# Digital Engineering

**R-2A activity** of project CF6 — Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)  
**Program element:** 0605625A — Manned Ground Vehicle  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605625A/CF6/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605625A

## Summary

This activity requests $21.7M in FY2027, 7.5% of project CF6, down 35% 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.** This initiative delivers a comprehensive digital engineering ecosystem, encompassing a cloud-based Digital Engineering (DE) environment and a government-owned software development platform that integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and a Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps) pipeline. It employs a Digital Twin technology development approach to enhance system design and analysis. The DE costs include software engineering (SE) licenses for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML modeling tools, data management and analysis tools, and modeling and simulation software. DevSecOps costs cover the infrastructure necessary to support the XM30 Software Pathway program, including two vendors developing software within a government-furnished cloud environment. These costs are based on the licenses and pipelines required to oversee and develop XM30 software using an agile DevSecOps methodology. Integration costs include the development of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to connect PLM software with various government-owned and commercial tools. This effort also supports future cloud security enhancements, data backups, and data archiving. Additionally, this initiative funds the Virtual Software-In-The-Loop (VSIL) environment hosted within the Digital Acquisition Environment (DAE). The VSIL environment virtualizes computing hardware and software, including graphics and memory systems associated with vehicle designs. Virtual Machines (VMs) within the DAE emulate the computing hardware specifications of the physical systems. Software from the DevSecOps environment integrates into these VMs to virtualize computing machines, develop test software to evaluate computing resource constraints, and assess interactions among virtual machines. These VMs are instantiated using scripts based on the hardware specifications defined in the vehicle's model-based definition. The VSIL environment enables early and frequent virtual testing of computing hardware, reducing uncertainty in hardware performance and improving overall system reliability and efficiency.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to transitioning Digital Engineering activities to a lower cost cloud environment and completing initial environment development activities in FY26.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Provides the entire digital engineering ecosystem - which includes a cloud-based Digital Engineering (DE) environment and a government owned software development, Artificial Intelligence, and machine learning environment using a Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps) software and Digital Twin technology development approach. DE costs include the software (SE) licenses for the requirement Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML modeling tools, data management and analysis, and modeling & simulation software. DevSecOps costs include the infrastructure required to implement the XM30 Software Pathway program, and multiple vendors developing software in a government furnished cloud environment - which are based on the licenses and pipelines required for the oversight and development of XM30 Software using an agile DevSecOps software approach. Integration costs include the creation of Automatic Program Interfaces (API) between the PLM software and various government owned and commercial tools. This also encompasses future cloud security enhancements, data backups and data archiving. This effort also funds the Virtual Systems Integration Lab (VSIL) environment hosted on the Digital Acquisition Environment (DAE) that seeks to virtualize computing hardware and software for computing, graphics, and memories associated with the vehicle designs. The use of Virtual Machines (VMs) within the DAE will emulate the computing hardware specifications of the hardware. Software will integrate from the DevSecOps environment and virtualize computing machines, develop the test software evaluating computing resource constraints, seeking to integrate and evaluate the interaction amongst the virtual machines. These VMs will be instantiated by scripts based on the hardware specifications in the vehicle's model-based definition. The VSIL environment will provide early and increased frequency of virtual testing of computing hardware facilitating reduced uncertainty of hardware performance.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Provides the entire digital engineering ecosystem - which includes a cloud-based Digital Engineering (DE) environment and a government owned software development, Artifical Intelligence, and machine learning environment using a Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps) software and Digital Twin technology development approach. Cost includes further scaling up licenses, capacity, and support commensurate with the growth of MS&A, Architecture, and Test Evaluation teams. DE costs include the software (SE) licenses for the requirement Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) SysML modeling tools, and logistics and modeling & simulation software. DevSecOps costs include 2 vendors developing software in a government furnished cloud environment - which are based on the licenses and pipelines required for the oversight and development of XM30 Software using an agile DevSecOps software approach. Integration costs include the creation of Automatic Program Interfaces (API) between the PLM software and various government owned and commercial.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 33.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.7 |

> 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 CF6

- [Product Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605625A/CF6/a2) — FY2027 179.5
- [System Test & Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605625A/CF6/a6) — FY2027 56.4
- [Government Engineering & Program Management](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605625A/CF6/a0) — FY2027 23.2
- Software Pathway — FY2027 4.0
- Modeling Simulation & Analysis — FY2027 2.6
- XM913 Maturation — FY2027 2.4
- Training Aids, Devices, Simulators & Simulation (TADSS) — FY2027 0.2
- Government Architecture — FY2027 —
- Technology Maturation & Analysis — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605625A project CF6 (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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