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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) - MIP

PE 0604124D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $0.0M in FY2027.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$10.3M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $0.0M for Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) - MIP under RDT&E program element 0604124D8Z, against nothing enacted in FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

010.3FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual10.3
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0604124D8Z

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year.

Project 068

Intelligence Support

—FY2027 request
FY2025 actual$10.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request—
Product Development

The CDAO’s DoW and IC Integration Division was chartered to create joint interoperability and to harness and scale AI across the DoW and IC jointly, especially within the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. The organizational purpose is to improve coordination and interoperability between DoW and the IC, minimize duplication while maximizing a common approach, and develop an innovated joint AI operational concept and capability, where appropriate. This funding is assigned to support algorithm development, data preparation, and integration experimentation to create joint DoW and IC capabilities. Further details are classified and available upon request.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Project Maven
FY2025 actual$10.3M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) supports the Department's initiatives to build enduring advantage and build a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem. The CDAO is responsible for strengthening and integrating data, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions in the Department in support of the interim National Defense Strategy and Section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023.

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Project 068 — Intelligence Support
  • Product Development
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604124D8Z (President's Budget PB2027).
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