What project 001 buys
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) serves as the foundation of the Department of War's research and innovation ecosystem. As the central repository for all research and development activity—from planning through execution—DTIC is undergoing a pivotal transformation. By expanding its vast collections and integrating with advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning models, DTIC is evolving into a proactive tool for strategic foresight. This in turn will empower the Department with collective awareness, horizon scanning, and trend analysis, enabling DoW researchers to avoid duplication, deploy resources more efficiently and effectively, and deliver enhanced capabilities to our warfighters faster. The transformation of DTIC’s infrastructure and platform in support of an AI-enabled repository is a critical investment, designed to accelerate our technical maturity and secure decision advantage for senior leaders. To realize the full potential of its transformation, DTIC must cultivate strong partnerships across the research ecosystem. The vision of leveraging DoW’s strategic research assets and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities explicitly acknowledges that DTIC cannot achieve its goals in isolation. Strategic collaboration with the Joint Staff, military departments, Combatant Commands, Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, OUSW Comptroller, DCAPE, DoW CIO, FFRDCs, etc. is paramount. These partnerships provide access to data sources, cutting-edge technologies, and specialized expertise, that are essential for a complete collection and rapid integration of AI/ML for sophisticated analysis.
Project 001 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 65.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 55.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 52.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 53.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 54.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 56.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 57.2 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Fully implement DTIC’s transition to AI-enabled organization/ collection/ one-stop RDT&E analytics DTIC’s S&T/RDT&E Collection: -- Take full advantage of the strategic value of the AI enabled collection -- perform sophisticated analysis, identify patterns, generate predictive insights --Engage with Military Service Labs; FFRDC; UARCs…
Read the FY2027 plan →