# Global Experimentation (GIDE)

**R-2A activity** of project 669 — Global Experimentation (GIDE)  
**Program element:** 0604122D8Z — JADC2 Development and Experimentation Activities  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/669/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604122D8Z/669

## Summary

This activity requests $26.1M in FY2027, 100% of project 669, down 2.4% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decrease reflects reorientation away from software delivery and independent experimentation efforts to alignment with Service and CCMD experimentation events.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** In FY 2026, CDAO will continue experimentation with the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and the Services. This project will cover continued iterationb on capability and concept development for CCMD warfighting objectives, and integration of CCMD and Service C2. The project will also continue to scale user adoption of data-centric C2 workflows across JS, CCMDs, and the Services.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 26.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604122D8Z project 669 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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