What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 804 of PE 0605804D8Z. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
- Continue to work with Acquisition Program Managers, Chief Developmental Testers, and Lead Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) organizations to improve DT&E planning and develop comprehensive and efficient DT&E strategies/plans through the use of disciplined Developmental Evaluation Framework matrices and Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT). - Continue to support rapid prototyping, rapid fielding, and technology demonstrations efforts in the development of tailored comprehensive, efficient, and innovative DT&E strategies/plans. - Continue to implement the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) 'Shift Left' initiative that focuses on ensuring DT&E strategies are developed in advance of releasing Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Request for Proposals (RFPs), and increasing the amount and quality of data available to support production decisions with specific focus on cybersecurity, interoperability, and reliability. - For Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID programs, review/approve all Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) submitted to support milestone reviews. For ACAT IB and IC programs, review the DT&E strategy/plans within the TEMP and provide a recommendation to the Service Milestone Decision Authority as to whether or not the strategy is adequate. - For ACAT ID programs, publish independent DT&E Sufficiency Assessments prior to Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - For ACAT IB and IC programs, publish independent DT&E assessments at the development RFP release decision point and Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - When requested by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of War, provide independent developmental test assessments in support of the Under Secretary of War Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S) and Service Milestone Decision Authorities. - Refine DT&E policies and guidance addressing DT&E across all Adaptive Acquisition Framework programs. - Promote the application of sound DT&E and related technical disciplines across the Department's acquisition community and programs. - Implement initiatives that evolve the DT&E 'state of practice' to keep pace with emerging technologies and improve test efficiency to field systems faster.
Decrease due to Contract Service Reductions in the amount of $0.748 million.
FY2025–FY2026: what came before
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
- Continue to work with Acquisition Program Managers, Chief Developmental Testers, and Lead Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) organizations to improve DT&E planning and develop comprehensive and efficient DT&E strategies/plans through the use of disciplined Developmental Evaluation Framework matrices and Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT). - Continue to support rapid prototyping, rapid fielding, and technology demonstrations efforts in the development of tailored comprehensive, efficient, and innovative DT&E strategies/plans. - Continue to implement the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) 'Shift Left' initiative that focuses on ensuring DT&E strategies are developed in advance of releasing Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Request for Proposals (RFPs), and increasing the amount and quality of data available to support production decisions with specific focus on cybersecurity, interoperability, and reliability. - For Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID programs, review/approve all Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) submitted to support milestone reviews. For ACAT IB and IC programs, review the DT&E strategy/plans within the TEMP and provide a recommendation to the Service Milestone Decision Authority as to whether or not the strategy is adequate. - For ACAT ID programs, publish independent DT&E Sufficiency Assessments prior to Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - For ACAT IB and IC programs, publish independent DT&E assessments at the development RFP release decision point and Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - When requested by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of War, provide independent developmental test assessments in support of the Under Secretary of War Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S) and Service Milestone Decision Authorities. - Refine DT&E policies and guidance addressing DT&E across all Adaptive Acquisition Framework programs. - Promote the application of sound DT&E and related technical disciplines across the Department's acquisition community and programs. - Implement initiatives that evolve the DT&E 'state of practice' to keep pace with emerging technologies and improve test efficiency to field systems faster.
- Continue to work with acquisition Program Managers, Chief Developmental Testers, and Lead Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) organizations to improve DT&E planning and develop comprehensive and efficient DT&E strategies/plans through the use of disciplined Developmental Evaluation Framework matrices and Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT). - Continue to support rapid prototyping, rapid fielding, and technology demonstrations efforts in the development of tailored comprehensive, efficient, and innovative DT&E strategies/plans. - Continue to implement the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) 'Shift Left' initiative that focuses on ensuring DT&E strategies are developed in advance of releasing Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Request for Proposals (RFPs), and increasing the quality of data available to support production decisions with specific focus on cybersecurity, interoperability, and reliability. - For Acquisition Category (ACAT) ID programs, review/approve all Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) submitted to support milestone reviews. For ACAT IB and IC programs, review the DT&E strategy/plans within the TEMP and provide a recommendation to the Service Milestone Decision Authority as to whether or not the strategy is adequate. - For ACAT ID programs, publish independent DT&E Sufficiency Assessments prior to Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - For ACAT IB and IC programs, publish independent DT&E assessments at the development RFP release decision point and Milestone B and C decisions with the goal of reducing discovery of performance issues later in the acquisition cycle. - When requested by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense, provide independent developmental test assessments in support of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S) and Service Milestone Decision Authorities. - Refine DT&E policies and guidance addressing DT&E across all Adaptive Acquisition Framework programs. - Promote the application of sound DT&E and related technical disciplines across the Department's acquisition community and programs. - Implement initiatives that evolve the DT&E 'state of practice' to keep pace with emerging technologies and improve test efficiency to field systems faster.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.1 |
This activity is 100% of project 804's FY2027 request and 55% of PE 0605804D8Z's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 804
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.