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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies

PE 0608775D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA8 — Budget Activity 8
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
⚑ Contested — House approps adds $65.0M
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Defense-Wide funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, House appropriators added $65.0M (to $65.0M).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$65.0M
▼ $65.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$75.0M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $0.0M for Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies under RDT&E program element 0608775D8Z, down 100% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to raise it to $65.0M.

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.

25507500.0FY25ACTUAL75.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted75.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 8 — Budget Activity 8.

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

1 project rolls up into PE 0608775D8Z

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 -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 255

Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies

$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$75.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M

The Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program is authorized in Section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2025. APFIT is a competitive, merit-based internal DoW process to solicit, evaluate and select projects for $10 million to $50 million of procurement funding, with priority to those provided by small businesses and non-traditional defense innovators. APFIT accelerates the delivery of these capabilities to the Services and Agencies by providing critical procurement funding to programs with production-ready capability and a current procurement funding disconnect, thereby enabling the transition of the program across the "valley of death".

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT)
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—
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
$0.0M
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$65.0M +$65.0M
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

As directed by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) FY 2025 Sec. 861, the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program competitively selects projects in coordination with the Service Acquisition Executives and the Joint Staff. Project selection is guided by the National Defense Strategy with a focus on building enduring advantages through making the right technology investments and strengthening the resiliency and adaptability in our industrial base.

Project 255 — Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0608775D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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