# Nuclear Integration and Risk Management

**R-2A activity** of project 161 — Nuclear Matters Management Support  
**Program element:** 0605161D8Z — Nuclear Matters Management Support  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605161D8Z/161/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605161D8Z

## Summary

This activity requests $12.9M in FY2027, 59% of project 161, up 261% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** This effort will result in achieving key Office of the Secretary of War-level metrics, including: - Development of critical enterprise models to identify chokepoints across enterprise requiring mitigation to enable pursuance of opportunities; - Improve understanding of health and wellness of the Nuclear Enterprise and its enabling contributors; - Identify and exploit schedule and fiscal opportunities in nuclear modernization efforts; - Improve understanding of strategic advantage relative to the increasing threats posed by Russia and China; and - Identify and mitigate gaps and seams across the five major components of the nuclear enterprise.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase reflects the need to increase modeling capability and capacity at scale due to increasing programmatic and geopolitical risk to address future enhancements to the DoW nuclear modernization and sustainment efforts.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** This effort will result in achieving key Office of the Secretary of War-level metrics, including: - Improve understanding of the health and wellness of the Nuclear Enterprise and its enabling contributors; - Identify and exploit schedule and fiscal opportunities in nuclear modernization efforts; - Improve nuclear enterprise supply chain management; - Improve understanding of strategic advantage relative to the increasing threats posed by Russia and China; and - Identify and mitigate gaps and seams across the five major components of the nuclear enterprise.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** This effort will result in achieving key Office of the Secretary of Defense-level metrics, including: - Improve understanding of the health and wellness of the Nuclear Enterprise and its enabling contributors; - Identify and exploit schedule and fiscal opportunities in nuclear modernization efforts; - Improve nuclear enterprise supply chain management; - Improve understanding of strategic advantage relative to the increasing threats posed by Russia and China; and - Identify and mitigate gaps and seams across the five major components of the nuclear enterprise.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.9 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 161

- Nuclear Matters Technical Support — FY2027 4.1
- Research and Development Oversight, Risk Management, and PPBE Support — FY2027 2.9
- Stockpile Planning and Decision Making — FY2027 0.9
- Nuclear Surety — FY2027 0.5
- Nuclear Weapons Council (NWC) — FY2027 0.4
- Nuclear Incident Response and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and International Nuclear Programs — FY2027 0.2

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605161D8Z project 161 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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