# Software Development

**R-2A activity** of project DM2 — AIAMD Software Development & Integration  
**Program element:** 0606118A — AIAMD Software Development & Integration  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A/DM2/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A

## Summary

This activity requests $252.3M in FY2027, 39% of project DM2, up 28% 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.** The FY 2027 AIAMD Software Development and Integration program continues agile software development, updates and integration, developmental testing, requirements verification of the software builds, operational testing, and integration activities for baseline capabilities to include Patriot, IFPC, LTAMDS, and migration of Forward Area Air Defense Command (FAAD) and AMDWS capabilities into IBCS. SW Development supporting IBCS THAAD Integration (ITI). Enables radar measurements on Integrated Fires Control Network (IFCN). Increases data sharing, situational awareness, and engagement coordination. The program also continues expansion of SW development capacity to meet increasing integration demands and enable multiple 1-N capability items to be worked concurrently as defined by emerging joint Warfighter priorities. Development and testing in FY 2027 contribute to the Guam Defense System (GDS) architecture including countering advanced threats and capability integration with LTAMDS, IFPC, Sentinel A4, RIG-360, and ALPS. In addition, this funding supports the Software Development Environment to include facilities and infrastructure required to develop AIAMD software.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increase reflects software development supporting IBCS THAAD Integration (ITI) and infrastructure and continued increase in SW development activities to support Warfighter 1-n priorities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The FY26 AIAMD Software Development and Integration program continues agile software development, updates and integration, developmental testing, requirements verification of the software builds, operational testing, and integration activities for baseline capabilities to include Patriot, IFPC, LTAMDS, and Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) Convergence into IBCS. The program also expands development capacity to meet increasing integration demands and enables multiple 1-N capability items to be worked concurrently as defined by emerging joint Warfighter priorities. Development and testing in FY26 contributes to the Guam Defense System (GDS) architecture including countering advanced threats and capability integration with LTAMDS, IFPC, Sentinel A4, RIG-360, and ALPS. In addition, this funding supports the Software Development Environment to include facilities and infrastructure required to develop AIAMD software.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 196.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 252.3 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project DM2

- [Artificial Intelligence and Lab Infrastructure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A/DM2/a3) — FY2027 164.1
- [Modeling and Simulation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A/DM2/a1) — FY2027 126.9
- [Test and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A/DM2/a2) — FY2027 110.4

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0606118A project DM2 (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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