Project S200
$109.6MFY2027 request ▼ 31%Advanced Technology Development
FY2025 actual$161.7M
FY2026 enacted$158.5M
FY2027 request$109.6M
FY2027 Request
$126.1M
▼ 29% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$176.3M
▼ 2.4% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$180.7M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $126.1M for SOF Advanced Technology Development under RDT&E program element 1160402BB, down 29% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 180.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 176.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 126.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 108.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 110.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 112.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 114.3 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 3 — Advanced Technology Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Current
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 1160402BB
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 -28% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project SF101
$16.4MFY2027 request ▼ 8%Engineering Analysis
FY2025 actual$19.0M
FY2026 enacted$17.8M
FY2027 request$16.4M
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$126.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$126.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$126.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$202.1M +$76.0M · +60%
▲ $76.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
S200 Advanced Technology Development This project conducts rapid prototyping and Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs). ATDs provide a means for evaluating the utility of emerging/advanced technologies in operationally relevant environments with Special Operations Forces (SOF) users. Evaluation results are included in a transition package, which assists in the initiation of or insertion into an acquisition program.
Project S200, SF101 — Advanced Technology Development
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 1160402BB (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/1160402BB.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$109.6M
▼ 31% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$158.5M
▼ 2.0% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$161.7M
Prior year
Advanced Technology Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 1160402BB. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project S200 — Advanced Technology Development — requests $109.6M in FY2027, 87% of the $126.1M requested for program element 1160402BB. Year over year it falls 31% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project S200 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 161.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 158.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 109.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 88.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 90.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 92.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 94.1 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual$75.9M
FY2026 enacted$75.8M
FY2027 request$75.3M
Continue the development and insertion of technology into existing programs. Technologies include but are not limited to: scalable and precision effects; command and control systems; battlespace awareness capabilities; Sensor-fusion with AI/large language models; tailorable secure network fabric/agile scalable swarms; multi-domain…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2025 actual$73.2M
FY2026 enacted$48.8M
FY2027 request$25.0M
Efforts in FY 2027 will focus on completing the HSVTOL demonstration platform's development, achieving airworthiness certification, and transitioning from critical design activities to the manufacturing and final assembly of the demonstration vehicle. Key activities will include the completion of final Software Integration Lab…
Read the FY2027 plan →Classified Sub-Project▲ 25%
FY2025 actual$7.7M
FY2026 enacted$7.4M
FY2027 request$9.3M
Details provided under separate cover.
Project detail
What project S200 buys
This project provides for rapid prototyping, Advanced Technology Demonstrations (ATDs) and Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations. It is a means for demonstrating and evaluating the utility of emerging/advanced technologies in operationally relevant environments with Special Operations Forces (SOF) users. This project integrates disruptive solutions and emerging technologies and then presents them in technology demonstrations, in conjunction with joint experiments and other assessment events. Evaluation results often facilitate the initiation of new programs and the insertion of appropriate technologies to acquisition programs. This project leverages key stakeholder relationships with the Department of Defense and government technology developers to address unique, joint special mission or area-specific needs for which a few rapid prototypes must be developed on a responsive basis, or of sufficient time sensitivity to accelerate prototyping efforts of a normal acquisition program in any phase.
FY2027 Request
$16.4M
▼ 7.7% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$17.8M
▼ 6.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$19.0M
Prior year
Engineering Analysis — one RDT&E project inside PE 1160402BB. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project SF101 — Engineering Analysis — requests $16.4M in FY2027, 13% of the $126.1M requested for program element 1160402BB. Year over year it falls 7.7% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project SF101 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 17.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 19.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 19.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 20.2 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
National to Theater Engineering Analysis▲ 4%
FY2025 actual$2.4M
FY2026 enacted$2.5M
FY2027 request$2.6M
Continue additional testing and evaluation required on various equipment items such as communications, intelligence, weapons, and operator protection planned for transition to SOF Theater Forces.
Engineering Analysis▼ 18%
FY2025 actual$12.7M
FY2026 enacted$12.1M
FY2027 request$10.0M
Continue to assess concepts and prototypes that provide increased capability of SOF mobility platforms to include improvements to meet emerging threats. Assesses and evaluates advanced methods to deliver scalable and precision effects. Identifies, assesses, and evaluates improved multi-domain communications and computers that incorporate…
Read the FY2027 plan →Experimentation Force▲ 21%
FY2025 actual$3.8M
FY2026 enacted$3.2M
FY2027 request$3.9M
Continue the development of innovative concepts, conducts experimentation to develop autonomous remotely controlled systems, solutions for contested communications and solutions for contested logistics.
Project detail
What project SF101 buys
This project provides a rapid response capability to support Special Operations Forces (SOF) programs and capabilities across the enterprise. The purpose is to correct system deficiencies, improve asset life, and enhance mission capability through the means of feasibility studies, analysis of alternatives, pre-developmental risk reduction studies, and engineering analyses. This project provides the engineering required to improve the design and performance integrity of the SOF equipment and software and to integrate disruptive “off-the-shelf” technologies to meet current and emergent capability gaps. This project also conducts risk reduction studies, analyses, and demonstrations to support emerging, time-critical equipment, weapons, and sensor enhancements.