# Advanced Wargaming Modeling and Simulation - WarMatrix

**R-2A activity** of project 676009 — M & S DEVELOPMENT  
**Program element:** 0901226F — M & S Development  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F

> **NEW START.** $40.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $40.0M in FY2027, 49% of project 676009 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Develops the HAF/A5/7 WarMatrix prototype, which recently successfully achieved Initial Operational Capability at the Global Engagement 2026 Wargame under the larger effort to modernize legacy wargaming process integration of modeling, simulation, analytical, and Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Activities include development of requirements, technical engineering artifacts, software development, architecture development, modeling, integration of data bases, and enhancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to FY27 activities. FY27 funding increase provides experimentation opportunities at FY27 wargame and operational training exercise events (ie Space Force Battle School, Bamboo Eagle, Keen Edge, Global Engagement 2027) to assess WarMatrix as the DAF's proposed solution to Office Secretary of War's Joint requirement for Next-Generation Wargaming at which point funding responsibilities would transition from HAF/A5/7 to SAF/SA.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.0 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 676009

- [Mission Modeling and Simulation / Analytical Framework for Simulation Integration and Modeling (AFSIM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a1) — FY2027 17.0
- [Next-Generation Campaign Modeling Tool Suite Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a4) — FY2027 10.0
- Joint M&S Information Technology Platforms / Joint Modeling, Simulation and Analytics Gateway — FY2027 7.3
- Campaign Modeling and Simulation / Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM) — FY2027 5.0
- Airfield Damage-Assessment and Resiliency Model (AD-ARM) — FY2027 2.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0901226F project 676009 (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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