What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 000311 of PE 0605131OTE. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
DOT&E will continue to execute the Title 10 statutory requirements for LFT&E of MDAPs and other covered programs as determined by the Department and Director, and to coordinate this survivability, lethality, and accuracy analysis via support from independent FFRDCs.
The program element divests of the JLF, JTCG/ME, and JASP, which have been realigned to the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, respectively, to maintain DOT&E's focus on core statutory Title 10 oversight functions, as directed by the Secretary of War memorandum for reorganization.
FY2025–FY2026: what came before
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
JLF The FY 2026 budget will continue to align with implementation of Section 223 of Public Law 117-81, and the Secretary of War's priorities. JLF will continue to perform a critical role within the survivability/lethality analytic community by delivering infrastructure, M&S, and data to support testing and experimentation of kinetic/non-kinetic systems in operationally relevant contexts to inform, improve, and act as a consistent foundation for LFT&E and warfighter tools and techniques. JLF efforts will remain focused on technically diverse expertise onto leading-edge and unique systems development challenges while ensuring the data and characteristics can be analyzed for lethality and effectiveness – being the bridge between acquisition, science and technology, research and development, testing, and the operational communities. In FY 2026, the program will continue to focus on operationally relevant scenarios: (1) weaponeering in multi-domain operations to support the Commander’s intent, (2) full-spectrum survivability, and (3) full-spectrum lethality in support of acquisition decisions. JASP In FY 2026, the JASP will continue work on multi-year RDT&E projects and initiate new projects approved by the JASP Principal Members Steering Group and OSW/DOT&E. The JASP will support the National Defense Strategy objective to “Defend the Homeland” by developing measures to improve threat situational awareness; defeat adversary advanced radio frequency (RF); infrared and multimode guided threats, and provide quantifiable improvements in digital and hardware-in-the-loop M&S capability and credibility. The JASP will improve aircraft force protection by advancing system hardening against kinetic and non-kinetic threats. JASP continues to support the NDS objective to “Supercharge the U.S. Defense Industrial Base" by funding the development of more efficient capabilities to advance, test, and evaluate aircraft survivability against kinetic and non-kinetic threats. The JCAT will continue to support the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy by assessing combat damage incidents, training operators on threat effects and combat damage assessment, and reporting their findings to CCMDs and the DOW science and technology and acquisition communities. JCAT will continue maturation of the JCAT future concept of operations in the Pacific area of responsibility with anti-access/area-denial (A2AD) and further strengthen the relationships within U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). The JASP will continue supporting aircraft survivability education and information exchange through internet sites (restricted access and classified), by publishing the Aircraft Survivability Journal, developing educational materials, and conducting training for the DoW and their contractors. The JASP will continue and complete other projects as approved by the JASP Principal Members Steering Group and OSW/DOT&E. JTCG/ME JTCG/ME plans to support/maintain DIEE v3.1 with JWS Capabilities Plug-in v1.x to support Advanced Target Development (ATD) (i.e., weaponeering, CDE, target coordinate mensuration) at CCMD level in accordance with Joint Staff policy. JTCG/ME will develop and move to field DIEE v3.2 with increased JWS v1.x plug-in capability. JTCG/ME will continue to host TPs and HOFRs to review and support capability development. JTCG/ME will maintain/enhance product Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) and cybersecurity processes (e.g., pipelines, dashboards, MBSE, ontologies, cybersecurity testing) to allow flexibility and efficiencies in addressing secure multi-domain targeting solutions. JTCG/ME will develop/accredit CER reference tables for current weapons inventory and in accordance with the latest CJCSI 3160.01, “No-Strike and the CDE Methodology” for air-to-surface and surface-to-surface weapons. JTCG/ME plans to support/host multiple JMEM training sessions, EIWG, OUWGs, and user help desk. It will support ~40+ training sessions. There is expected to be continued and increased demand for training, given new JMEM product lines and capabilities. JTCG/ME will collect user requirements and product use cases, to support JMEM product development. JTCG/ME will support/deliver reach-back analysis packages for collateral damage mitigation, post-forensic, and force protection analyses packages to operational users for high value targets in current operations. These reach-back analysis efforts are expected to increase given more complex questions/environments, as well as increase JMEM products covering full-spectrum targeting areas. JTCG/ME will facilitate coalition interoperability and IEA forums. JTCG/ME will continue to support/deliver JWS version releases and standalone PKLUTs to multiple key coalition partners in support of current operations under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. FMS efforts are expected to increase given new JMEM product lines. JTCG/ME will maintain/enhance “The Bugle” (Program Confluence Board), JEL, and JARVIS capabilities that serve as the foundation of product information to users, as well as tri-Service approved methodology and data. JTCG/ME plans to continue to support enhanced weaponeering and CDE testing program improving weaponeering and CDE methodology. These efforts will continue to analyze and focus on emerging gaps and priorities across full-spectrum challenges, as well as transition test data/results for enhancing, developing, and validating methodology used in JMEM products and T&E efforts. JTCG/ME will maintain/support improved battle damage assessment analysis capabilities. FY26 efforts will maintain/enhance automated data collection, machine learning algorithms, combat assessment capability interfaces, and enhance/field JBAR capabilities. JTCG/ME plans to support fielded Joint-AntiAir Combat Effectiveness (J-ACE) v6.0.1, which includes multiple training and OUWGs. JTCG/ME will develop and field J-ACE v6.1 leveraging Air Combat Effects Library (ACEL) v2.0 capabilities.
