What project 142 buys
The Systems Engineering project provides resources to develop and promote advanced engineering principles, techniques, and practices across the Department of War (DoW); connects and strengthens the technical community; develops the engineering and technical workforce; advances and manages standards; and provides technical expertise for independent engineering assessments to advance the development and adoption of emerging technologies with speed and agility. Engineering is the backbone of technology development and transition, playing a crucial role in turning innovative ideas into practical and real solutions. On behalf of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (USW(R&E)), this project executes the following activities: • Supports DoW’s initiatives to modernize the DoW’s systems and software engineering practices to include the use of modular open systems approaches (MOSA) and advanced systems engineering techniques to build systems capable of seamlessly incorporating new technologies to respond to emerging threats. • Furthers the adoption of digital engineering, modeling, and simulations to allow the DoW to rapidly field and implement innovative technologies for the Joint warfighter. • Furthers the adoption of modern Agile/DevSecOps (Development, Security, and Operations) software practices and improves cross-organizational collaboration to modernize DoW software processes, capability, and expertise. • Facilitates execution of the Secretary of War initiative to modernize software acquisition to acquire, deliver, and iterate on our weapon and business systems software. Supports collaboration and management activities through the DoW Software Modernization Senior Steering Group in coordination with the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S)), DoW Chief Information Officer (CIO), and the Military Services. • Improves delivery of advanced capability to warfighters by modernizing reliability and maintainability, manufacturing and quality, system safety, human systems integration, and value engineering practices. • Identifies, develops, manages, and provides access to standardization processes and products for the defense community to promote interoperability, reduce cost, and sustain readiness.
Project 142 funding, 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. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 21.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 20.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 21.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 21.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 21.5 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
• Continue to assist the practitioner in the development of their capabilities in the digital engineering ecosystem. • Continue to advance the implementation of the Secretary’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy (ATS) by modernizing systems engineering practices and enabling the Department to better leverage rigorous technical…
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