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C3I Applied Cyber
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 | $20.7M |
| FY25 | $28.7M |
| FY26 | $4.72M |
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 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $17.4M | $18.8M | $12.1M | $13.6M | $20.7M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $18.9M | $18.8M | $12.1M | $13.6M | $22.7M | $28.7M | |
| Request | – | – | $18.9M | $18.8M | $12.1M | $13.6M | $22.7M | $28.7M | $4.72M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $22.7M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $20.7M as actual total obligation authority — $2.05M below the request. 20.7 − 22.7 = -2.0 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 — C3I Applied Cyber
This Program element (PE) investigates, designs, and develops cyber architectures, software, tools, and techniques to enable Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) to counter adversary communications and harden the Army's tactical communications networks against cyber attacks. For offensive cyber effort against adversary communications, efforts investigate capabilities to identify and capture data traversing targeted networks for detection, identification, exploitation, direction finding, geolocation, and denial of service. Defensive cyber efforts in this PE focus on hardening the Army's tactical network by investigating and applying robust cyber security technologies and techniques to advance software, algorithms and protocols utilized within tactical networks, to protect against nation state level cyber-attacks and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information by hardening the blue force attack surface. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization priorities.
Mission — Information Trust Technology
This Project develops defensive cyber technology to ensure that data traversing the network remains verified and has not been modified through unauthorized means. Project enhances system access without affecting personnel authentication processes, enhances awareness of user actions and intent within the network, and maintains information provenance from originator to consumer. It will also integrate zero trust principles where access to resources is granted based on continuous risk assessments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 8CY (Information Trust Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Network Access and Effects Technology
This Project investigates computer assisted/automated methodologies to expedite technology development for Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO)/Radio Frequency (RF) Enabled operations. This includes identification of non-traditional access and effect vectors across diverse and evolving adversary targets of interest to enable the commander freedom of maneuver and non-kinetic firing options. This Project will expedite OCO/RF enabled operational developers, planners and operators time to readiness when navigating the complexity of near-peer engagements. This Project investigates the application of machine learning technologies to assist in capability development and mission execution processes with respect to Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO)/Radio Frequency (RF) Enabled capabilities. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 9CY (Network Access and Effects Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Autonomous Cyber Technology
This Project investigates and applies robust cyber security techniques and applications to advanced communications and networking devices, software, algorithms and protocols utilized within wireless tactical networks to protect against nation state level cyber effects and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information, resources, identities and mission partners by hardening the blue force attack surface. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 6CY (Autonomous Cyber Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — C3I Applied Cyber
This Program element (PE) investigates, designs, and develops cyber architectures, software, tools, and techniques to enable Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) to counter adversary communications and harden the Army's tactical communications networks against cyber attacks. For offensive cyber effort against adversary communications, efforts investigate capabilities to identify and capture data traversing targeted networks for detection, identification, exploitation, direction finding, geolocation, and denial of service. Defensive cyber efforts in this PE focus on hardening the Army's tactical network by investigating and applying robust cyber security technologies and techniques to advance software, algorithms and protocols utilized within tactical networks, to protect against nation state level cyber-attacks and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information by hardening the blue force attack surface. The cited research is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization priorities.
Mission — Information Trust Technology
This Project develops defensive cyber technology to ensure that data traversing the network remains verified and has not been modified through unauthorized means. Project enhances system access without affecting personnel authentication processes, enhances awareness of user actions and intent within the network, and maintains information provenance from originator to consumer. It will also integrate zero trust principles where access to resources is granted based on continuous risk assessments. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 8CY (Information Trust Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Network Access and Effects Technology
This Project investigates computer assisted/automated methodologies to expedite technology development for Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO)/Radio Frequency (RF) Enabled operations. This includes identification of non-traditional access and effect vectors across diverse and evolving adversary targets of interest to enable the commander freedom of maneuver and non-kinetic firing options. This Project will expedite OCO/RF enabled operational developers, planners and operators time to readiness when navigating the complexity of near-peer engagements. This Project investigates the application of machine learning technologies to assist in capability development and mission execution processes with respect to Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO)/Radio Frequency (RF) Enabled capabilities. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 9CY (Network Access and Effects Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Mission — Autonomous Cyber Technology
This Project investigates and applies robust cyber security techniques and applications to advanced communications and networking devices, software, algorithms and protocols utilized within wireless tactical networks to protect against nation state level cyber effects and maintain Warfighter confidence in network information, resources, identities and mission partners by hardening the blue force attack surface. Work in this Project complements Program Element (PE) 0603457A (C3I Cyber Advanced Development) / Project 6CY (Autonomous Cyber Advanced Technology). The cited work is consistent with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering priority focus areas and the Army modernization strategy. Work in this Project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Command, Control, Computer, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (10)
PKI-Modernization & Dynamic Access Control for Tactical (DAC-T) Technology
This effort will investigate cryptographic algorithms that address Program Manager (PM) Mission Command gap of native ability to support PKI digital signature and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) certificate validation for the Variable Message Format (VMF) standard MIL-STD-2045-47001D in Disconnected, Interrupted, and Low-bandwidth (DIL) Networks. Furthermore, this effort will investigate methods to enhance, speed up and automate account provisioning and access for people and Non-Person entities (NPE) (e.g. sensors, devices, web services, etc.). This will significantly reduce the workload/ burden for the soldier and improve the networks security posture by enforcing least privilege & just-in-time network access.
