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University Research Initiatives: $14.4M FY2027 request

The Space Force requests $14.4M for University Research Initiatives in the FY2027 budget (RDT&E (R-1) line 2, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force). That is +0.7% from $14.3M in FY2026 (FY2026 Total). FY2025: $13.6M (FY2025 Total).

Exhibit	RDT&E (R-1)
Appropriation	Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force 3620F
Budget activity	01 Basic research
Program element	0601103SF
Service or agency	Space Force (F)
Award category	Research and development in the awards database

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Budget book	Prior year	Current year	Request
FY2027 President's Budget	FY2025 Total $13.6M FY2025 Total	FY2026 Total $14.3M FY2026 Total	$14.4M
FY2026 President's Budget	FY2024 Actuals $13.9M FY2024 Actuals	FY2025 Total $14.7M FY2025 Total	$14.6M
FY2025 President's Budget	FY2023 Actuals $28.9M FY2023 Actuals	FY2024 PB Request with CR Amounts n/a FY2024 PB Request with CR Amounts	$14.7M

FY2027 exhibit columnsas printed, in dollars

Column	Amount	Quantity
FY2025 Actuals	$13.6M
FY2025 Total	$13.6M
FY2026 Discretionary Enacted	$14.3M
FY2026 Total	$14.3M
FY2027 Discretionary Request	$14.4M
FY2027 Total	$14.4M

Reprogramming moves on this line1 move

Action	Change	Document date
Military Intelligence Program Omnibus FY 25-16 / Prior approval (DD 1415-1)	-$4.0M	Jul 16, 2025

Timing

Budget books show money requested, enacted and spent by fiscal year before contracts show it. Enacted procurement money stays available to obligate for 3 years, RDT&E for 2 years and shipbuilding for 5, so a line funded this year turns into contract awards over the following 1 to 5 years. DoD contract actions then publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the awards database trails these budget lines by months to years. Reprogramming actions move enacted money between accounts during the year, usually ahead of the awards it funds.

Source: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), budget materials: Exhibit P-1 (procurement) and Exhibit R-1 (RDT&E) spreadsheets for the FY2025, FY2026 and FY2027 President's Budget requests. Amounts are in dollars (the exhibits print thousands). Totals add the rows the exhibits count toward totals and leave out memo (non-add) rows. Built Oct 16, 2026. Not investment advice.

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Largest value shown$28.9MAnnounced or obligated

Platform coverage$1.40TDoD & DHS obligations FY24-26

Expiring recompetes300$126.8B ending by Jun 2028

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