RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

General Support to OUSD(Intelligence and Security)

PE 0605200D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$10.7M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide funding ramps 26% to a $10.7M request in FY2027 — the program's peak. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$10.7M
▲ 26% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$8.5M
▼ 1.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.6M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $10.7M for General Support to OUSD(Intelligence and Security) under RDT&E program element 0605200D8Z, up 26% over FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

08.6FY25ACTUAL8.5FY26ENACTED10.7FY27REQUEST9.3FY289.5FY299.4FY309.5FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual8.6
FY2026Enacted8.5
FY2027Request10.7
FY2028Outyear9.3
FY2029Outyear9.5
FY2030Outyear9.4
FY2031Outyear9.5
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0605200D8Z

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 26% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

The whole program

OPSEC is funded on 3 lines across 2 appropriations

This page shows $2.4M of OPSEC, 5.1% of the program's $47.4M FY2027 request. The rest is appropriated elsewhere.

Also funded hereTypeComponentFY2027 $M
Operations Security (OPSEC)RDT&EAir Force45.0
Defense Operations Security InitiativeRDT&EDefense-Wide
OPSEC totalAir Force, Defense-Wide47.4

Lines whose title names the program. 5 further lines only mention OPSEC in their justification text — those fund something else and are deliberately excluded from the total.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$10.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$10.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$10.7M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$10.7M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This RDT&E program supports the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) and the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS). Funding will develop the capabilities to defend the homeland; deter China in the Indo-Pacific; increase burden-sharing with U.S. Allies and Partners; and supercharge the Defense Industrial Base. Funding advances global Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE) and Defense Security Enterprise (DSE) initiatives that address emerging trends in data & AI architecture, technology oversight, and technology acceleration. Initiatives will establish an enterprise-wide, agentic data federation; architect solutions with industry and the interagency; and synchronize technical requirements.

Project 200, 345 — General Support to OUSW(I&S)
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605200D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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FY2027 Request
$8.3M
▼ 2.3% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$8.5M
▼ 1.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.6M
Prior year

General Support to OUSW(I&S) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605200D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 200 — General Support to OUSW(I&S) — requests $8.3M in FY2027, 77% of the $10.7M requested for program element 0605200D8Z. Year over year it falls 2.3% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 200 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.

08.6FY25ACTUAL8.5FY26ENACTED8.3FY27REQUEST6.9FY287.0FY296.8FY306.9FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual8.6
FY2026Enacted8.5
FY2027Request8.3
FY2028Outyear6.9
FY2029Outyear7.0
FY2030Outyear6.8
FY2031Outyear6.9
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

General Support to OUSW(I&S)▲ 139%
FY2025 actual$5.6M
FY2026 enacted$3.5M
FY2027 request$8.3M

FY2027 planned work - Identify future opportunities to expand the DISE enterprise data architecture to include industry initiatives. - Improve technology oversight capabilities, allowing for greater efficiencies. - Expand opportunities for experimentation. - Expand AI capabilities to support ISR to non-traditional sources, further enabling active oversight and promoting operational efficiency. - Initiate new research projects on technical collection, data transport and integration, analytical tradecraft, and policy, and produce outputs that inform senior decision-makers and warfighters. - Promote studies that realize efficiencies of a wide range of classified ISR operational capabilities that directly support…

FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to a realignment of ARLIS and CTPIC from DCSA to OUSW(I&S) which will provide a base of support for contracting efforts applicable to the DoW IC. This funding provides basic services for ARLIS to provide world-class academic research in support of operational customers.

FY2026 plans — current year - Fully integrate data/AI capabilities throughout the DISE by creating a unified data architecture. - Improve technology oversight capabilities, allowing for greater efficiencies. - Identify ways to accelerate the creation of prototypes and their subsequent deployment. - Expand AI capabilities to support ISR to non-traditional sources, further enabling active oversight and promoting operational efficiency. - Initiate new research projects on technical collection, data transport and integration, analytical tradecraft, and policy, and produce outputs that inform senior decision-makers and warfighters. - Promote studies that realize efficiencies of a wide range of classified ISR operational…

FY2025 accomplishments - Security Activities will provide technology development and concept evaluation for applications in support of Personnel Vetting, Physical Security, Industrial Security, Critical Technology Protection, and Law Enforcement. - New research projects are being initiated to support research into the DISE implications and applications of classified cloud computing and cloud-based technologies and the use of DoD grant data to support research protection efforts. - Provide expert engineering and technical assessments on a wide range of classified ISR operational capabilities that directly support NDS priorities. Funds will support senior-level education and understanding to inform decisions on ISR…

Project detail

What project 200 buys

Intelligence Activities require expert engineering and technical assessments on a wide range of classified operational capabilities that directly support the 2026 NDS and DPG priorities. This program: 1) Provides personnel to fully integrate data/AI capabilities throughout the DISE; 2) Improve oversight; 3) Deploy/Sustain capabilities that accelerate technology (ARLIS, CTPIC); 4) Transition an AI capability that monitors ISR activities throughout the military services and Department of War Agencies on a near-real-time basis, and promotes active oversight to improve their operational efficiency; 5) Conducts studies of strategic ISR capabilities to ascertain strategic sufficiency and alignment to the 2026 NDS and DPG priorities; and 5) Conducts Research and Development of high-impact, intelligence-focused technologies related to OUSW(R&E) Critical Technology Areas (CTA) (examples: AAI; Q-BID).

FY2027 Request
$2.4M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

Operations Security OPSEC — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605200D8Z. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 345 — Operations Security OPSEC — requests $2.4M in FY2027, 23% of the $10.7M requested for program element 0605200D8Z. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.

Funding trajectory

Project 345 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.

00.0FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED2.4FY27REQUEST2.4FY282.5FY292.5FY302.6FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request2.4
FY2028Outyear2.4
FY2029Outyear2.5
FY2030Outyear2.5
FY2031Outyear2.6
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Defense Operations Security InitiativeNEW
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted
FY2027 request$2.4M

FY2027 planned work - Identify future opportunities to expand the DISE enterprise data architecture to include industry initiatives. - Improve technology oversight capabilities, allowing for greater efficiencies. - Expand opportunities for experimentation. - Expand AI capabilities to support ISR to non-traditional sources, further enabling active oversight and promoting operational efficiency. - Initiate new research projects on technical collection, data transport and integration, analytical tradecraft, and policy, and produce outputs that inform senior decision-makers and warfighters. - Promote studies that realize efficiencies of a wide range of classified ISR operational capabilities that directly support…

FY2026 to FY2027 change The Defense Operations Security program funding was realigned from DCSA to the General Support to OUSW(I&S) RDT&E portfolio to better align resources and programs.

Project detail

What project 345 buys

The Department recognizes that next-generation Operations Security (OPSEC) efforts could best be achieved through a combination of Mission Assurance programs from with the Defense Security Enterprise. Therefore, this funding is being included in the other projects within the "General Support to OUSW(Intelligence and Security) PE."