What project 2189 buys
The Air-to-Ground (AGM)-88G AARGM-ER Upgrade was a new start in FY 2016. The purpose of this effort is to develop hardware and software modifications to improve the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)'s operational capabilities, including extended range, survivability and effectiveness against complex, new, and emerging threats. This budget line item funds a new rocket motor design, system development and integration, test asset procurement, testing, correction of deficiencies, and associated software updates for the AARGM-ER to ensure these capabilities perform in accordance with established requirements. AARGM-ER retains the same guidance and sensor capabilities of the AARGM. The AARGM-ER program is part of the Navy's approach to address advanced threat capabilities in the Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) environment. Solutions enable individual system capabilities to be leveraged across an effects chain, placing the full spectrum of tactical capability in the hands of the warfighter. Solutions that push engagement distances beyond the launch platform's radar horizon and allows the U.S. Navy to operate in, and control, contested battle space in littoral waters and A2/AD environments are increasingly critical as more scenarios require compressed and coordinated fire control timelines.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 2189 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 | 16.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 72.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 36.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 24.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 11.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.2 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
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. 1 of them 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.
FY 2027 activities include continuation of EMD efforts (completion of the integration and test of the M-Code/Guidance Processor redesign; addition of two GP Redesign Software DT/IT Live Fire Flight Test Events; additional procurement of test assets; F-35 UAI development effort; F-35 integration effort; NOMS integration; initial Stations…
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FY2026 to FY2027 change Classified - Details held at a higher classification.
FY2026 plans — current year Classified - Details held at a higher classification.
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 activities will include continuation of the integration, including modeling and test, of the AARGM-ER component into the Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2026 to FY 2027 increased due to inflation.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 activities will include continuation of the integration, including modeling and test, of the AARGM-ER component into the Next Generation Naval Mission Planning System.
FY2027 planned work FY 2027 activities will include continuation of the Virtual Stores capability development after aircraft software integration testing has finalized and technical training manuals have been updated. Planning efforts for test in FY28 will also be required.
FY2026 plans — current year FY 2026 activities will include continuation of the Virtual Stores capability development after aircraft software integration testing has finalized and technical training manuals have been updated.
Named performers on project 2189
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.