# Project 087 — JMETC Distributed Test

**Program element:** 0605100D8Z — Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC)  
**Project:** 087  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/087  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z

## Summary

Project 087 — JMETC Distributed Test requests $162.9M in FY2027, 69% of the $234.7M requested for program element 0605100D8Z, up 29% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 127.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 125.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 162.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 126.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 131.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 136.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 139.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605100D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 087 buys

The Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) program provides a Department-wide test capability to support system-to-system interoperability testing, mission-level environment testing, and cyber event operations, including cyber testing, cyber training, cyber experimentation, and cyber mission rehearsal. The JMETC program implements the infrastructure capabilities defined in the Department’s “Testing in a Joint Environment Roadmap” to provide acquisition program managers a robust nation-wide capability to “test like we fight.” The JMETC program provides a persistent, distributed test and evaluation (T&E) capability that supports system development to measure and improve interoperability performance and cyber resiliency, and provides a software acquisition pathway that otherwise would not be readily available to Service/Component acquisition programs. The JMETC program is funded within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Management Support Budget Activity because it provides test capability in support of RDT&E programs. By linking distributed facilities, as well as providing the necessary tools, services and subject matter expertise, the JMETC program allows acquisition programs to efficiently evaluate their warfighting capability in a realistic joint mission environment. The JMETC program has been aligned to national strategic guidance to advance the Department’s readiness to experiment and test the development of resilient, survivable, federated networks and information systems from the tactical level up to strategic planning, as well as test and assess cyber defenses that deter aggression and achieve peace through strength.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMETC Distributed Test | 127.7 | 125.9 | 162.9 | +29% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/087/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### JMETC Distributed Test

In FY 2027, JMETC Distributed Test will continue to support the Department’s enterprise-wide distributed test, big data analysis, and experimentation capabilities. Highlights include: - Continue to expand CHEETAS data suites to accelerate test report generation from taking months to days - Increase cloud storage and services to enable…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/087/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605100D8Z project 087 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605100D8Z")`.

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