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Accessions Information Environment (AIE)
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 | $26.4M |
| FY25 | $32.3M |
| FY26 | $32.7M |
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 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $16.2M | $9.72M | $26.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $16.8M | $10.1M | $27.4M | $32.3M | |
| Request | – | – | $18.8M | $13.6M | $27.4M | $32.3M | $32.7M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $13.6M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $9.72M as actual total obligation authority — $3.93M below the request. 9.7 − 13.6 = -3.9 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 — Accessions Information Environment (AIE)
The Accessions Information Environment (AIE) is transforming the Army's recruiting and accessions process by introducing a fully integrated enterprise system that incorporates modern business practices and enhanced recruiting abilities. This modernization enables recruiters to spend more time in the field engaging potential recruits, less time managing paperwork or pulling data from legacy systems and allows recruiters to operate efficiently and effectively with mobile devices. Built on Salesforce Public Sector Solutions and hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, AIE provides a configurable, scalable solution for Army-wide talent acquisition. AIE streamlines the accessioning process for enlisted soldiers, commissioned officers, in-service personnel, and direct commissions. It provides eight core capabilities, including lead management, prospecting, interviewing, processing, pay and incentives, intelligence, marketing, and training. The program serves as the Army's official accessions system, enhancing coordination among various HR agencies to improve efficiency and the overall soldier experience. To enhance software development and deployment, AIE transitioned from traditional development methods to an Agile framework, incorporating human-centered design and security-focused processes. Partnering with early adopters from the National Guard, AIE released prototype software to gather user feedback. In early FY25, it deployed an initial version that introduced Lead Management and Prospecting capabilities, setting the foundation for continued development to support the Army's enlisted mission. FY 2026 Base dollars in the amount of $32.710 million support continued developmental configuration of AIE's solutions to meet the Enlisted Recruiting Mission, with an estimated deployment in 2QFY26. This includes ongoing incremental planning sessions, Agile development team operations, technical program management, interface development, cybersecurity, systems engineering test and continuous analysis of alternative approaches to meet evolving solution requirements. Following the deployment of the Enlisted Recruiting Mission, AIE will continue to address enhancements and backlog development. These activities set the conditions for the development of follow-on mission sets: In-Service and Direct Commission.
Mission — Accessions Information Environment (AIE)
The Accessions Information Environment (AIE) is transforming the Army's recruiting and accessions process by introducing a fully integrated enterprise system that incorporates modern business practices and enhanced recruiting abilities. This modernization enables recruiters to spend more time in the field engaging potential recruits, less time managing paperwork or pulling data from legacy systems and, allows recruiters to operate efficiently and effectively with mobile devices. Built on Salesforce Public Sector Solutions and hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, AIE provides a configurable, scalable solution for Army-wide talent acquisition. AIE streamlines the accessioning process for enlisted soldiers, commissioned officers, in-service personnel, and direct commissions. It provides eight core capabilities, including lead management, prospecting, interviewing, processing, pay and incentives, intelligence, marketing, and training. The program serves as the Army's official accessions system, enhancing coordination among various HR agencies to improve efficiency and the overall soldier experience. To enhance software development and deployment, AIE transitioned from traditional development methods to an Agile framework, incorporating human-centered design and security-focused processes. Partnering with early adopters from the National Guard, AIE released prototype software to gather user feedback. In early FY25, it deployed an initial version that introduced Lead management and Prospecting capabilities, setting the foundation for continued development to support the Army's enlisted mission. FY 2026 Base dollars in the amount of $32.710 million support continued developmental configuration of AIE's solutions to meet the Enlisted Recruiting Mission, with an estimated deployment in 2QFY26. This includes ongoing incremental planning sessions, Agile development team operations, technical program management, interface development, cybersecurity, systems engineering test and continuous analysis of alternative approaches to meet evolving solution requirements. Following the deployment of the Enlisted Recruiting Mission, AIE will continue to address enhancements and backlog development. These activities set the conditions for the development of follow-on mission sets: In-Service and Direct Commission.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (5)
Accessions Information Environment (AIE)
AIE modernizes the Army's accession and recruiting requirements as a fully integrated enterprise system with new business practices and updated recruiting capabilities. AIE enables the Army to leverage minimally customized Commercial-Off-The-Shelf CRM solution hosted in a commercial Salesforce and Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud Impact Level 4 (IL4) environment for talent acquisition Army-wide. AIE supports Army's accessioning process through its four missions: (1) Enlisted Soldiers, (2) Commission Officers through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program, (3) In-Service requirements, and (4) Direct Commission. AIE will deliver eight core capabilities: lead management, prospecting, interviewing, processing, pay & incentives, intelligence, marketing, and training/leader development. The AIE serves as the Army's accessions system of record to interface and synchronize with multiple Army HR agencies and systems to improve the Soldier's experience, which ultimately gains effectiveness and efficiency for the Army's recruiting force. In February 2024, the program transitioned to an agile development strategy leveraging Salesforce core capabilities and focused on business process reengineering. Additionally, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) professional services were procured to complement the new solution provider's system review and development. The program briefed the updated strategy and schedule during the President Budget FY2025 Army Program Budget Brief on 1 May 2024. Since then, the program deployed the MVCR in October 2024, defined within DoDI 5000.87 as initial capabilities to enhance mission outcomes, delivering initial capabilities of Lead Management and Prospecting to early adopters. The program continues to deliver iterative functionalities to support the Enlisted Mission recruiting mission.
OEM Technical Support Services
Funds Salesforce OEM technical services to support all AIE core capability development efforts for Enlisted Recruiting Mission, In-Services, Direct Commissioning and ROTC.
COTS Based Agile Development and Configuration
Funds the development and configuration of the AIE system. Includes funding for system solution engineering services, continuous sprint planning sessions, agile development teams and all other direct work required to build AIE capabilities.
Cybersecurity (RMF, FedRAMP, ATO)
Funding required to ensure AIE meets Army cybersecurity requirements.
Testing, Operational, and Development Support
Funds support agreements with Army test support partners, i.e., Army Testing and Evaluation Command and Joint Interoperability Test Command, and industry development/configuration sub-contracts.
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 | $26.4M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Enacted | $32.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY25 Total | $32.3M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Disc. Request | $32.7M |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | A | FY26 Total | $32.7M |
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 | $26.4M | $32.3M | $32.7M | $32.7M |
| CP8: Accessions Information Environment (AIE) | $26.4M | $32.3M | $32.7M | $32.7M |
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 Accessions Information Environment (AIE). 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 · J155
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
FY2022 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · J151
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 · J149
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 · J150
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 · J146
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 3 - Budget Activity 5A · www.asafm.army.mil