# Project 670132 — B-52 Mission Employment Trainer

**Program element:** 0101113F — B-52 Squadrons  
**Project:** 670132  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F/670132  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F

## Summary

Project 670132 — B-52 Mission Employment Trainer requests $0.5M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $1.48B requested for program element 0101113F, down 99% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 6.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 46.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 98.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 66.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 30.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 19.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0101113F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 670132 buys

The B-52 Mission Employment Trainer (MET) program is for the development of the B-52 Family of Systems (FoS) Trainers. The FoS Trainers include, but is not limited to, new training devices (aircrew, operations and maintenance) and Systems Integration Lab (SIL) that will augment and eventually replace the existing B-52 legacy training systems and SIL that are antiquated, non-concurrent with the B-52 aircraft, and cost-prohibitive for modernization or sustainment. The current B-52 trainers only account for 17% of training on the Training Task Lists specified in various course syllabi. In conjunction with the AFGSC A3/6 signed Future Training Concept, this new FoS approach will train Air Force personnel utilizing multi-fidelity training devices. These training devices will leverage a common software architecture, include modularity and open mission systems, be rapidly reprogrammable and provide network capability, enable accelerated future upgrades, and support affordable sustainment. This FoS concept fulfills the future training needs of the formal training unit (FTU), combat units, and weapons school students spanning the continuum of learning. These new devices/trainers are of paramount importance because of their critical role to future B-52 combat capabilities that must advance through 2050. FY27 funds will be used to develop B-52 training devices that will provide an interactive and immersive environment to provide proficiency-based and initial qualification training for full-crew mission training and coordination, and related programmatic support. The MET FoS will develop a virtualized version of the aircraft's Operational Flight Programs (OFP) and will execute on commercial-grade, off-the-shelf computational hardware. The virtualized OFP software will be developed to run on multiple training devices of varying physical fidelity to ensure a common source baseline and reduce reliance on aircraft hardware and costly sustainment. The MET Cockpit Procedures Training (CPT) devices will be rapidly reconfigurable to different aircraft configurations, and some will be transportable. From initial development, the open architecture lays the groundwork for a roadmap to aircraft concurrency, upgradability, and can be added in a cost-effective manner, keeping pace with the speed of technology and future B-52 aircraft upgrades.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Employment Trainer | 6.2 | 20.0 | 0.5 | −98% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Mission Employment Trainer

**FY2027 planned work.** The Mission Employment Trainer program will continue development of the WST, CPT and virtualization of the OFPs and leverage forward compatible software to develop the MET FoS. Aircraft test points will be conducted as well as investment in flight dynamic computational models to support Level D equivalency. Real-time analysis of Contractors will occur ensuring performance and delivery.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 due to a reduction of Discretionary efforts. FY27 MET efforts will be addressed with mandatory funding.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The Mission Employment Trainer program will begin development of the Weapons Systems Trainer (WST), Cockpit Procedures Trainer (CPT), Flight Dynamics Modeling and virtualization of the OFPs and leverage forward compatible software to develop the MET FoS. Investment in Joint Simulation compatible hardware and Simulatorys Common Architecture and Requirements (SCARS) On-premises equipment will ensure compatibility of investment. Begin instrumentation of aircraft to obtain flight systems data to support Level D equivalency.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0101113F project 670132 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0101113F")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*