Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/0305881F/ — data as of July 28, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
Rapid Cyber Acquisition
Budget Figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).
● 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $3.96M | $3.04M | $4.12M | $4.72M | $4.15M | $4.22M | $4.10M | $4.19M | $3.64M | $8.48M |
| Enacted | $3.15M | $4.28M | $4.90M | $4.30M | $4.38M | $4.25M | $4.33M | $3.74M | $8.83M | |
| Request | $4.28M | $4.90M | $4.30M | $4.38M | $4.26M | $4.33M | $3.74M | $8.83M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $8.83M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reports $8.48M actually spent — $348.0K below the request.
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 — Electronic Combat Spt, C3 Protection/Multi-Mission, Technology and Spt
The Rapid Cyber Acquisition (RCA) initiative is a materiel (hardware, software, and tool development) and non-materiel (technical support) effort to enable delivery of new cyber capabilities at the pace of warfighting relevance. Combatant and Joint Force Commanders require up-to-date, tailored cyber capabilities to win in the highly-dynamic cyberspace domain. The RCA initiative expedites cyber development and modifications of USAF cyber capabilities through integration with and technical support to other Service and Government Agency activities to leverage select Air Force-developed technologies and/or operational capabilities. RCA provides for rapid development of materiel and non-materiel cyber solutions necessary to conduct rapid prototyping, integration, and transition activities of cyber capabilities. Activities include but are not limited to development of software/hardware systems, integration and transition of lab-developed cyber capabilities, developmental testing, operational evaluation, manpower, studies, analysis, pilots, demonstrations, and risk reduction efforts for emerging technologies. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY 2024 $0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 $0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. 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 (1)
Rapid Cyber Acquisition (RCA)
Effort utilizes hardware, software, and technical support services to deliver the tools and environments required to perform rapid prototyping, integration, and transition activities for cyber capabilities, enabling quick reaction fielding of up-to-date capabilities required by Combatant and Joint Force Commanders.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $8.48M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670374: Electronic Combat Spt, C3 Protection/Multi-Mission, Technology and Spt | $0 | $8.48M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Program Element | $0 | $8.48M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high 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.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →