Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Estimates: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 1 of 5 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide

Summary

This justification document outlines the Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget estimates for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). It includes detailed project justification books, planned accomplishments, and financial resource allocations for DARPA’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) programs across basic research, applied research, advanced technology development, and management support.

Cover Page

UNCLASSIFIED Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Estimates March 2024 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 1 of 5 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide UNCLASSIFIED

Table of Volumes

UNCLASSIFIED Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency • Budget Estimates FY 2025 • RDT&E Program Table of Volumes Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Volume 1 Missile Defense Agency - Volume 2 Office of the Secretary Of Defense - Volume 3 Creating Helpful Incentives To Produce Semi-Conductors (CHIPS) for America - Volume 3 Chemical and Biological Defense Program - Volume 4 Defense Contract Audit Agency - Volume 5 Defense Contract Management Agency - Volume 5 Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency - Volume 5 Defense Information Systems Agency - Volume 5 Defense Logistics Agency - Volume 5 Defense Security Cooperation Agency - Volume 5 Defense Technical Information Center - Volume 5 Defense Threat Reduction Agency - Volume 5 DoD Human Resources Activity - Volume 5 Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense - Volume 5 Space Development Agency - Volume 5 The Joint Staff - Volume 5 United States Cyber Command - Volume 5 United States Special Operations Command - Volume 5 Washington Headquarters Services - Volume 5 Volume 1 - i to ii

Volume 1 Table of Contents

Volume 1 Table of Contents Comptroller Exhibit R-1 - Volume 1 - v Program Element Table of Contents (by Budget Activity then Line Item Number) - Volume 1 - xiii Program Element Table of Contents (Alphabetically by Program Element Title) - Volume 1 - xv Exhibit R-2s - Volume 1 - 1

Comptroller Exhibit R-1

Department of Defense FY 2025 President’s Budget Exhibit R-1 FY 2025 President’s Budget Total Obligational Authority (Dollars in Thousands)

Appropriation: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide FY 2023 Actuals: 4,036,274 FY 2024 PB Request with CR Adjustments: 4,388,382 FY 2025 Request: 4,369,913

Summary Recap of Budget Activities: Basic Research: FY 2023: 450,333; FY 2024: 361,961; FY 2025: 402,878 Applied Research: FY 2023: 1,538,602; FY 2024: 1,626,307; FY 2025: 1,595,436 Advanced Technology Development: FY 2023: 1,808,842; FY 2024: 2,286,191; FY 2025: 2,244,015 Management Support: FY 2023: 238,497; FY 2024: 113,923; FY 2025: 127,584 Total Research, Development, Test, & Evaluation: FY 2023: 4,036,274; FY 2024: 4,388,382; FY 2025: 4,369,913

Program Element Summary Table

Line / Program Element Number / Item / Act / Sec / FY 2023 / FY 2024 / FY 2025 2 / 0601101E / Defense Research Sciences / 01 / U / 376,978 / 311,531 / 303,830 5 / 0601117E / Basic Operational Medical Research Science / 01 / U / 73,355 / 50,430 / 99,048 10 / 0602115E / Biomedical Technology / 02 / U / 104,150 / 141,081 / 169,198 15 / 0602303E / Information & Communications Technology / 02 / U / 365,033 / 333,029 / 397,266 16 / 0602383E / Biological Warfare Defense / 02 / U / 21,717 / 0 / 0 21 / 0602702E / Tactical Technology / 02 / U / 203,644 / 234,549 / 117,935 22 / 0602715E / Materials and Biological Technology / 02 / U / 316,176 / 344,986 / 337,772 23 / 0602716E / Electronics Technology / 02 / U / 527,882 / 572,662 / 573,265 42 / 0603286E / Advanced Aerospace Systems / 03 / U / 242,369 / 331,753 / 269,700 43 / 0603287E / Space Programs and Technology / 03 / U / 76,900 / 134,809 / 225,457 61 / 0603739E / Advanced Electronics Technologies / 03 / U / 243,110 / 254,033 / 257,844 62 / 0603760E / Command, Control and Communications Systems / 03 / U / 291,580 / 321,591 / 336,542 63 / 0603766E / Network-Centric Warfare Technology / 03 / U / 662,126 / 885,425 / 886,511 64 / 0603767E / Sensor Technology / 03 / U / 292,757 / 358,580 / 267,961 161 / 0605001E / Mission Support / 06 / U / 96,637 / 99,090 / 113,007 175 / 0605502E / Small Business Innovative Research / 06 / U / 126,852 / - / - 184 / 0605898E / Management HQ - R&D / 06 / U / 15,008 / 14,833 / 14,577

PE 0601101E: DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide / BA 1: Basic Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0601101E / DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES

Total Program Element Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 376.978, FY 2024: 311.531, FY 2025: 303.830 Projects:

• CCS-02: MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCES (FY 2025: $188.187M)
• ES-01: ELECTRONIC SCIENCES (FY 2025: $4.768M)
• ES-02: BEYOND SCALING SCIENCES (FY 2025: $55.350M)
• MS-01: MATERIALS SCIENCES (FY 2025: $55.525M)
• TRS-01: TRANSFORMATIVE SCIENCES (FY 2025: $0.000M)

Mission Description and Budget Item Justification: Addresses basic research associated with the Defense Research Sciences Program providing the technical foundation for long-term National Security enhancement through discovery of new phenomena in information, electronic, mathematical, computer, and materials sciences.

