What project 671803 buys
The B-52 AFMC Test Assets project will provide funding for the test aircraft, manpower, and facilities at the Air Force Test Center located at Edwards AFB, California. The project will support the development testing and Bomber Modular Data Acquisition System (BMDAS) integration on B-52 test aircraft. The project can support Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) costs supporting test aircraft modifications occurring at Tinker AFB, OK. Costs include, but are not limited to, any analysis, documentation, and related expenses necessary to establish a program of record and support the B-52 weapon system. Additionally, other costs include Program Management Administration (PMA) and centralized support and initiatives for anticipated weapon system enhancements (to include efforts to improve weapon system operational capabilities, safety, supportability, maintainability, reliability, and total cost of ownership). Funds may be used to address requirements including, but not limited to, emerging and short notice Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) for both aircraft and associated training systems, Development Testing (DT), and safety of flight issues. Additionally, funds may accommodate PMA and support, civilian pay expenses, rapid technology insertion, and fulfill Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) or other mandates necessary to ensure continued aircrew safety and mission effectiveness. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F.
- Test and Evaluation
Project 671803 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.2 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Will continue to provide funding for the test aircraft, manpower, BMDAS, and facilities at the Air Force Test Center, Edwards AFB. This will support the developmental testing, facility, and sustainment needs of the B-52 test assets.
Read the FY2027 plan →Named performers on project 671803
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.