# Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy

**R-2A activity** of project 638 — Rapid Prototyping Program  
**Program element:** 0604331D8Z — Rapid Prototyping Program  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604331D8Z/638/a20  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604331D8Z

## Summary

This activity requests $13.1M in FY2027, 5.5% of project 638, up 88% 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.** Continue Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy development efforts in support of emergent operational gaps in collaboration with the joint Services and CCMDs.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 supports the program's planned transition from initial prototype development to resource-intensive prototype field demonstrations in Q2 FY27. This will enable operational assessment of multi-domain uncrewed systems and autonomy capabilities in realistic environments.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Initiate Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy development efforts in support of emergent operational gaps in collaboration with the joint Services and CCMDs.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 7.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.1 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 638

- [High Reliability Cluster Munitions (HRCM) Development and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604331D8Z/638/a25) — FY2027 112.2
- [Sensors and Data Analytics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604331D8Z/638/a19) — FY2027 34.2
- Advanced Energetics Prototyping and Demonstration — FY2027 30.0
- Weapons Kinetic / Non-Kinetic Effects — FY2027 16.3
- [Resilient Communications](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604331D8Z/638/a18) — FY2027 14.3
- Kill Web Interoperability — FY2027 9.8
- Contested Logistics / Sustainment — FY2027 4.5
- Emerging Prototypes and Enablers — FY2027 4.3
- Terrestrial Electronic Surveillance (Sensors and Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Multi-domain Unmanned Secure Integrated Communications (MUSIC) (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Multi-domain Autonomous Tactical Expendable Radio (MATER) (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Wolfpack (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Swarming Prototype Attack Unmanned Aerial Systems (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Stratospheric Payload Development and Maturation (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Low Cost Short Range Air Defense (LSHORAD) Experimentation (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Project Ariel (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Resilient Affordable Satellite communications Terminal (RAST) (Resilient Communications) — FY2027 —
- Tallneck (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Cryptid Stare (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Bamboozled (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Small Platform Aerial Strike Munition (SPASM) (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —
- Tibanna CUAS Assessment (Sensors & Data Analytics) — FY2027 —
- Small Lightweight Interceptor with Cost Efficiency (SLICE) (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- LSHORAD Prototyping (Weapons Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Effects) — FY2027 —
- Mines and Fast Attack Craft (Collaborative Multi-Domain Autonomy) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604331D8Z project 638 (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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