# Project S200 — Advanced Technology Development

**Program element:** 1160402BB — SOF Advanced Technology Development  
**Project:** S200  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB/S200  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB

## Summary

Project S200 — Advanced Technology Development requests $109.6M in FY2027, 87% of the $126.1M requested for program element 1160402BB, down 31% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1160402BB; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOF Special Technology Project | 75.9 | 75.8 | 75.3 | −1% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB/S200/a0) |
| High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) | 73.2 | 48.8 | 25.0 | −49% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB/S200/a1) |
| Classified Sub-Project | 7.7 | 7.4 | 9.3 | +25% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### SOF Special Technology Project

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB/S200/a0

### High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL)

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB/S200/a1

### Classified Sub-Project

**FY2027 planned work.** Details provided under separate cover.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Details for increase of $1.877 million provided under separate cover. Sub-project is reported in accordance with Title 10, United States Code, Section 119(a)(1), in the Special Access Program Annual Report to Congress.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Details provided under separate cover.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Details provided under separate cover.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160402BB.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1160402BB project S200 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1160402BB")`.

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