# (u)marine Aviation DEVEL Management & Support — Program Element 0606295M

**Program element:** 0606295M  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606295M

## Summary

U.S. Navy funding ramps 305% to a $19.2M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 73% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators cut 26% (to $14.2M).

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 19.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 19.2 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 19.2 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 14.2 | −4.9 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3754 | Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | new start |
| 3753 | Capability Development Support | 4.9 | 4.7 | 9.3 | +97% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 3754 — Marine Aviation Accelerated Decision Making System

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Accomplishment/Planned Program Entry | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 3753 — Capability Development Support

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.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Development Support | 4.9 | 4.7 | 9.3 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## 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).

## Related program elements

- [0605151D8Z — Studies and Analysis Support – OSD](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605151D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0604289M — Expeditionary Logistics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604289M) (Navy)
- [0206624M — Marine Corps Cmbt Services Supt](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206624M) (Navy)
- [0101316F — Strategic Automated Command and Control System](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101316F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0606295M (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0606295M")`.

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