# Project 669 — Global Experimentation (GIDE)

**Program element:** 0604122D8Z — JADC2 Development and Experimentation Activities  
**Project:** 669  
**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/669  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z

## Summary

Project 669 — Global Experimentation (GIDE) requests $26.1M in FY2027, 1.2% of the $2.11B requested for program element 0604122D8Z, down 2.4% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 26.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 26.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 27.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 27.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 28.4 |

> 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 669 buys

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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Experimentation (GIDE) | — | 26.8 | 26.1 | −2% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/669/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.

### Global Experimentation (GIDE)

In FY 2027 experimentation within the GIDE project will continue to align with Service and CCMD exercises and incorporate novel third party and Joint C2 capability in experimentational settings.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/669/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 669 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604122D8Z")`.

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