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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Operational Enhancements

PE 1160408BB·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$279.5M
⚑ Contested — House adds 11%
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Defense-Wide requests $279.5M in FY2027 — the program's peak. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 11% (to $310.2M); the Senate added 12% (to $312.7M); House appropriators added 14% (to $318.3M).

FY2027 Request
$279.5M
▲ 10% vs FY2026
House mark
$310.2M
▼ $30.7M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$253.5M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $279.5M for Operational Enhancements under RDT&E program element 1160408BB, up 10% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to raise it to $310.2M.

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.

501001502002500246.5FY25ACTUAL253.5FY26ENACTED279.5FY27REQUEST219.5FY28222.3FY29225.4FY30229.6FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual246.5
FY2026Enacted253.5
FY2027Request279.5
FY2028Outyear219.5
FY2029Outyear222.3
FY2030Outyear225.4
FY2031Outyear229.6
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 1160408BB

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 10% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project S500A

Operational Enhancements

$279.5MFY2027 request ▲ 10%
FY2025 actual$246.5M
FY2026 enacted$253.5M
FY2027 request$279.5M

Details are provided under separate cover.

Congressional action

The request is contested

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$279.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$310.2M +$30.7M · +11%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$312.7M +$33.2M · +12%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$318.3M +$38.8M · +14%
▲ $8.1M 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

Details are provided under separate cover.

Project S500A — Operational Enhancements
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Sources
FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 1160408BB (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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