# Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation Ecosystem

**R-2A activity** of project 666158 — INTEGRATED SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS  
**Program element:** 0606017F — Requirements Analysis and Maturation  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666158/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666158

## Summary

This activity requests $10.9M in FY2027, 100% of project 666158, down 35% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** -Continue to develop, enhance, and proliferate enterprise MS&A capabilities on behalf of the USAF and DAF (and Joint MS&A community through tool interoperability and reusability). - Continue to implement USAF Acquisition network for classified analysis while providing a production development environment with stable RDT&E investment to continually enhance capabilities. - Continue development of USAF Acquisition network for classified analysis across different compute types (local, High-Performance Computer, Cloud Computer) and security levels (CUI through TS//SCI//SAR) with integrated ties to DMM ecosystems for activities such as data and Authoritative Source of Truth integration. - Continue to enhance MS&A tools and enable M&S empowered wargaming, support secure data management and sharing, and develop advanced analytical methods required for tailored fidelity of battlespace environments. - Continued integration of Morpheus into the USW/R&E Joint Capability Development Environment providing integrated government cloud environment for Mission Engineering. - Continue to make available and enhance composable models and common frameworks that can be used to support robust development planning and experimentation for DAF leadership.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - FY 2027 funding decreased compared to FY 2026 by $5.913 million to the elimination of the separate Concept Evaluation Thrust, with its associated activities and funding being integrated into the Future Capability Analyses Thrust. This decrease reflects a strategic realignment to optimize capability development areas and improve resource efficiency. - FY 2027 transferred all SAF/SA related work through a zero-base reprogramming from program element 06060617F to program element 0901226F $9.640 million.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue to develop, enhance, and proliferate enterprise M&S capabilities on behalf of the USAF and DAF (and Joint M&S community through tool interoperability and reusability). - Continue to implement the broader Department of the Air Force Modeling and Simulation Gateway (DAF M&S Gateway) and DAF integrated development environment Morpheus while providing a production development environment with stable RDT&E investment to continually enhance capabilities. - Continue development of DAF M&S Gateway and Morpheus across different compute types (local, High-Performance Computer, Cloud Computer) and security levels (CUI through TS//SCI//SAR) with integrated ties to DMM ecosystems for activities such as data and Authoritative Source of Truth integration. - Continue to invest in development planning for M&S activities driven by DAF M&S Senior Steering Committee and DAF M&S Council. - Continue to enhance tools and enable M&S empowered wargaming, support secure data management and sharing, maintain a skilled cadre of analysts, and develop advanced analytical methods required for tailored fidelity of battlespace environments. - Investigate integration of Morpheus with DAF M&S Gateway and LaunchPad linking DMM and DE community through investment in tools and network infrastructure that integrate M&S with DMM and DE. - Continue to integrate M&S capabilities with data analysis and processing capabilities provided by Department of the Air Force Studies and Analysis (SAF/SA) and the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office (SAF/CN). - Continued integration of United States Space Force and Joint M&S capabilities into the Gateway and Morpheus supporting both system and broad system-of-systems, multi-domain level capability development concepts, pre-systems planning, and other relevant strategic development planning activities that enhance the USAF's ability to execute multi-domain operations. - Continue to make available and enhance composable models and common frameworks that can be used to support robust development planning and experimentation for DAF leadership. - This activity will be leveraged to scale up for the broader DAF level Modeling and Simulation enterprise and identify M&S synergies for reusability, commonality, and interoperability between analytic, experimentation, test, training, and planning activities in support of enterprise infrastructure.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 17.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.9 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0606017F project 666158 (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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