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US Cyber Command Requests $138 Million for AI Cyber Operations in FY27, Up From $5 Million
The command's $138 million request for its AI for Cyber Operations program marks the second dedicated AI spend after $5 million in FY26. The funds will replicate AI task forces, provide large language model access and integrate AI into workforce training. Budget documents cite heavy investments by China and other adversaries in AI and advanced analytics.
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US Cyber Command is requesting $138 million in fiscal year 2027 for its AI for Cyber Operations program, a 2,660 percent increase over the $5 million sought last year. The $138 million FY27 request is the second dedicated spend on AI from the command and appears in its research and development budget request.
Breaking Defense reported that the funding will support measurable improvements in intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, offensive cyber operations, defensive cyber operations and integrated foundational activities.
The National Defense Authorization Act for FY23 required US Cyber Command to develop a five-year AI roadmap. In response the command established an AI task force within its Cyber National Mission Force in 2024. For FY27 the funding request will go toward replicating AI task forces across all of US Cyber Command to scale pilots and institutionalize AI-enabled mission workflows.
The request will also provide large language model access at multiple classifications for advanced analytic capabilities. It will integrate AI into the cyber workforce training pipeline to ensure teams are trained to employ these capabilities. In addition the command established a new one-star position as chief of AI, with Brig.
Gen. Reid Novotny entering the role in November. US Cyber Command anticipates $124 million in AI investments in FY28, $50 million in FY29 and $47 million in FY30. The budget request aims to evaluate commercial and government developed initiatives to develop specialized AI and machine learning capabilities.
