# Project 317 — Current Force Capability Gaps

**Program element:** 0605326A — Concepts Experimentation Program  
**Project:** 317  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/317  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A

## Summary

Project 317 — Current Force Capability Gaps requests $30.8M in FY2027, 55% of the $55.6M requested for program element 0605326A, down 5.3% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 48.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 32.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 38.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 43.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 43.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 43.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605326A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 317 buys

This project enables the Army to develop, integrate and help synchronize capability requirements and solutions into the operational force to meet the Army's goal to deliver and design future Army. Funding ensures that the Warfighter is independently represented by, complementing the materiel and non-material developers, providing total capability management that integrates all doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities (DOTMLPF) considerations. This project provides resources to execute Capability Development and Integration Directorate (CDID) Battle Lab experimentation, assessments and analysis addressing the Army's most significant modernization challenges. The Army plans and conducts experiments to gain insights and recommendations in the development of integrated concepts and requirements to inform Army Senior Leader modernization decisions through the results of a rigorous Campaign of Learning. Funding in this project enables maintenance of the Army Capability- based Architecture Development and Integration Environment (ArCADIE) providing storage, accessibility, production, and certification of authoritative architecture data and supporting systems. ArCADIE enables the process to develop, verify and validate operational architecture for eight major BCT formations.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requirements Determination | 29.8 | 20.9 | 20.2 | −4% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/317/a0) |
| Battle Lab Experimentation and Support | 17.8 | 11.1 | 10.1 | −8% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/317/a1) |
| Army Capability-based Architecture Development and Integration Environment (ArCADIE) | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +0% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Requirements Determination

Funding in FY27 ensures continuation of requirement determination, documentation, and integration in support of all FCC CDIDs. This will include areas of Maneuver, Soldier, Robotic, and Engineer capability development, Air Defense and Artillery formations, Sustainment watercraft and maneuver support vehicles, intelligence systems and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/317/a0

### Battle Lab Experimentation and Support

Continues support of requirement determination, documentation, and integration in support of all FCC CDIDs. This will include areas of Maneuver, Soldier, Robotic, and Engineer capability development, Air Defense and Artillery formations, Sustainment watercraft and maneuver support vehicles, intelligence systems and sensors, and Cyber…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A/317/a1

### Army Capability-based Architecture Development and Integration Environment (ArCADIE)

**FY2027 planned work.** ArCADIE will be maintained to enable Army futures Command to develop, verify and validate operational architecture for fielding the Army 2030 and the Concept 2040 Multi Domain Formations. It will continue to serve as the authoritative architecture data and supporting systems in accordance with DoW and DA Information Assurance and management standards.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** ArCADIE will be maintained to enable Army futures Command to develop, verify and validate operational architecture for fielding the Army 2030 and the Concept 2040 Multi Domain Formations. It will continue to serve as the authoritative architecture data and supporting systems in accordance with DoW and DA Information Assurance and management standards.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** ArCADIE will be maintained to enable Army futures Command to develop, verify and validate operational architecture for fielding the Army 2030 and the Concept 2040 Multi Domain Formations. It will continue to serve as the authoritative architecture data and supporting systems in accordance with DoD and DA Information Assurance and management standards.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605326A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605326A project 317 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605326A")`.

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