# Defense Technology Analysis — Program Element 0605798D8Z

**Program element:** 0605798D8Z  
**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/0605798D8Z

## Summary

Defense-Wide funding ramps 269% to a $165.5M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 60% 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.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 25.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 44.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 165.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 112.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 116.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 62.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 66.1 |

> 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 | 165.5 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 165.5 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 165.5 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 165.5 | +0.0 |

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

## Projects (7)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Alternative PNT | 0.0 | 0.0 | 113.0 | new start |
| 796 | Laboratory Resource Management | 4.4 | 31.9 | 37.9 | +19% |
| 798 | Defense Support Teams | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.6 | +6% |
| 728 | Homeland Defense Capability Development | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 | +38% |
| 966 | Defense Science Study Group | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +0% |
| 965 | Tech Trans & Comm Partnership | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 797 | Defense Tech Analysis | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |

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

### Project 119 — Alternative PNT

The Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)project uniquely engages with the Services, Combatant Commands, and our federal partners on critical S&T initiatives to develop emerging PNT technology, sources, and countering small unmanned system threats to our military forces and installations across all domains and all threat environments. Work in this project explores PNT technology and solution needs across the domains of Air, Land, Sea (surface and undersea), and Space, and enables development and maturation of new transitionable maps, sensors, data fusion hubs, and integration techniques targeting GPS-denied or GPS-degraded environments include navigation-quality magnetic anomaly maps and sensors; augmented space-based, non-GPS satellite navigation and time distribution, platform and mission tailored alternative PNT fusion solutions, and best practices for alternative PNT integration through software and hardware. These activities support multiple, new critical technology areas in Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternative PNT | — | — | 113.0 |

> 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 796 — Laboratory Resource Management

The Laboratory Resource Management project provides funding for the Defense Laboratory Office within the USW(R&E). The Defense Laboratory Office mission is to craft policy and provide the oversight necessary to both preserve current, and develop future, DoW in-house laboratory capabilities such that they continue to generate mission-critical innovations that increase the U.S. military advantage and enhance U.S. national security. The Defense Laboratory Office advocates and supports the DoW laboratory system in three areas: (1) facilities and infrastructure; (2) personnel and quality of workforce; and (3) technology transfer. FY 2022 added the Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP). This effort seeks to address infrastructure gaps within the Department’s Laboratory community by establishing a dedicated funding stream for the DoW’s laboratories to address infrastructure issues, including facility planning, design, construction, sustainment repair, and/or modernization. The DoW Laboratory Enterprise consists of more than 60 laboratories with approximately 67,000 employees (approximately 50,000 of whom are scientists and engineers). Section 211 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 also transferred the management of the laboratory demonstration program at Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) from the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness (USW(P&R)) to the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (USW(R&E)). Section 218 of the NDAA for FY 2018 amended the authority by re-designating management to the USW(R&E).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratories and Personnel Office | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Central Lab Investment Program (CLIP) | 4.4 | 28.2 | 34.2 |

> 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 798 — Defense Support Teams

The Department's key expertise for reviewing and guiding research and engineering (R&E) programs resides in the (OUSW(R&E). The OUSW(R&E) staff augment their responsibilities through connections to technology experts in various fields throughout academia, industry, and government. This project provides engineering, scientific, and analytical support to the OUSW(R&E) in its responsibility for direction, overall quality, and content of the science and technology (S&T) program. This activity conducts assessments and analyses to ensure maximum utilization of research and development funds to accomplish the overall objectives of the S&T program. It ensures the technology being developed is affordable and minimizes system development risk. Funds are required for technical, analytical, management support, travel, and publications.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Support Teams | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.6 |

> 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 728 — Homeland Defense Capability Development

The Homeland Defense Capability Development Initiatives project uniquely engages with the Services, Combatant Commands, and our federal partners on critical S&T initiatives to both develop emerging unmanned systems technology and technology countering unmanned system threats to our military forces and installations across all domains. Work in this project explores and identifies critical technology needs across the domains of Air, Land, Sea, and Space, and enables development of synergistic platforms and weapons systems S&T strategies to include unmanned and counter unmanned systems technologies across the kill chain and their applications to future force projection and protection capabilities as identified in the 2026 National Defense Strategy. Key technology applications complement the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering’s (OUSW(R&E)) Critical Technology areas.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Defense Capability Development Initiatives | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |

> 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 966 — Defense Science Study Group

The objectives of the Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) program are to: (1) identify emerging leaders of science and technology in both the traditional disciplines and in new or interdisciplinary fields related to defense needs; (2) introduce these individuals to the national security community and current defense issues and needs; (3) foster in them a long-term interest in defense issues and needs;(4) create a network of informed, talented, and involved alumni within key disciplines and research centers that are critical to national security; and (5) provide continuing opportunities for those who complete the program to bring their experience and talents to bear on issues and challenges confronting national security.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) Program | — | 1.0 | 1.0 |

> 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 965 — Tech Trans & Comm Partnership

Technology Transfer and Commercial Partnership’s (T2CP) mission is to provide policy, guidance and coordination of the Department of War (DoW) T2 Components’ programs which encompass more than 9,000 active public private partnerships with DoW laboratories. The T2 budget is used to implement the 15 USC 3702 and 3710, multiple 10 USC partnership authorities, and DoD Instructions 5535.08 and .11.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Transfer and Commercial Partnership | 1.6 | — | — |

> 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 797 — Defense Tech Analysis

The Defense Technology Analysis (DTA) project funds engineering, scientific, and analytical support for the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) and specifically the Officer of Deputy Chief Technology for Critical Technologies (ASWCT). The ASW(CT) supports the USW(R&E) by prioritizing the National Defense Strategy modernization lines of effort in order to maintain competitive advantage against adversaries. The efforts funded in this project directly support and are critical to developing and continuously updating research and technology development roadmaps as required by Section 217 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Technology Analysis | 8.0 | — | — |

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This program supports the Department’s initiatives to rebuilding the military by rapidly fielding emerging technologies. This program provides mission support to the Under Secretary of War (USW), Research and Engineering (R&E) covering a wide range of studies and analysis in support of the R&E program and its impacts on the Department's decision to fund RDT&E efforts. Such activities include: (1) identification and development of new technological opportunities; (2) insertion of new technologies into warfighting systems and operations; and (3) management and evaluation of the effectiveness of technology programs.

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605798D8Z (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
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