# COTS Based Agile Development and Configuration

**R-2A activity** of project CP8 — Accessions Information Environment (AIE)  
**Program element:** 0605233A — Accessions Information Environment (AIE)  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605233A/CP8/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605233A

## Summary

This activity requests $29.3M in FY2027, 87% of project CP8, up 3.7% 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.** Key FY 2027 activities include scaled deployment of approximately 22K Enlisted Recruiting users while continuously delivering enhancements for the Enlisted Mission under the overall Accessions Support effort. Additionally, start planning and development of ROTC and In Service and Direct Commission missions. Continuous integration and delivery to the production environment, backlog development, exploratory and automated regression testing, cybersecurity assessments, and deployment support as part of agile development.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY2027 increase supports continuous development activities associated with overall AIE mission areas.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Key FY 2026 activities include continuous program planning sessions associated with iterative development to complete the Enlisted Recruiting Mission capability, release to the production environment, backlog development, break fixes, exploratory and automated regression testing, cybersecurity assessments, and deployment support as part of agile development.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Key FY 2025 activities include quarterly sprint planning sessions associated with the Enlisted Recruiting Mission capability and associated enhancements, backlog development, recruiter provisioning, deployment support, exploratory and automated testing, and cybersecurity assessments.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 33.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.3 |

> 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 CP8

- OEM Technical Support Services — FY2027 2.6
- Testing, Operational, and Development Support — FY2027 1.6
- Cybersecurity (RMF, FedRAMP, ATO) — FY2027 0.2

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605233A project CP8 (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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