# Experimentation - CFWE - High-Fidelity Live-Virtual-Constructive Experiments and Simulation-Based Experiments

**R-2A activity** of project 312 — Army/Joint Experimentation  
**Program element:** 0605326A — Concepts Experimentation Program  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/312/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/312

## Summary

This activity requests $10.2M in FY2027, 100% of project 312, down 7.6% 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.** Funding enables FCC/USAJMC to conduct Persistent Experimentation and other Live Field Experimentation activities, funds 27 CMEs, and travel associated with assigned experimentation events. FY27 funding enables FCC/USAJMC to lead the 3 x Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment (CFWE) assessments (C2 and Counter C2, Cross Domain Fires, Expanded Maneuver) in order to inform the development of new capabilities and requirements. As well as other Live Field Experimentation activities and Simulation-Based Experiments (SIMEX) and Table Top Exercise (TTX) for capabilities development that drives technology insertion and provides a tactical unit demonstration/experimentation of capabilities. This directly supports validation of Army 2030 and insights to the design of the Army. FY27 experiments will continue to address concept and capability developments including integration of capabilities for all BCT types; development of future DOTMLPF requirements and solutions; and acceleration and integration of capabilities for current force BCT's and above brigade. Experimentation and learning outputs ensure that the Army has the right people, with the right systems, appropriately enabled, in the right places to support the joint fight. CFWE events include C2 and Counter C2 which Focuses on enabling optimal and timely decision-making through integrated systems warfare, enhancing situational awareness and formation security across domains. Cross-Domain Fires Aims to integrate lethal and non-lethal fires for overmatch, disintegrating threat Multi-Domain Systems (MDS) for Joint maneuver in disaggregated environments. Expanded Maneuver Optimizes maneuver with massed lethal and non-lethal effects, sustaining operations in transparent and contested lethal environments.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding decrease due to economic adjustments.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding enables FCC/USAJMC to conduct Persistent Experimentation and other Live Field Experimentation activities, funds 27 CMEs, and travel associated with assigned experimentation events. FY26 funding enables FCC/USAJMC to lead the 3 x Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment (CFWE) assessments (C2 and Counter C2, Cross Domain Fires, Expanded Maneuver) in order to inform the development of new capabilities and requirements. As well as other Live Field Experimentation activities and Simulation-Based Experiments (SIMEX) and Table Top Exercise (TTX) for capabilities development that drives technology insertion and provides a tactical unit demonstration/experimentation of capabilities. This directly supports validation of Army 2030 and insights to the design of the Army. FY26 experiments will continue to address concept and capability developments including integration of capabilities for all BCT types; development of future DOTMLPF requirements and solutions; and acceleration and integration of capabilities for current force BCT's and above brigade. Experimentation and learning outputs ensure that the Army has the right people, with the right systems, appropriately enabled, in the right places to support the joint fight. CFWE events include C2 and Counter C2 which Focuses on enabling optimal and timely decision-making through integrated systems warfare, enhancing situational awareness and formation security across domains. Cross-Domain Fires Aims to integrate lethal and non-lethal fires for overmatch, disintegrating threat Multi-Domain Systems (MDS) for Joint maneuver in disaggregated environments. Expanded Maneuver Optimizes maneuver with massed lethal and non-lethal effects, sustaining operations in transparent and contested lethal environments.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** FY25 funding enables FCC/USAJMC to lead the Joint Warfighting Assessment (JWA), 4 x Army Focused Warfighting Experiment (AFWE) assessments (AEWE, Cyber Quest, MSSPIX, MFIX), other Live Field Experimentation activities and Simulation-Based Experiments (SIMEX). Resources 2 x FTEs in support of the Joint Test Element, 27 CMEs, and travel associated with assigned experimentation event travel. FY25 experiments will continue to address concept and capability developments including integration of capabilities for all BCT types; development of future DOTMLPF requirements and solutions; and acceleration and integration of capabilities for current force BCT's and above brigade. JMC executes JWA 25 as the annual capstone force modernization exercise for the U.S. Army. JWA 25 will: (1) integrate and assess Multi Domain Operations (MDO) concepts, capabilities, and formations at echelon (BCT to Theater Army/CJTF); (2) train a Joint, Interagency, and Multinational (JIM) force in a challenging and realistic operational environment; and (3) develop future strategic readiness and interoperability in the JIM warfighting team. In FY25, the JTE continues to generate operational solutions to urgent, specific Joint Warfighter problems through a short-term rigorous test program process.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 3.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.2 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605326A project 312 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
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- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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