# Bomber Supplemental Trainer Aircrew Readiness (BSTAR )

**R-2A activity** of project 675344 — B-1B Modernization  
**Program element:** 0101126F — B-1B Squadrons  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101126F/675344/a6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101126F

> **NEW START.** $56.3M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $56.3M in FY2027, 21% of project 675344 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Complete an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the BSTAR program by operationally testing the COCO supplemental training construct supporting Dyess and Ellsworth AFB, delivering operationally relevant ground and flight training to B-1 aircrew while generating and sustaining planned sortie throughput across both locations.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 Congressional Add, FY 2027 Program

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY 2026 Congressional Add: Begin and execute an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the BSTAR program by operationally testing the COCO supplemental training construct supporting Dyess and Ellsworth AFB, delivering operationally relevant ground and flight training to B-1 aircrew while generating and sustaining planned sortie throughput across both locations.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 56.3 |

> 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 675344

- [EXTERNAL HEAVY-STORES PYLON:](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101126F/675344/a3) — FY2027 96.1
- EXPANDED WEAPONS INTEGRATION: — FY2027 71.7
- RESILIENT POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) MILITARY CODE (M-CODE) AND DIGITAL ANTENNA ELECTRONICS (DAE): — FY2027 22.0
- LONG-RANGE ANTI-SHIP MISSILE (LRASM) C-3 INTEGRATION: — FY2027 12.2
- B-1B Test Jet Maintenance (MX) — FY2027 8.2
- HYBRID SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SATCOM): — FY2027 7.0
- RADIO-CRYPTO MODERNIZATION (RCM) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0101126F project 675344 (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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