PE 0601117E: BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 1: Basic Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0601117E / BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE

Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 73.355, FY 2024: 50.430, FY 2025: 99.048 Project: MED-01: BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE Key Accomplishments/Planned Programs:

• Physiological Overmatch ($9.131M in FY 2025)
• Combatting Anti-Microbial Resistant Pathogens ($5.923M in FY 2025)
• Assessing Immune Memory (AIM) ($18.200M in FY 2025)
• Preventing Blood Stream Infections in Warfighters After Trauma ($18.498M in FY 2025)
• Modernized Field Anesthesia ($18.282M in FY 2025)
• Accelerated Training and Readiness Assessment ($15.419M in FY 2025)
• Emerging Opportunities in Modeling Basic Operational Medical Science ($13.595M in FY 2025)

PE 0602115E: BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602115E / BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 104.150, FY 2024: 141.081, FY 2025: 169.198 Project: BT-01: BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Key Programs:

• Improved Personnel Placement (IPP) ($8.031M in FY 2025)
• Deployable Medical Countermeasures for Warfighter Readiness ($25.508M in FY 2025)
• Bridging the Gap after Spinal Cord Injury ($10.155M in FY 2025)
• Distributed Access to Critical Biotherapeutics for Warfighters ($14.001M in FY 2025)
• Next-Generation Combat Casualty Care ($11.167M in FY 2025)
• Rapid Battlefield Triage ($24.173M in FY 2025)
• Neurological Assessment and Protection from Brain Injury ($24.052M in FY 2025)
• Warfighting Performance in Biomedical Technology ($17.231M in FY 2025)
• Controlled Genome Protection ($15.440M in FY 2025)
• Novel Delivery Technology for Medical Countermeasures ($19.440M in FY 2025)

PE 0602303E: INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602303E / INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 365.033, FY 2024: 333.029, FY 2025: 397.266 Projects:

• IT-02: High Productivity, High-Performance Responsive Architectures ($46.805M in FY 2025) - Focus on US2QC
• IT-03: Cyber Security ($185.714M in FY 2025) - Focus on Constellation, CASTLE, SMOKE, HARDEN, V-SPELLS, BPL, INGOTS, E-BOSS, PROVERS
• IT-04: Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Symbiosis ($164.747M in FY 2025) - Focus on ANSR, AAI, LINC, AIxCC, OPEN, TIAMAT

PE 0602383E: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602383E / BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 21.717, FY 2024: 0.000, FY 2025: 0.000 Project: BW-01: Biological Warfare Defense (Defense Against Mass Terror Threats concluded in FY 2023)

PE 0602702E: TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602702E / TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 203.644, FY 2024: 234.549, FY 2025: 117.935 Projects:

• TT-03: Naval Warfare Technology ($0.000M in FY 2025)
• TT-04: Advanced Land Systems Technology ($3.251M in FY 2025) - Includes RACER
• TT-07: Aeronautics and Space Technology ($71.996M in FY 2025) - Includes Oversight, Advanced Aeronautics and Space Technologies, POWER
• TT-13: Information Analytics Technology ($42.688M in FY 2025) - Includes INCAS, BLiP, RSDN, DAIRS

PE 0602715E: MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602715E / MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 316.176, FY 2024: 344.986, FY 2025: 337.772 Projects:

• MBT-01: Materials Processing Technology ($177.523M in FY 2025) - Includes Materials for Extreme Environments, Functional Materials and Devices, Reconfigurable Systems, Chemical Processing for Force Protection
• MBT-02: Biologically Based Materials and Devices ($160.249M in FY 2025) - Includes Persistent Terrestrial Living Sensors, Bio-Inspired Coastal Defense, EMBER, Materiel Protection through Biologics, Bioremediation of Battlefields, Biotechnology for Challenging Environments, Turning Upcycled Waste into Novel, Sustainable Materials, Signal Processing and Communication with Biotechnology, STRENGTHEN, Field Forward Biothreat Storage, Biological Undersea Energy

PE 0602716E: ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 2: Applied Research R-1 Program Element: PE 0602716E / ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 527.882, FY 2024: 572.662, FY 2025: 573.265 Projects:

