# DIU Fielding

**R-2A activity** of project 496 — DIU Fielding  
**Program element:** 0608776D8Z — Defense Innovation Unit Fielding  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 8  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0608776D8Z/496/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0608776D8Z/496

## Summary

This activity requests $335.9M in FY2027, 100% of project 496, up 1766% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** In support of the Secretary of War’s directive to transform the Defense Innovation Ecosystem to Accelerate Warfighting Advantage, DIU will: 1) Focus on high technologies that produce overmatch domination; 2) Focus on technologies that reduce the number of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Guardians in harm’s way; 3) Focus on capabilities that can scale quickly and dramatically reduce costs.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The $317.867 million increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is an essential baseline requirement to support the Secretary of War’s directive to transform the Defense Innovation Ecosystem and accelerate our warfighting advantage. This targeted investment will prioritize commercial capabilities that deliver immediate results and asymmetric advantages by empowering DIU to execute DoW strategic objectives. This request guarantees DIU's ability to deliver advanced systems that ensure multi-domain supremacy, prioritize autonomous platforms to safeguard our service members from kinetic threats, and accelerate the enterprise-wide integration of affordable technologies.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Facilitate agile research, development, test and evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and operation and maintenance requirements, including the initial acquisition of end-items for operational use.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 18.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 335.9 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0608776D8Z project 496 (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`.

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