RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Activities

PE 0606135D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Defense-Wide · RDT&E
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Defense-Wide requests $0.0M in FY2027.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.9M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $0.0M for Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) Activities under RDT&E program element 0606135D8Z, against nothing enacted in FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

08.9FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual8.9
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0606135D8Z

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year.

Project 069

Responsible AI

FY2027 request
FY2025 actual$8.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request

The RAI Division fulfills the functions of both RAI Capability Development and the building of an RAI Customer Ecosystem. The RAI Division provides critical tools and infrastructure and best practices to all DoW Partners. This includes the building and release of the RAI Toolkit and RAI Toolkit Web Application, the DoW’s AI Assurance Portal, DoW Data and Model Card Templates and supporting software, the DoW’s Frontier AI Red Teaming Program (for the AI RCC), technical guardrails and benchmarks for Frontier AI, enterprise-wide AI Assurance Tools, RAI & AI Assurance support to the Services, the development and validation of the Department’s AI Assurance policies, and various technical resources for topics including Red Teaming, Human Machine Teaming, Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Management, etc. Additionally, the CDAO RAI Division has built and continues to grow the DoW RAI Ecosystem, through chairing the Department’s RAI Working Council, leading the Department’s RAI Community of Interest, co-chairing NATO’s AI Assurance body, leading the Department’s RAI Academic Council, and chairing (by appointment of the White House) the working group responsible for assembling the process and resources for the inter-agency to comply with White House AI Risk Requirements.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Responsible Artificial Intelligence (RAI) / Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Technologies
FY2025 actual$8.9M
FY2026 enacted
FY2027 request

FY2025 accomplishments RAI will complete pilots, exercises, and validation working implementation of multiple pilots and exercises to validate the RAI Toolkit (including with DoD and international partners), development of various technical tools for AI Assurance, safety, and performance testing, and the stand-up of the Department’s AI Assurance Portal. RAI will provide new, modular variations of the RAI Toolkit for different use cases (including for autonomous weapons and generative AI). RAI will look to transition critical capabilities to other CDAO Directorates (including DTM, Mission Analytics, Cyber Assurance, and Assessment & Assurance) and to partners in the components and services and partners in the…

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) supports the Department's initiatives to build an enduring competitive advantage, while forging a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem. The CDAO is responsible for strengthening and integrating data, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions in the Department in support of the interim National Defense Strategy and Section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023.

Project 069 — Responsible AI
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0606135D8Z (President's Budget PB2027).
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