# Advanced Wing Weapon Pylon (AWWP)

**R-2A activity** of project 675039 — B-52 System Improvements  
**Program element:** 0101113F — B-52 Squadrons  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F/675039/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F/675039

> **NEW START.** $30.0M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $30.0M in FY2027, 24% of project 675039 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) for AWWP is the key for all future heavy-weight weapon capabilities for the B-52. FY2027 will address Pre-acquisition activities to structure the integration of a GFE weapon onto the AWWP. The AWWP will design, develop, integrate and field a new pylon onto the B-52 to take advantage of increased mass provided to the battlefield. Specifically, the current pylons carry limited weapons (i.e. 6x JASSM each) at limited weight, where AWWP will increase carriage capacity in both weight and amount (i.e. 8x JASSM each). FY27 plans will include detailed analysis on requirements, systems engineering, and manufacturing to start acquiring increased capability on the B-52 as well as begin contracting activities for an immediate acquisition for all 76 B-52 tails.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase for additional weapons analysis and integration

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.0 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 675039

- [Long Range Anti-Ship Missile/ Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (LRASM/JASSM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F/675039/a3) — FY2027 50.3
- [Advanced Weapons Integration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101113F/675039/a5) — FY2027 45.0
- Advanced Concept Demonstration — FY2027 1.0
- B-52 Systems Improvements — FY2027 0.0
- B-52 Advance Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Integration — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0101113F project 675039 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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