• ELT-01: Electronic Technology ($88.921M in FY 2025) - Includes FENCE, WARDEN, GRYPHON, Humboldt, UWBGS, ScAN
• ELT-02: Beyond Scaling Technology ($484.344M in FY 2025) - Includes LTLT, COFFEE, ELGAR, QuICC, MAX, RE2, H6, THREADS, Minitherms3D, SPCE, FIRE, NaPSAC, OpTIm, PROWESS, DRBE, NGMM, OPTIMA, SOAP, INSPIRED, Macaroni, HOTS, ASSERT, QuANET, COOP, AMME, QA, INGOTS

PE 0603286E: ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603286E / ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 242.369, FY 2024: 331.753, FY 2025: 269.700 Project: AIR-01: Advanced Aerospace Systems Key Programs:

• LongShot ($36.742M in FY 2025)
• Glide Breaker ($38.029M in FY 2025)
• Advanced Aerospace System Concepts ($3.500M in FY 2025)
• Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) ($29.715M in FY 2025)
• Liberty Lifter ($38.398M in FY 2025)
• SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Demonstration Project ($36.866M in FY 2025)
• Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) ($41.171M in FY 2025)
• AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) ($22.886M in FY 2025)
• Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) ($13.893M in FY 2025)

PE 0603287E: SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603287E / SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 76.900, FY 2024: 134.809, FY 2025: 225.457 Project: SPC-01: Space Programs and Technology Key Programs:

• Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) ($146.352M in FY 2025)
• Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) ($5.200M in FY 2025)
• Advanced Space Technology Concepts ($12.007M in FY 2025)
• Otter ($61.898M in FY 2025)

PE 0603739E: ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603739E / ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 243.110, FY 2024: 254.033, FY 2025: 257.844 Projects:

• MT-15: Mixed Technology Integration ($24.643M in FY 2025) - Includes WiSPER, MELT
• MT-16: Beyond Scaling Advanced Technologies ($233.201MinFY2025)-IncludesNextGenerationMicroelectronicsManufacturing(NGMM)($203.000M), PLAID (15.000M), Supply Chain & Logistics in Electronic Technology (15.201M)

PE 0603760E: COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603760E / COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 291.580, FY 2024: 321.591, FY 2025: 336.542 Projects:

• CCC-02: Information Integration Systems ($75.273M in FY 2025) - Includes Space-BACN, MINC, GeCCO, SCEPTER, Space-WATCH
• CCC-05: Cyber Systems ($108.689M in FY 2025) - Includes Carcosa, Constellation, Cyber Defense of Critical Infrastructure, Access in Cyber Systems
• CCC-06: Command, Control and Communication Systems (Classified DARPA Programs) ($152.580M in FY 2025)

PE 0603766E: NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603766E / NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 662.126, FY 2024: 885.425, FY 2025: 886.511 Projects:

• NET-01: Joint Warfare Systems ($44.996M in FY 2025) - Includes ACE, ASIMOV, Awareness in Joint Warfighting Technology
• NET-02: Maritime Systems ($149.654M in FY 2025) - Includes APEX, Willow, Goblin, Awareness in Maritime Systems
• NET-06: Network-Centric Warfare Technology (Classified DARPA Programs) ($691.861M in FY 2025)

PE 0603767E: SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

Appropriation/Budget Activity: 0400 / BA 3: Advanced Technology Development (ATD) R-1 Program Element: PE 0603767E / SENSOR TECHNOLOGY Total Cost ($ in Millions): FY 2023: 292.757, FY 2024: 358.580, FY 2025: 267.961 Projects:

• SEN-01: Surveillance and Countermeasures Technology ($66.218M in FY 2025) - Includes Ouija, DODGEball, Awareness in Surveillance and Countermeasures Technology
• SEN-02: Sensors and Processing Systems ($45.208M in FY 2025) - Includes Painter, DRIFT, Cancun
• SEN-06: Sensor Technology (Classified DARPA Programs) ($156.535M in FY 2025)

Management Support Elements (BA 6)

PE 0605001E: MISSION SUPPORT

• FY 2023: $96.637M,FY2024:$99.090M, FY 2025: $113.007M
• Provides funding for civilian personnel compensation, building rent, physical security, travel, supplies, and administrative operations.

PE 0605502E: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR)

• FY 2023: $126.852M,FY2024:$0.000M, FY 2025: $0.000M (Transferred in execution)
• Supports small, high-tech businesses and academic partners through SBIR/STTR topics.

PE 0605898E: MANAGEMENT HQ - R&D

• FY 2023: $15.008M,FY2024:$14.833M, FY 2025: $14.577M
• Covers Management Headquarters Activities (MHA) civilian personnel compensation, travel, and support contract costs.