Tactical Zero Trust
Investigate concepts of Zero Trust that can be adapted to tactical network architectures. Extend concepts developed under current Dynamic Access Control - Tactical (DAC-T) to include non-person entities (NPE) (e.g., systems, applications, devices, robotic process automation (RPA) & services). Create an efficient data-in-use service to limit decryption and exfiltration of high value information. Include graceful degradation of capability for Person/NPE access based on Indicators of Compromise (IoC). Investigate open standard methods to create playbooks while assuring safe parallel execution of such playbooks. Effort will mature a capability that performs adversarial assessments on machine learning models to make them more robust to adversarial manipulation.
Network Exploitation Research and Development (NERD) Technology
This effort investigates computer assisted/automated methodologies and tools to reduce the timelines associated with the exploitation of emerging and validated targets of interest, the development of courses of action, and the execution of offensive attack capabilities in the cyber and radio frequency domains at the pace of a near-peer engagement on a highly complex battlefield of ever evolving cyberspace threats.
Predictive Intelligent Networking (PIN)
Investigate and develop various design patterns of Network Micro-segmentation given constraint of tactical network, conduct various experiments to determine the lowest viable level of Micro-segmentation for the tactical network, as there are different levels of fidelity of Micro-segmentation, and provide an implementation in support of advanced zero trust concepts. This project researches methods to enable the tactical network to autonomously identify, learn, predict, and react to changes in network operating conditions and network threats to ensure end-to-end network resiliency against adversarial AI-driven electronic attacks (EA), electronic warfare (EW), and cyberattacks.
Proactive Cyber Defense
This effort designs and characterizes software for the protection of information and networks in wireless tactical environments. The goal is to develop software algorithms that detect and defeat malicious activities of adversaries in bandwidth and highly resource constrained tactical networks and maintain agile, adaptive cyber maneuver. This research provides automated active defense (e.g., machine learning, anomaly detection, and decision aids) and adversarial resilient techniques to maintain cyber superiority (e.g., improved attack detection, advanced network traffic analysis, and predictive decision aids) against a large attack surface at the edge.
PKI-Modernization & Dynamic Access Control for Tactical (DAC-T) Technology
This effort will investigate cryptographic algorithms that address Program Manager (PM) Mission Command gap of native ability to support PKI digital signature and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) certificate validation for the Variable Message Format (VMF) standard MIL-STD-2045-47001D in Disconnected, Interrupted, and Low-bandwidth (DIL) Networks. Furthermore, this effort will investigate methods to enhance, speed up and automate account provisioning and access for people and Non-Person entities (NPE) (e.g. sensors, devices, web services, etc.). This will significantly reduce the workload/ burden for the soldier and improve the networks security posture by enforcing least privilege & just-in-time network access.
Tactical Zero Trust
Investigate concepts of Zero Trust that can be adapted to tactical network architectures. Extend concepts developed under current Dynamic Access Control - Tactical (DAC-T) to include non-person entities (NPE) (e.g., systems, applications, devices, robotic process automation (RPA) & services). Create an efficient data-in-use service to limit decryption and exfiltration of high value information. Include graceful degradation of capability for Person/NPE access based on Indicators of Compromise (IoC). Investigate open standard methods to create playbooks while assuring safe parallel execution of such playbooks. Effort will mature a capability that performs adversarial assessments on machine learning models to make them more robust to adversarial manipulation.
Network Exploitation Research and Development (NERD) Technology
This effort investigates computer assisted/automated methodologies and tools to reduce the timelines associated with the exploitation of emerging and validated targets of interest, the development of courses of action, and the execution of offensive attack capabilities in the cyber and radio frequency domains at the pace of a near-peer engagement on a highly complex battlefield of ever evolving cyberspace threats.
Predictive Intelligent Networking (PIN)
Investigate and develop various design patterns of Network Micro-segmentation given constraint of tactical network, conduct various experiments to determine the lowest viable level of Micro-segmentation for the tactical network, as there are different levels of fidelity of Micro-segmentation, and provide an implementation in support of advanced zero trust concepts. This project researches methods to enable the tactical network to autonomously identify, learn, predict, and react to changes in network operating conditions and network threats to ensure end-to-end network resiliency against adversarial AI-driven electronic attacks (EA), electronic warfare (EW), and cyberattacks.
Proactive Cyber Defense
This effort designs and characterizes software for the protection of information and networks in wireless tactical environments. The goal is to develop software algorithms that detect and defeat malicious activities of adversaries in bandwidth and highly resource constrained tactical networks and maintain agile, adaptive cyber maneuver. This research provides automated active defense (e.g., machine learning, anomaly detection, and decision aids) and adversarial resilient techniques to maintain cyber superiority (e.g., improved attack detection, advanced network traffic analysis, and predictive decision aids) against a large attack surface at the edge.
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, Army | A | FY24 Actuals | $20.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $28.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $28.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $4.72M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $4.72M |
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 | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $20.7M | $28.7M | $4.72M | $4.72M |
| 2CY: Information Trust Technology | $6.03M | $7.84M | $4.72M | $4.72M |
| 3CY: Network Access and Effects Technology | $8.54M | $12.6M | — | — |
| CY6: Autonomous Cyber Technology | $6.10M | $8.27M | — | — |
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 C3I Applied Cyber. 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 · J26
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2020 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J22
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 · J24
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 · J24
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2022_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2023 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J25
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2023_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J25
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 · J24
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_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.
RDTE - Vol 1 - Budget Activity 2 · www.asafm.army.mil
PDF page 454
RDTE - Vol 1 - Budget Activity 1 · www.asafm.army.mil