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Distributed Cyber Warfare Operations
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $40.5M |
| FY25 | $30.0M |
| FY26 | $31.2M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $12.9M | $14.9M | $24.1M | $38.2M | $38.9M | $67.7M | $65.4M | $68.2M | $69.4M | $40.5M | ||
| Enacted | $12.9M | $25.0M | $39.7M | $40.2M | $35.2M | $68.2M | $72.5M | $76.4M | $50.1M | $30.0M | ||
| Request | $25.0M | $39.7M | $40.5M | $35.2M | $68.3M | $72.5M | $113.9M | $50.1M | $30.0M | $31.2M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $113.9M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $69.4M as actual total obligation authority — $44.5M below the request. 69.4 − 113.9 = -44.5 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — AF Offensive Cyber Operations
Distributed Cyber Warfare Operations (DCWO) consists of a portfolio of programs and projects that conduct Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) leading to operations-ready offensive cyberspace capabilities. This includes the transition of efforts from laboratory, industry, and academia via studies, accelerated prototyping, and technology demonstrations. DCWO effectiveness comes from balancing acquisition related RDT&E efforts in three Air Force (AF) offensive cyber operations (OCO) mission threads (Off Network, Telephony Network, and the associated Infrastructure that propel the Off Network and Telephony Network mission threads) across three OCO-related subsystems and technical enablers (Platforms, Access, and Cyber Weapons) that enable products, services, and systems in the DCWO portfolio. The resulting DCWO capabilities provide cyber effects to Combatant Commanders and other offensive cyber customers to enable air superiority. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY24 $1.995M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY25 $2.046M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $1.049 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.” This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (3)
AF Cyber Mission Platform (CMP)
Platform capabilities primarily consist of the USAF Cyber Mission Platform (CMP) program. CMP is an Acquisition Category (ACAT) III program of record that provides a modular, configurable framework for cyberspace operations. The CMP framework is currently being applied to offensive cyber operations and may also be applied to defensive cyber operations in the future as prioritized by CMP stakeholders. CMP uses an Agile acquisition strategy that allows the USAF to dynamically prioritize the delivery of operational capabilities. The CMP program develops capability enhancements on a regular cadence and delivers them to operations based on operational need and acceptance timelines. The program office will posture to work RDT&E efforts on core CMP capabilities until the USCYBERCOM Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP) is fielded for operations. Moreover, the program office will continue to conduct DCWO development activities to integrate unique, Air Force-specific, platform related capabilities in support of cyber missions.
Access/Infrastructure
Access and Infrastructure capabilities provide connectivity and required infrastructure to conduct OCO. USAF OCO access and infrastructure solutions are developed and fielded through the DCWO program office and also leverage industry and other Government/non-Government mission partner applications and programs.
DCWO (Formerly AF Cyber Mission Platform, Access/Infrastructure, and Payloads)
DCWO portfolio consists of a variety of capabilities previously described as Platform, Access, and Payloads products and services prior to FY 2025. In FY 2025, DCWO programs and projects are managed and delivered in a more cohesive and integrated fashion more closely aligned to OCO organizations executing operations across applicable AF OCO mission threads (Off Network, Telephony Network, and associated Infrastructure that enables the Off network and Telephony network mission threads). Therefore, the new DCWO major thrust will comprise the Platform (formerly the AF CMP thrust), Access (formerly the Access/Infrastructure thrust), and Cyber Weapons (formerly the Payloads thrust) OCO-related product lines as subsystems and technical enablers that will each consist of the Off Network, Telephony Network, and Infrastructure mission thread portfolios. DCWO products and services are managed, developed, fielded, and sustained through the AF Life Cycle Management Center, Cyber Warfare Mission Systems (AFLCMC/HNCO) Program Management Office (PMO).
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $40.5M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $30.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY25 Total | $30.0M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $31.2M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY26 Total | $31.2M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $40.5M | $30.0M | $31.2M | $31.2M |
| 674543: AF Offensive Cyber Operations | $0 | $40.5M | $30.0M | $31.2M | $31.2M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not Distributed Cyber Warfare Operations. No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J711
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2017 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J612
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2017_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2018 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J695
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2018_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2019 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J720
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2019_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J718
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2020_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2021 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J742
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2021_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J709
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J673
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J692
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J681
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
FY2026 Air Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation, Vol. I · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
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