# Open Architecture Management

**R-2A activity** of project 656060 — Standards Management  
**Program element:** 0605056F — Standards Management  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605056F/656060/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605056F

## Summary

This activity requests $43.5M in FY2027, 100% of project 656060, up 5.0% 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.** - Craft targeted prototype of open architecture implementation to inform maturation efforts and ease adoption - Complete 95 change requests in FY27 - Continue technical maturation of the OMS and UCI standards - Continue to update standards to account for emerging technologies and operational weapon system feature requests - Support feature requests from deployment of UCI in support of the DAF Battle Network - Conduct targeted training to new and existing adopters to ease implementation - Horizontally integrate and rationalize standards with other mission system architecture products - Develop and update open hardware technical standards for government reference architecture implementations - Define domain-specific data modeling usage for joint interoperability - Mature Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) products within open architectures - Mature plans for adopting SOSA requirements

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increased compared to FY 2026 by $2.06 million due to the continued adoption of open architecture adoption the United States Space Force, DAF Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) platforms. With the deliberate increase in depth of architecture knowledge across Air Force legacy platforms, there is a forecasted surge in change requests, training, and implementation guidance, to support the increase in adopting platforms. Furthermore, the Architectures and Standards will support implementing Open Architectures on new development Air Force Platforms [F-47, B-21, Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)] as well as adopting SOSA requirements.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Increase adoptability with USSF/Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) systems to support DAF Battle Network - Rapidly respond to emerging technologies, operational weapons systems feature request and adopting platform requirements by completing 85-95 change requests annually - Align Open Mission System (OMS) with Agile Mission Suite Government Reference Architecture (AMS GRA), unlocking additional capabilities for future adopters - Continue technical maturation of the OMS and UCI standards - Conduct targeted training to new and existing adopters - Merge subsystem architectures with open architecture management - Develop and update open hardware technical standards for government reference architecture implementations - Define domain-specific data modeling usage for joint interoperability - Mature MBSE products within open architectures - Begin planning for adopting Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) requirements

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 41.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 43.5 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605056F project 656060 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
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- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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