# Project 085 — Data Integration Layer (DIL)

**Program element:** 0604122D8Z — JADC2 Development and Experimentation Activities  
**Project:** 085  
**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/085  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z

## Summary

Project 085 — Data Integration Layer (DIL) requests $52.8M in FY2027, 2.5% of the $2.11B requested for program element 0604122D8Z, up 101% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 163.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 52.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 60.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 67.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 76.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 84.3 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604122D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 085 buys

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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Integration Layer (DIL) for CJADC2 | 163.3 | 26.3 | 52.8 | +101% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/085/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.

### Data Integration Layer (DIL) for CJADC2

Continue to field additional tactical edge data mesh nodes to build out capability supporting Department priorities. Additionally, CDAO will continue working with Echelon 1 and Echelon 2 components to prioritize API level data integrations for the nodes. CDAO continues to improve blue data objects and enterprise cross-domain solution…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/085/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/0604122D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604122D8Z project 085 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604122D8Z")`.

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