What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project DM2 of PE 0606118A. 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.
Continual testing of IBCS software as Product Increments are released. Identify software deficiencies and/or issues prior to release for Development and Operational test venues. Upgrade lab hardware and software to ensure compatibility across the Integrated Fires system of systems software enterprise. Expand SW development infrastructure, to include lab hardware refresh required to support IBCS configuration changes in fielded assets. Continue THAAD Planner effort providing for development of an interface between IBCS Integrated Defense Design and THAAD Portable Planner. Continue feasibility studies for integration of F35 into IBCS capability through IBCS A/B interface with planned demonstration in FY 2027. Maintain the Patriot Radar Interface Unit base capability to ensure compatibility with IBCS software upgrades. Integrate additional 1-N systems to support architecture design of current and future components at the integrated fires architecture level.
FY2027 funding increase reflects updates to and expansion of the SW development M&S/HWIL infrastructure. Continued IBCS HW fielding requires updating the M&S/HWIL infrastructure to maintain configuration compatibility. Integration of additional IBCS capabilities into the AIAMD System of Systems (ASOS) has created increased demand for pre-flight test predictions. Expansion of existing infrastructure is required to keep pace with this increased demand.
FY2026: the year under way
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.
Continual testing of IBCS software as Product Increments are released. Identify software deficiencies and/or issues prior to release for Development and Operational test venues. Upgrade lab hardware and software to ensure compatibility across the Integrated Fires system of systems software enterprise. Continue THAAD Planner effort providing for development of an interface between IBCS Integrated Defense Design and THAAD Portable Planner. Continue feasibility studies for integration of F35 into IBCS capability through IBCS A/B interface with planned demonstration in FY 2026. Maintain the Patriot Radar Interface Unit base capability to ensure compatibility with IBCS software upgrades. Integrate additional 1-N systems to support architecture design of current and future components at the integrated fires architecture level.
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) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 57.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 126.9 |
This activity is 19% of project DM2's FY2027 request and 19% of PE 0606118A'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.
4 activities in project DM2
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 program-element page.