# C2 Data — Program Element 0605332A

**Program element:** 0605332A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605332A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $306.0M in FY2027 against nothing enacted in FY2026, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. ATEC leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 306.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 312.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 318.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 324.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 331.2 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 306.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 306.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 306.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 306.0 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2E | C2 DATA | — | — | 247.5 | new start |
| C2F | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING | — | — | 58.5 | new start |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project C2E — C2 DATA

Project C2E / C2 Data is established in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 as part of a new funding structure for the NGC2 investment in modernization of Army C2 systems. This project represents a funding line consolidation and structure change for the NGC2 Data Layer and does not constitute a new start program or effort. Funding for NGC2 Data Layer activities was provided in FY 2026 under PE 0604818A Project EJ6 / Tactical Enhancement, which is realigned under this PE beginning in FY 2027. The Army's data layer provides a unified environment that ingests, transforms, and normalizes data from disparate systems to ensure it is trusted, usable, and interoperable across missions and applications. It delivers secure credentialing and identity-based access controls so users, systems, and automated agents can interact with information according to policy and classification. The layer stores, organizes, and manages data at enterprise scale while applying metadata tagging to enable rapid discovery, retrieval, and fusion. It exposes common data services-such as translation, validation, cataloging, and orchestration-that standardize how information moves across networks and platforms. Together, these functions form the foundation for advanced analytics, AI/ML, and decision-support tools that improve the speed and quality of operations. The Army's data layer includes the operating system and common core services (including interface applications, analytics, network health and cybersecurity, training and simulation). Core services are key to enabling applications in a data-centric network with increased efficiency in overall data/network management. Core services will leverage industry standard protocols for identity authentication and access control at the point of need in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited environments and enable the tactical environment to meet Department of War and Army Zero Trust requirements. FY 2027 funding supports contract awards deploying C2 Data layer system to the Army, and ensuring continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) for a secure, high performing, and adaptive centerpiece to the NGC2 technology stack.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** ATEC (8.2, 3.3%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2 Data Layer Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) | — | — | 220.3 |
| C2 Data Layer Test/Evaluation/Validation/Verification (TEVV) | — | — | 8.2 |
| C2 Data Layer Program Management | — | — | 19.1 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project C2F — ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING

Project C2F / Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning is established in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 as part of a new funding structure for the NGC2 investment in modernization of Army C2 systems. This project represents a funding line consolidation and structure change for the NGC2 Data Layer and does not constitute a new start program or effort. Funding for NGC2 Data Layer activities was provided in FY 2026 under PE 0604818A Project EJ6 / Tactical Enhancement, which is realigned under this PE beginning in FY 2027. The C2 Data layer Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) decision tools augment operations at the speed and scale required by rapidly synthesizing large volumes of data giving commanders the right information, at the right time, to support the right decision. The C2 Data layer AI/ML tools enable consistent and constant evolution of the NGC2 ecosystem maintaining pace with the accelerated change in the modern digital battlefield. Recognizing patterns and the context behind the data, AI/ML tools reveal connections that might otherwise go unnoticed, leading to missed opportunities that could make the difference between success or failure. The AI/ML toolbox will be enhanced by the inclusion of AI Operations and Services (AIOPS) capabilities that began as multiple Small Business Innovation Research efforts and were realigned to the C2 Data layer as part of the NGC2 structure changes. FY 2027 funding supports the development and integration of AI/ML decision tools in the C2 data layer system optimizing the NGC2 ecosystem.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Integration | — | — | 58.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 2.7% | 8.2 |
| Other / unspecified | 97% | 297.9 |

**Top named industry performers:** ATEC ($8.2M, 2.7%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

NGC2 is the Army's highest Command and Control (C2) modernization priority and will enhance the ability to conduct multi-domain operations by integrating advanced technologies, improving interoperability, and increasing the speed and accuracy of decision-making processes. This funding line supports the C2 Data Layer within the NGC2 ecosystem providing commanders a common layer of persistently available C2 data facilitating faster and better-informed decision making to outpace the enemy.

The Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) program, currently in the Planning Phase (PP), supports the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) Data and Applications Layers established to satisfy requirements captured in the NGC2 Capability Characteristics of Need (CoN), dated 21 May 2024, NGC2 Initial Capability Document (ICD), dated 23 September 2025, and NGC2 CoN Update 2 Annex for Data Layer, dated 23 September 2025. This funding line supports the C2 Data Layer, which provides commanders persistently available C2 data to facilitate faster and better-informed decisions that outpace adversaries.

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- [0604272N — Tact Air Dir Infrared CM (TADIRCM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604272N) (Navy)
- [0304785N — ISR & INFO Operations](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605332A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605332A")`.

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