack that adheres to open architecture principles. Requested funding purchases commercial Joint C2 software licenses for Services and the Joint Force foron multiple networks, engineering support to integrate new data sources and digitize workflows, maintenance of a DevSecOps pipeline to allow third party vendors to develop and field applications , funding for those third party vendors to close CJADC2 gaps, and cloud compute costs needed to run applications and workflows. Joint C2 capabilities draw from tactical data bridges to the strategic level in order to provide live battlespace awareness and decision advantage to commanders on a single pane of glass.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Command Applications | 103.2 | 240.5 | 2,031.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 085 — Data Integration Layer (DIL)

The DIL funding line contains efforts to mature management of DoW operational data and deploy a tactical edge data mesh (EDM) to enable data integration among new and legacy systems. EDM is a resilient, interoperable data integration service connecting sensors, weapons, and other battlefield assets for enhanced situational awareness and coordination into a cloud environment. EDM leverages commercial software, a government-owned software development kit (SDK), and open application programming interfaces (APIs) to integrate government and vendor systems, facilitate tactical data sharing, and incorporate artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities at the edge. EDM supports multi-domain operations across echelons, including enhanced C2 and fires in contested environments by optimizing data exchange among Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) communication paths. The tactical edge data mesh provides real time understanding at tactical level C2 into the data layer for the department in Joint C2 system.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Integration Layer (DIL) for CJADC2 | 163.3 | 26.3 | 52.8 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 669 — Global Experimentation (GIDE)

The Global Information Dominance Experimentation (GIDE) line comprises iterative, metrics-based experimentation with Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) capabilities and concepts. Experimentation events leverage CCMD and Service exercises to test Joint C2 capabilities and third party vendors in the context of real mission use cases, on live networks, and with real data and users. Capabilities that prove successful in experimentation rapidly field to warfighters on the spot because they are software-based.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Experimentation (GIDE) | — | 26.8 | 26.1 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 973 — JADC2

This effort integrates data, analytics, and AI in support of the seven Joint warfighting functions leveraging a common government owned/contractor operated data stack that adheres to open architecture principles. Requested funding purchases licenses for Joint access to Joint C2 capabilities on multiple networks, engineering support to integrate new data sources and digitize workflows, maintenance of a DevSecOps pipeline to allow third party vendors to develop and field applications on operational networks, funding for those third party vendors to close CJADC2 gaps, and cloud compute costs needed to run applications and workflows. This line also supports the efforts to mature management of DoW operational data and deploy a tactical edge data mesh to enable data integration among new and legacy systems' and Joint C2 experimentation.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JADC2 | 5.0 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) mission is to accelerate DoW adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. This includes improving CJADC2 in support of the Joint Warfighting Concept through three lines of effort: -Data Integration Layer: These efforts mature management of DoW operational data and deploy a tactical edge data mesh (EDM) to enable data integration among new and legacy systems.

## Related program elements

- [0303140F — Information Systems Security Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140F) (Air Force)
- [0604133D8Z — Alpha-1 Development Activities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604133D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0305248J — Joint Staff Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305248J) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604003F — Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604003F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0604122D8Z (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604122D8Z")`.

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