Project 3754
$9.8MFY2027 request NEWMarine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$9.8M
FY2027 Request
$19.2M
▲ 305% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$14.2M
▼ $4.9M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$4.7M
In law
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $19.2M for (u)marine Aviation DEVEL Management & Support under RDT&E program element 0606295M, up 305% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $14.2M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 5.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 5.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.1 |
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
2 projects roll up into PE 0606295M
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. This PE moves 305% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 3753
$9.3MFY2027 request ▲ 97%Capability Development Support
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$9.3M
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$19.2M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$19.2M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$19.2M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$14.2M −$4.9M · −26%
▲ $4.9M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Marine Aviation Developmental Management and Support enables the development of Marine Aviation's future capability concepts through analytically rigorous study, modeling, simulation, and validation. This PE includes funding for the integration of Marine Aviation into the USMC's Navy Capabilities-Based Assessments Integration Process - Marine Corps (NCIP-MC) processes, integration of USMC Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis and prototyping efforts, as well as support to ongoing joint warfighting effectiveness efforts lead by OSW Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) and Research & Engineering (R&E).
Project 3754, 3753 — Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0606295M (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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HitchAI, "(u)marine Aviation DEVEL Management & Support (PE 0606295M)," federal budget intelligence, PB2027 vintage. hitchintel.com/programs/0606295M
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/programs/0606295M.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$9.8M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System — one RDT&E project inside PE 0606295M. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 3754 — Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System — requests $9.8M in FY2027, 51% of the $19.2M requested for program element 0606295M. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 3754 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 9.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
New Accomplishment/Planned Program EntryNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$9.8M
FY2027 planned work Continued enhancements to current V-22, F-35, and C-130 AI prototype software applications. Engineering support will execute initial deployment of prototypes to Fleet users in order to inform future enhancements and generate backlog of critical issues that require correction. Prototyping and operational assessments will identify additional Fleet assets for incorporation into future prototyping and operational assessment events.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funds increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 for AI prototype software application development and operational assessment efforts for identified Marine Aviation T/M/S platforms.
Project detail
What project 3754 buys
Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System enables a Marine Aviation wide, large-scale implementation of autonomy, artificial intelligence and agentic workflows to enable Marine Aviation to excel in both future asymmetric and peer/near-pear operations. These operations will require the use of decentralized decision-making across distributed aviation forces through Marine Corps concepts of operations such as Distributed Aviation Operations (DAO) and Decision-Centric Aviation Operations (DCAO) with the goal of enabling faster decision making and preservation of tactical operators for strategic tasking.
FY2027 Request
$9.3M
▲ 97% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.7M
▼ 3.9% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.9M
Prior year
Capability Development Support — one RDT&E project inside PE 0606295M. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 3753 — Capability Development Support — requests $9.3M in FY2027, 49% of the $19.2M requested for program element 0606295M. Year over year it grows 97% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 3753 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 9.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 5.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 5.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.1 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Capability Development Support▲ 97%
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$9.3M
FY2027 planned work Conduct mission effectiveness, operational analysis, and trade studies supporting requirements refinement for USMC Aviation platforms aligning to future capability concepts. Activities include conceptual design and effectiveness analysis of Future Attack Strike (FASt) aircraft development. Operational effectiveness and high-fidelity threat analysis will be supported by the Virtual Warfare Center (VWC), Government and Contractor entities. Analytical rigor will be provided by integrating into the USN's NCIP and the USMC's NCIP-MC processes, as well as continued cross-service collaboration efforts with the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Validation of Marine Aviation requirements and investment…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funds increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to increased support to ongoing joint warfighting effectiveness efforts, including Future Attack Strike (FASt) analysis.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue developmental and Operational test and evaluation planning and development, mission effectiveness and operational analysis, and trade studies. Operational effectiveness and high-fidelity threat analysis will be supported by the Virtual Warfare Center (VWC), Government and Contractor entities. Analytical rigor will be provided by integrating into the USN's NCIP and the USMC's NCIP-MC processes, as well as continued cross-service collaboration efforts with the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Validation of Marine Aviation requirements and investment decisions will be conducted utilizing new and legacy Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) infrastructure to include facilities…
Project detail
What project 3753 buys
Capability Development Support will provide Marine Aviation with the capability to conduct fully informed mission and operational analysis, driven by threat data and guided by Force Design. As USMC tactics evolve in support of the Stand-in Force (SiF), this PU informs investment decisions for future Marine Aviation capabilities and drives innovation through the validation of Science and Technology (S&T) transitions into both legacy and future Fleet assets.