RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A)

PE 0605018A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$102.7M
Army · RDT&E
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U.S. Army funding falls 36% to a $102.7M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. Nakupuna, MAHC III - CACI & Spatial Fron leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$102.7M
▼ 36% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$160.9M
▲ 38% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$116.9M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $102.7M for Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) under RDT&E program element 0605018A, down 36% 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.

501001500116.9FY25ACTUAL160.9FY26ENACTED102.7FY27REQUEST81.3FY28107.5FY2988.6FY3089.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual116.9
FY2026Enacted160.9
FY2027Request102.7
FY2028Outyear81.3
FY2029Outyear107.5
FY2030Outyear88.6
FY2031Outyear89.5
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0605018A

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 -36% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project ED9

Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army Inc 2

$102.7MFY2027 request ▼ 36%
FY2025 actual$116.9M
FY2026 enacted$160.9M
FY2027 request$102.7M
Management ServicesProduct Development

The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army Increment II (IPPS-A Inc II) provides an integrated, multi-Component, personnel and pay system that streamlines existing Human Resources (HR) systems and processes by enhancing efficiency and accuracy of personnel and pay procedures in support of 1.1 million Soldiers. This program is an essential building block to reform the Department of the Army towards achieving greater performance and affordability in support of the National Defense Strategy and the Congressional audit mandate. The IPPS-A program to date has completed a phased deployment of Military Human Resource and talent management capabilities across all Army components (Active, Guard and Reserve). This includes all Army National Guard units in the 54 states and territories into one single solution. The program has contributed to the retirement of 28 of 54 legacy systems, bringing the Army's total military force into a single HR authoritative system. In accordance with the Acquisition Strategy approved by the Army Acquisition Executive on 21 June 2022, the program office continues incremental releases supporting Army Military Payroll (AMP), additional Human Resource (HR) Capabilities (e.g., Archiving, Talent and Strength Management, and Audit), and HR Enhancements. As of this submission, planning is underway with Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to support the recent (February 2026) Department-wide decision to align Military Pay Modernization and Integration. The current planning efforts aim to coordinate the Department's Military Pay objectives and priorities before shaping the existing and future Army core HR and Pay capabilities. Based on the initial planning guidance, previously submitted Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) Pay delivery timeline in FY27 and FY28, respectively, have been removed pending the outcome of Military Pay Modernization and Integration planning outcome. In 4QFY24, IPPS-A began migration from the legacy infrastructure hosting solution with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to a Cloud Hosting solution. The program continues transitioning to the Software Acquisition Pathway.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
FY2025 actual$10.3M
FY2026 enacted$12.7M
FY2027 request$10.4M

FY 2027 funding provides technical and program management contractor services providing systems engineering including business process design, enterprise architecture management, data management, interface management, testing, infrastructure management, audit support, training/deployment support, travel, and technical acquisition…

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FY2025 actual$54.7M
FY2026 enacted$95.2M
FY2027 request$54.8M

FY 2027 funding supports continued technical analysis and provides funding for Agile contract support to continue iterative design and build for the Human Resource baseline system, additional HR capabilities, other future capabilities and Pay modernization and integration. Funds support Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM).

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FY2025 actual$26.0M
FY2026 enacted$28.9M
FY2027 request$28.6M

FY 2027 funding supports services for computer processing, memory, and associated labor costs to maintain the IPPS-A hardware and software development environments at DISA.

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Systems Interfaces▼ 74%
FY2025 actual$7.5M
FY2026 enacted$6.4M
FY2027 request$1.7M

FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding supports other government agencies providing technical services for interface design and build to enable end-to- end data integration.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 RDT&E decrease due to lower service requirements from reduced Design, Development and Integration effort.

FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 funding supports other government agencies providing technical services for interface design and build to enable end-to-end data integration.

FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 funding supports other government agencies providing technical services for interface design and build to enable end-to-end data integration.

Cloud Hosting and Services▼ 60%
FY2025 actual$18.3M
FY2026 enacted$17.7M
FY2027 request$7.2M

FY2027 planned work FY 2027 funding supports Cloud migration costs and software / user licenses.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 RDT&E decrease due to planned ramp-down of migration efforts approaching the FY28 handoff; Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPR) completes, Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPR) environment remains in transition.

FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 funding supports Cloud migration costs and software / user licenses.

FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 funding supports the initial Cloud refactoring (nonrecurring engineering) of PeopleSoft software, migration costs, hosting costs, and software / user licenses. Cloud and DISA will operate in parallel until full transition in to Cloud Hosting in FY 2027.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$102.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$102.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$102.7M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$102.7M full · +$0
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.

Nakupuna, MAHC III - CACI & Spatial Fron
$54.8M · 53%
Design, Development and Integration · Various
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA
$28.6M · 28%
Network Support / Hardware Leasing
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes93%95.5
Other / unspecified7.0%7.2
FY2027 request100%102.7
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army Increment II (IPPS-A Inc II) provides an integrated, multi-Component, personnel and pay system that streamlines existing Human Resources (HR) systems and processes by enhancing efficiency and accuracy of personnel and pay procedures in support of 1.1 million Soldiers. This program is an essential building block to reform the Department of the Army towards achieving greater performance and affordability in support of the National Defense Strategy and the Congressional audit mandate.

The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army Increment II (IPPS-A Inc II) provides an integrated, multi-Component, personnel and pay system that streamlines existing Human Resources (HR) systems and processes by enhancing efficiency and accuracy of personnel and pay procedures in support of 1.1 million Soldiers. The IPPS-A program achieved a Milestone B on 14 December 2014 under the authority of Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5000.02. The program transitioned to a Priority Defense Business System Category I (BCAT I) under the authority of the DODI 5000.75 and has implemented a tailored Acquisition approach for Defense Business Systems.

Project ED9 — Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army Inc 2
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605018A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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