International Innovation Initiatives

Abstract

This program supports the Department’s initiatives to (1) deter strategic attacks against the United States, and its Allies and partners; (2) deter aggression while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary; and (3) building enduring advantages for the future Joint Force. This program supports the Enhanced Trilateral Security Partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS) (Project Code 079), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) (Project Code 353), and Science and Technology (S&T) International Engagement Initiatives (Project Code 354). AUKUS will deepen defense capability and technological cooperation by developing and providing joint advanced military capabilities to promote security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The program portfolio aligns with the critical technology areas and operational requirements. The NATO DIANA program will pursue operationally relevant advanced capability co-development, support integration of multi-national capabilities to act as a force multiplier, and test and evaluate promising solutions found across the innovation ecosystem. This complementary program to DIANA will allow the United States to pull successful security solutions from the DIANA effort across the Alliance into availability in the U.S. industrial base and for operational use and aligns with the critical technology areas and operational requirements. The S&T International Engagement Initiatives program will incentivize the DoD Components, including the Military Services, to engage and/or expand their S&T cooperation with existing partners (e.g., India, Israel) and with those new partners with whom they may be engaged in policy or operational activities but not in the S&T realm. The intent is to consider proposals submitted from the DoD Components. The appropriate leadership will select proposals using a merit-based process that identifies the most promising solutions to operational challenges. The program portfolio aligns with the National Defense Strategy, the critical technology areas, and operational requirements.

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Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2025
Source ID
0603945D8Z_3_0400_PB_2025
Change Summary Explanation
The increase of $55.427 million in FY 2025 is the result of internal realignments to support International Innovative Initiatives. The increase of an additional $45.000 million in FY 2025 for the Australia, United Kingdom, Unites States (AUKUS) Program is to support AUKUS Advanced Capabilities Pillar (Pillar 2) projects and other International Innovation Initiative projects. A realignment of $9.650 million for Enhanced Trilateral Security Partnership among Australia, United Kingdom, Unites States (AUKUS) from Program Element 0603527D8Z will provide Multi-Classification Level Collaborative Computing Environment; $32.749 million for Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) from Program Element 0605798D8Z and Program Element 0603527D8Z will provide support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) DIANA efforts; and $13.028 million from Program Element 0605798D8Z and Program Element 0603527D8Z provides support for International Science & Technology Engagement Initiatives. Funding increase of $0.253 million for Economic Assumptions.
Service Agency Name
Office of the Secretary Of Defense

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies

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