RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Evidence Collection and Detainee Processing

PE 0605037A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA5 — System Development & Demonstration
FY2027 Request
$5.5M
◆ Development crest → decline
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U.S. Army funding ramps 19% to a $5.5M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 51% 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. JITC, ATEC and USAISEC leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$5.5M
▲ 19% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.6M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $5.5M for Evidence Collection and Detainee Processing under RDT&E program element 0605037A, up 19% 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.

00.0FY25ACTUAL4.6FY26ENACTED5.5FY27REQUEST2.5FY284.8FY293.0FY302.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted4.6
FY2027Request5.5
FY2028Outyear2.5
FY2029Outyear4.8
FY2030Outyear3.0
FY2031Outyear2.7
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 0605037A

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 19% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project DM1

Detainee Management, Accountability, and Reporting

$5.5MFY2027 request ▲ 19%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$4.6M
FY2027 request$5.5M
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentSupport

Detainee Management, Accountability, and Reporting (DMAR) will be comprised of both an enterprise (connected) and stand-alone (denied/degraded) software instantiation that provides Military Police (MP) Commands with the capability and capacity to operate an inclusive database to account for detainee identity, personal effects, medical conditions, legal needs, and biometrics; as well as generate reports on detainee operations to provide national and international organizations as required by law. DMAR will provide a high degree of situational understanding to Commanders in near real time across Joint Domain Operations (JDO) and Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO). FY27 funds in the amount of $5.513M will provide support for both the software planning and execution phases.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Program Managementflat
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$0.5M
FY2027 request$0.5M

FY2027 planned work FY27 funding will provide program management support for both the software planning and execution phases.

FY2026 plans — current year FY26 funding will provide program management support for the software planning phase. Funding will obtain functional support for software engineers and architecture specialists to develop acquisition, cyber, test, and product strategies.

System Development▲ 16%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$3.9M
FY2027 request$4.5M

FY2027 planned work FY27 funding completes the planning phase and begins the program's transition to the execution phase, which includes development and testing of the DMAR software using an Agile Development Framework. This includes the procurement of COTS/GOTS and the initial development efforts to deliver detainee management, accounting, and reporting capabilities.

FY2026 to FY2027 change The funding increase from FY26 to FY27 is due to the program entering the software execution phase. COTS/GOTS software will be procured for tailoring, development, and testing to deliver a detainee management, accounting, and reporting capability.

FY2026 plans — current year Initiation of contract award for development of DMAR Minimum Viable Product (MVP) as a a cloud based COTS/GOTS solution. Contract award planned for 4QFY26.

Test Support Costs▲ 93%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request$0.5M

FY2027 planned work Execution of JITC, ATEC and USAISEC agreements for testing and cybersecurity efforts in support of DMAR authorizations and certification.

FY2026 to FY2027 change The funding increase from FY26 to FY27 is due to the program entering the software execution phase. COTS/GOTS software will be procured for tailoring, development, and testing to deliver a detainee management, accounting, and reporting capability.

FY2026 plans — current year Develop the Interagency Agreements (FS Form 7600) for Joint Interoperability Test Center (JITC), the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) and the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC) for testing and cybersecurity support of DMAR authorizations and certification.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$5.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$5.5M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$5.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$5.5M 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.

JITC, ATEC and USAISEC
$0.5M · 9.5%
Test Support Costs (JITC, ATEC and USAISEC)
Program Management Office Support (PMOS)
$0.5M · 8.2%
Program Management Support Services · CPFF
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes18%1.0
Other / unspecified82%4.5
FY2027 request100%5.5
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Detainee Management, Accountability, and Reporting (DMAR) will be comprised of both an enterprise (connected) and stand-alone (denied/degraded) software instantiation that provides Military Police (MP) Commands with the capability and capacity to operate an inclusive database to account for detainee identity, personal effects, medical conditions, legal needs, and biometrics; as well as generate reports on detainee operations to provide national and international organizations as required by law. DMAR will provide a high degree of situational understanding to Commanders in near real time across Joint Domain Operations (JDO) and Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO).

Leverage the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF), Software Acquisition Pathway, to provide a detainee management, accounting, and reporting capability. Upon approval of the Acquisition Shaping Panel (ASP), precede to Contract Award for the planning, development and execution of a DMAR solution scheduled 4QFY26. Begin the execution phase to deliver a cloud based COTS/GOTS Minimum Viable Product (MVP) solution in 3QFY27 and a Minimum Viable Capability Release (MVCR) by 1QFY28.

Project DM1 — Detainee Management, Accountability, and Reporting
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605037A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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