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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Mission Support

PE 0605001E·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$108.1M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $108.1M 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
$108.1M
▼ 6.5% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$115.7M
▼ 6.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$123.0M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $108.1M for Mission Support under RDT&E program element 0605001E, down 6.5% from 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.

2550751001250123.0FY25ACTUAL115.7FY26ENACTED108.1FY27REQUEST111.2FY28114.4FY29117.1FY30119.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual123.0
FY2026Enacted115.7
FY2027Request108.1
FY2028Outyear111.2
FY2029Outyear114.4
FY2030Outyear117.1
FY2031Outyear119.7
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0605001E

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 -7% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project MST-01

MISSION SUPPORT

$108.1MFY2027 request ▼ 7%
FY2025 actual$123.0M
FY2026 enacted$115.7M
FY2027 request$108.1M

The Mission Support Program Element provides funding for the costs of mission support activities for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The funds provide personnel compensation for mission support civilians as well as costs for building rent, physical security, travel, supplies and equipment, communications, printing and reproduction.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Mission Support Civilian Personnel Salaries▼ 4%
FY2025 actual$80.6M
FY2026 enacted$79.4M
FY2027 request$76.4M

- Continue to fund Mission Support civilian salaries and benefits to meet mission requirements and administrative support costs.

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Facilities and Infrastructure Costs▼ 11%
FY2025 actual$28.4M
FY2026 enacted$32.3M
FY2027 request$28.6M

- Continue to fund building rent, General Services Administration lease overhead costs, building maintenance and repairs, building utilities and cleaning services; Pentagon Force Protection Agency security guards; Defense Information Systems Agency telecommunication service; printing and reproduction.

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Mission Support Travel▼ 20%
FY2025 actual$6.1M
FY2026 enacted$3.9M
FY2027 request$3.1M

FY2027 planned work - Continue to fund Mission Support travel requirements.

FY2026 to FY2027 change The FY 2027 decrease reflects estimated Mission Support travel requirements.

FY2026 plans — current year - Continue to fund Mission Support travel requirements.

FY2025 accomplishments - Continue to fund Mission Support travel requirements.

Accounting and Audit
FY2025 actual$7.9M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments - Continue to fund financial audit and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) support.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$108.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$108.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$108.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$108.1M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
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Sources
FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605001E (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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