RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Joint Systems Architecture Development

PE 0604875D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$11.1M
◆ Scaling +30%
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Defense-Wide funding ramps 30% to a $11.1M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$11.1M
▲ 30% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$8.5M
▼ 9.2% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$9.4M
Prior year

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 $11.1M for Joint Systems Architecture Development under RDT&E program element 0604875D8Z, up 30% over 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.

09.4FY25ACTUAL8.5FY26ENACTED11.1FY27REQUEST11.3FY2811.5FY2911.7FY3011.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual9.4
FY2026Enacted8.5
FY2027Request11.1
FY2028Outyear11.3
FY2029Outyear11.5
FY2030Outyear11.7
FY2031Outyear11.8
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

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 0604875D8Z

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 30% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$11.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$11.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$11.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$11.1M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Restoring Warrior Ethos, Rebuilding Military Capabilities and Re-establishing Deterrence. The Joint Systems Architecture Development (JSAD) program element supports the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW (A&S)), Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of War for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management (DASW PWPM) mission to use Capability Portfolio Management (CPM) to analyze, manage, and inform acquisition and resourcing decisions in platform and weapon portfolios, to include air, surface, electronic, and cyber warfare systems.

Project 875, 220 — Portfolio Systems Acquisition (PSA)
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0604875D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$6.3M
▲ 2.8% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$6.1M
▼ 14% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$7.1M
Prior year

Portfolio Systems Acquisition (PSA) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604875D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 875 — Portfolio Systems Acquisition (PSA) — requests $6.3M in FY2027, 56% of the $11.1M requested for program element 0604875D8Z. Year over year it grows 2.8% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 875 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.

07.1FY25ACTUAL6.1FY26ENACTED6.3FY27REQUEST6.4FY286.6FY296.8FY306.9FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual7.1
FY2026Enacted6.1
FY2027Request6.3
FY2028Outyear6.4
FY2029Outyear6.6
FY2030Outyear6.8
FY2031Outyear6.9
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.

Portfolio Systems Acquisition (PSA)▲ 3%
FY2025 actual$7.1M
FY2026 enacted$6.1M
FY2027 request$6.3M

FY2027 planned work - Lead Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews and support Joint Staff Capability Portfolio Management Reviews in support of Capability Portfolio Management - Lead In-Progress Reviews for Columbia, Guam Defense System, AIAMD, F-35, Survivable Air Operations Center, and Joint Advanced Tactical Missile programs, and any other PWPM programs for which USW(A&S) is the Milestone Decision Authority. - Provide program insights, acquisition assessments, portfolio analysis, and documentation coordination and support for Defense Acquisition Boards with the Defense Acquisition Executive - Provide program insights, acquisition assessments, coordination and support for senior-level F-35 meetings…

FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant increase/decrease.

FY2026 plans — current year - Lead Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews and support Joint Staff Capability Portfolio Management Reviews in support of Capability Portfolio Management - Lead In-Progress Reviews for F-35, B-21, VC-25B, Survivable Air Operations Center, and Joint Advanced Tactical Missile ACAT 1D programs - Execute documentation coordination and support for ACAT 1D program Defense Acquisition Boards with the Defense Acquisition Executive - Lead coordination and support for senior-level F-35 meetings including the Executive Steering Group and CEO Roundtable - Provide acquisition expertise and insight in the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process to include functional warfare…

FY2025 accomplishments - Continue efforts to further develop Capability Portfolio Management practices, including supporting Mission Engineering principles in an effort to make both practices more widespread in use through the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the services. - Further develop portfolio management of programs falling within the Air, Ground, and Maritime mission areas, to include application of mission engineering analysis of kill chains. - Continue to identify portfolio and program synergies, reduce duplication, and identify opportunities for cost savings. - Continue to provide technical expertise in support of warfare area portfolios. - Continue to assess progress of program…

