# SOF Technology Development

**R-2A activity** of project S100 — SOF Technology Development  
**Program element:** 1160401BB — SOF Technology Development  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160401BB/S100/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160401BB

## Summary

This activity requests $39.2M in FY2027, 77% of project S100, down 3.6% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continued ongoing technology development projects in areas such as, but not limited to: advances in lightweight materials, pulse laser technologies, adversarial artificial intelligence, technologies for combat medical equipment, human performance, sensors, information to create effects, improved human-machine interfaces and displays, SOF operations in an ubiquitous environment, and secure communications.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** A $1.446 million decrease reflects the transfer of funds to SOF Brain Health in fiscal year 2027, following an increased focus on protecting and improving SOF Operator Brain Health.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue ongoing technology development projects in areas such as, but not limited to: advances in lightweight materials, pulse laser technologies, adversarial artificial intelligence, technologies for combat medical equipment, human performance, sensors, information to create effects, improved human-machine interfaces and displays, SOF operations in an ubiquitous environment, and secure communications.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue ongoing technology development projects in areas such as, but not limited to: advances in lightweight materials, technologies for combat medical equipment, human performance, sensors, information to create effects, improved human-machine interfaces and displays, capability specific machine learning/artificial intelligence algorithms, and secure communications.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 42.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 40.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 39.2 |

> 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 S100

- SOF Brain Health — FY2027 7.1
- Classified Project — FY2027 4.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1160401BB project S100 (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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