Project 773
$969.8MFY2027 request ▲ 145%AI & Autonomy Enterprise Enablers
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$395.9M
FY2027 request$969.8M
Management Services
FY2027 Request
$969.8M
▲ 145% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$719.7M
▼ $250.1M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$395.9M
In law
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $969.8M for Alpha-1 Development Activities under RDT&E program element 0604133D8Z, up 145% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $719.7M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 48.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 395.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 969.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,126.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,239.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,425.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,544.2 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0604133D8Z
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. This PE moves 145% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 081
—FY2027 request Alpha-1 Development
FY2025 actual$48.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request—
Management Services
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$969.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$929.8M −$40.0M · −4.1%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$719.8M −$250.0M · −26%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$719.7M −$250.1M · −26%
▲ $210.1M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 969.8 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 969.8 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) are spearheading the Department of War's transformation into an AI-enabled enterprise by focusing on warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise-wide AI deployment. The core of this strategy revolves around a series of pioneering "Pace-Setting Projects" (PSPs). adoption, the Enterprise Agents PSP provides a playbook for deploying AI workflows. Underpinning all these efforts are two foundational enablers: the new War Data Platform (WDP) for standardized data access and the "GenAI.mil" initiative to scale AI tools across the force.
Project 773, 081 — AI & Autonomy Enterprise Enablers
- Management Services
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604133D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0604133D8Z.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$969.8M
▲ 145% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$395.9M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
AI & Autonomy Enterprise Enablers — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604133D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 773 — AI & Autonomy Enterprise Enablers — requests $969.8M in FY2027, 100% of the $969.8M requested for program element 0604133D8Z. Year over year it grows 145% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 773 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 395.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 969.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,126.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,239.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,425.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,544.2 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$395.9M
FY2027 request$969.8M
Deliver capabilities from Pace Setting Projects to end users for immediate impact and further iterate CDAO will partner with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Defense Innovation Unit for the full AI/ML pipeline for Average True Range (ATR) model development. CDAO will focus on data ingest, labeling, and model and sim…
Read the FY2027 plan →Project detail
What project 773 buys
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) are spearheading the Department of War's transformation into an AI-enabled enterprise by focusing on warfighting, intelligence, and enterprise-wide AI deployment. The core of this strategy revolves around a series of pioneering "Pace-Setting Projects" (PSPs). For warfighting, initiatives like Swarm Forge, Agent Network, and Ender's Foundry are accelerating AI in novel combat methods, battle management, and simulations. In the intelligence domain, Open Arsenal and Project Grant aim to shorten the intelligence-to-action timeline and transform deterrence strategies. To drive enterprise-wide adoption, the Enterprise Agents PSP provides a playbook for deploying AI workflows. Underpinning all these efforts are two foundational enablers: the new War Data Platform (WDP) for standardized data access and the "GenAI.mil" initiative to scale AI tools across the force. In parallel, Autonomy.mil will provide similar standardization for autonomy platform development across the DoW. The CDAO will champion this transformation as a "Wartime CDAO," cutting through bureaucracy to rapidly deliver these capabilities.
R-3 lines of work
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$48.5M
Prior year
Alpha-1 Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604133D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 081 — Alpha-1 Development — requests — in FY2027, 0.0% of the $969.8M requested for program element 0604133D8Z.
Funding trajectory
Project 081 funding, FY2025–FY2026
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 48.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Alpha-1 Development
FY2025 actual$48.5M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
FY2025 accomplishments Alpha-1 funding supports: - Autonomy: Enterprise data acquisition and labeling, automated target recognition (ATR) AI development, and digital providing ground modeling and simulation efforts in support of Replicator autonomy efforts. - Generative AI: Fielding GenAI capabilities and engineering support to Combatant Commands, the Joint Staff, and OSD to improve warfighting, readiness, and business outcomes. - RAI/T&E: Developing AI test and evaluation tools to ensure AI capabilities are effective, secure, and reliable.
Project detail
What project 081 buys
Alpha-1 provided enterprise services and capabilities to enable AI efforts across DoW organizations and mission areas. Note: Funding related to P-Code: 081 - Alpha-1 Development was realigned to P-Code 773 within this Program Element in 2026; no additional requests under this sub-project exist.
R-3 lines of work
- Management Services