# Project 139 — Joint Acquisition Protection Exploitation Cell (JAPEC)

**Program element:** 0605797D8Z — Maintaining Technology Advantage  
**Project:** 139  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605797D8Z/139  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605797D8Z

## Summary

Project 139 — Joint Acquisition Protection Exploitation Cell (JAPEC) requests $14.3M in FY2027, 40% of the $35.5M requested for program element 0605797D8Z, up 11% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 15.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 14.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 14.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605797D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 139 buys

The DoW established a joint analysis capability, the Joint Acquisition Program and Exploitation Cell (JAPEC), to produce analytics products in support of the technology protection mission, such as for foreign investment screening; engage with acquisition, intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement sources to determine consequences of, and appropriate preventative/mitigation actions against unwanted technology transfer; and assess controlled unclassified technical information losses. JAPEC detects and characterizes past technology losses, conducts damage assessments of lost information, and provides insights with predictive value to support and promote activities. JAPEC enables comprehensive, detailed assessments of U.S. military technological vulnerability, as well as inform the development and application of effective policies, countermeasures, and enforcement actions to preserve U.S. technical superiority in all warfighting domains. JAPEC engages with select allies and partners to develop protection efforts across the extended supply chains resulting from the partnerships created by the global S&T community. JAPEC and supporting organizations synchronize, integrate, coordinate, and inform DoW efforts to protect critical technologies from malign investment by strategic competitors and to combat malign activities. JAPEC conducts trend analysis of protection efforts for the Department’s critical acquisition programs and technologies, incorporates findings into protection processes and activities, and analyzes losses, to determine consequences and appropriate courses of action, such as deterrence of our strategic competitors as well as promotion of the NSIB. JAPEC also manages OUSW(R&E)’s responsibilities for CFIUS, including the assessment, review, and investigation of transactions on the CFIUS docket, especially those pertaining to critical technology, sensitive personal data (such as genomic data), and the NSIB, as well as the identification of “non-notified” transactions that are not yet before CFIUS but which may raise national security concerns for OUSW(R&E) programs and mission space, meriting formal review.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Acquisition Protection Exploitation Cell (JAPEC) | 12.1 | 12.9 | 14.3 | +11% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605797D8Z/139/a0) |

> 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.

### Joint Acquisition Protection Exploitation Cell (JAPEC)

- Continue driving towards consistent technology protection guidance and actions across the DoW enterprise by integrating, synchronizing, and deconflicting activities across the Department. Fund pilot programs to explore new concepts and capabilities in support of Department-wide protection activities. Focus on intellectual property…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605797D8Z/139/a0

## 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/0605797D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605797D8Z project 139 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605797D8Z")`.

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