Project detail

What project 875 buys

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Restoring Warrior Ethos, Rebuilding Military Capabilities and Re-establishing Deterrence, and the National Security Strategy, especially in the areas of capability advantage and military superiority. These efforts entail integrated roadmaps to support acquisition investment decisions, and assessments of MDAPs and other linchpin acquisition efforts in a capability area context. PSA funds provide support in the areas of (1) integrated acquisition portfolio analysis; (2) acquisition roadmaps; and (3) acquisition decision support. Focus areas include capability portfolio management of air, land, sea, and undersea warfare portfolios, programs, and associated munitions; munitions acceleration efforts in support of the Deputy Secretary-chaired Munitions Acceleration Council; and Acquisition Transformation activities, executing the Department’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy. These efforts guide the development and fielding of integrated acquisition systems in order to achieve Joint mission capabilities across the operational domain to defend against global threats.

FY2027 Request
$4.8M
▲ 99% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.4M
▲ 6.9% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.3M
Prior year

Electromagnetic Warfare — one RDT&E project inside PE 0604875D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 220 — Electromagnetic Warfare — requests $4.8M in FY2027, 44% of the $11.1M requested for program element 0604875D8Z. Year over year it grows 99% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 220 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.

02.3FY25ACTUAL2.4FY26ENACTED4.8FY27REQUEST4.9FY284.9FY294.9FY305.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual2.3
FY2026Enacted2.4
FY2027Request4.8
FY2028Outyear4.9
FY2029Outyear4.9
FY2030Outyear4.9
FY2031Outyear5.0
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.

Electromagnetic Warfare▲ 99%
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted$2.4M
FY2027 request$4.8M

FY2027 planned work - Lead Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews and support Joint Staff Capability Portfolio Management Reviews in support of Capability Portfolio Management for EW and C-C5ISRT programs. - Provide EMSO capability recommendations for Departments priorities to include homeland defense and deterrence efforts aligned with NDS priorities and Golden Dome for America Executive Order. - Continue Counter – Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) signal of interest library to enable cost avoidance in system acquisition and interoperability across Service acquisition programs and integrate with the Intelligence community. - Continue the Munitions Requirements Process for Non-Kinetic Effectors for the Services…

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase is due to the Non-Kinetic Effects global demand effort which establishes the process to analyze and define the number of Non-Kinetic Effects (NKE) needed across Combatant Commands and signals the overall demand of the Joint Force to both the services and industry. In addition, the EW WG stands up integration projects to deliver tangible coalition EW capabilities.

FY2026 plans — current year - Lead Integrated Acquisition Portfolio Reviews and support Joint Staff Capability Portfolio Management Reviews in support of Capability Portfolio Management for EW and C-C5ISRT programs. - Provide EMSO capability recommendations for Departments priorities to include homeland defense and deterrence efforts aligned with NDS priorities. - Respond to congressional and DoW requests for information and support Government Accountability Office reports - Continue to identify opportunities for Cross-Service EW collaboration, including EW research and development, acquisition programs, multi-purpose hardware and software, and other initiatives to increase EW investment efficiencies and promote…

FY2025 accomplishments - Continue mission engineering analyses and integration to incorporate Electromagnetic Warfare effects and capabilities in critical mission thread areas in order to meet evolving threats. - Continue to develop plans and conduct DOTMLPF-P initiatives to advance the Department's EW capabilities strategy. - Continue to perform the necessary analytic underpinning to develop and field advanced EW capabilities, including EW manning, training, exercises, modeling and simulation. - Continue to identify opportunities for Cross-Service EW collaboration, including EW research and development, acquisition programs, multi-purpose hardware and software, and other initiatives to increase EW investment…

Project detail

What project 220 buys

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Restoring Warrior Ethos, Rebuilding Military Capabilities and Re-establishing Deterrence. This includes efforts which supports Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capability recommendations for Departments priorities to include Golden Dome Homeland defense and Strategic Deterrence within the Indo Pacific region. The EW project funds capability advancements that focus on transitioning programs to the warfighter. The Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) line also aligns Department efforts with key allies under the AUKUS Pillar II EW working group, to institutionalize cooperative acquisition and ultimately increase warfighter lethality.