# Artificial Intelligence and Lab Infrastructure

**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/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A

> **NEW START.** $164.1M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $164.1M in FY2027, 25% of project DM2 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Software development architecture enhancements and foundational modeling and simulation to support remotely operated autonomous systems and AI enabled fire control. Enables significant reduction of human-in-the-loop interactions across sensor and effector platforms, leverages AI technologies and techniques reducing human cognitive load, augments required tasks, and increases system performance.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 begins AI related software development and modeling and simulation activities across the AIAMD architecture.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 164.1 |

> 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

- [Software Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606118A/DM2/a0) — FY2027 252.3
- [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`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*