JLF The FY 2025 budget will align with DOT&E’s Strategy Update 2022, the DOT&E Strategy Implementation Plan, and implementation of Section 223 of Public Law 117-81. In doing so, JLF will focus on developing and implementing tools, processes, and methods to enable credible full-spectrum survivability and lethality evaluation across the acquisition life cycle, including operations and sustainment. The FY 2025 program will focus on Operationally relevant scenarios: (1) weaponeering in multi-domain operations to support the Commander’s intent, (2) full spectrum survivability, and (3) full spectrum lethality in support of acquisition decisions. These relevant scenarios will address common definitions, requirements, domain specific capabilities, data, and verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ).This will be achieved through: (1) Defining consistent damage (kill) criteria, threat definitions, standardized target component terminology and taxonomy, (2) Defining operationally relevant and mission-based use cases, (3) Characterization and simulation of the lethal mechanisms or effects by threat category (kinetic and non-kinetic), (4) Adopting the DoD Data Strategy: visible, accessible, understandable, linked, trustworthy, interoperable and secure, and (5) Rigorous verification, validation and uncertainty quantification. Specifically, the FY2025 program is developing integrated approaches in combining Digital Engineering (DE) methodologies, cloud-based software, and Modeling & Simulation (M&S) tools to enable a comprehensive/quantitative full-spectrum survivability and lethality analysis and test planning for a given target. Integrating radio frequency (RF) connections between devices into cyber effects tool (COLE) to support full spectrum analysis of wireless systems. Partnering with JTCG/ME Maritime Weaponeering IPT to enhance current FALT analysis tool (Eucalyptus) to support multi-domain effects while also integrating the capability to model uncertainty of component location. Developing combat modeling and analytical capabilities and executing test programs focused on non-kinetic effects for high-powered microwave and high-energy laser effects. As JLF initiates and matures Full Spectrum Analysis capabilities across M&S, testing, and integrated frameworks in FY 2025 it continues high priority FY24 projects. These projects include advancing Active Protection System (APS) methodology, expanding FATEPEN penetration materials testing, modernizing Behind Armor Debris modeling, expanding multi-hit capability within the JTCG/ME tri-service accredited AJEM model, and complete the development of a capability to assess TBI injury risk from different blast environments. JASP In FY 2025, the JASP will continue work on 21 multi-year RDT&E projects and initiate 10 new projects approved by the JASP Principal Members Steering Group and OSD/DOT&E. The JASP will support the NDS objectives to “Defend the Homeland” and “Prevail in Conflict” by developing measures to improve threat situational awareness, defeat adversary advanced radio frequency, infrared, and multimode guided threats, and provide quantifiable improvements in digital and hardware-in-the-loop M&S capability and credibility. Improve aircraft force protection by advancing system hardening against kinetic and non-kinetic threats. Support the NDS objective to ‘Build a Resilient Joint Force’ by funding the development of more efficient capabilities to advance, test and evaluate aircraft survivability against kinetic and non-kinetic threats. The JCAT will continue to support the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy by assessing combat damage incidents, training operators on threat effects and combat damage assessment, and reporting their findings to combatant commanders and the DOD science and technology and acquisition communities. JCAT will continue maturation of the JCAT FUTURE CONOPS in the Pacific AOR with Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2AD) and further strengthen the relationships INDOPACOM commands. The JASP will continue supporting aircraft survivability education and information exchange through internet sites (restricted access and classified), by publishing the Aircraft Survivability Journal, completing development of the Third Edition of the Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design textbook, developing educational materials and conducting training for the DOD and their contractors. The JASP will initiate, continue and complete other projects as approved by the JASP Principal Members Steering Group and OSD/DOT&E. JTCG/ME JTCG/ME plans to complete/field the Digital Imagery Exploitation Engine (DIEE) v3.1 with Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manuals (JMEMs) Weaponeering System (JWS) Capabilities Plug-in v1.0 to support Advanced Target Development (ATD) (i.e., Weaponeering, Collateral Damage Effects, Target Coordinate Mensuration) at CCMD level in accordance with Joint Staff Policy. JTCG/ME development events will include Technical Previews (TPs) and Hands of Functional Reviews (HOFRs) to finish DIEE v3.1/JWS Plug-In v1.x and transition to DIEE v3.2/JWS Plug-In v1.x capability development. JTCG/ME will continue to evolve its product development/security/operations (DevSecOps) pipelines and cybersecurity processes with refinement/expansion of processes and methods to include consolidated DevSecOps pipelines, improved requirements dashboards/tracking, Model Base System Engineering (MBSE), data ontologies, Cooperative Vulnerability and Penetration Assessments (CVPAs), and Adversarial Assessments (AA). These processes will allow flexibility and efficiencies in addressing secure multi-domain targeting strategy and solutions. JTCG/ME will develop/accredit Collateral Effects Radii (CER) reference tables for current weapons inventory and in accordance with the latest CJCSI 3160.01, “No-Strike and the Collateral Damage Effects (CDE) Methodology” for air-to-surface and surface-to-surface weapons.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 109.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 108.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.0 |
This activity is 100% of project 000311's FY2027 request and 100% of PE 0605131OTE's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 000311
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.