Project 1355
$89.9MFY2027 request ▼ 14%Propulsion and Power Component Improvement Program
FY2025 actual$106.3M
FY2026 enacted$104.8M
FY2027 request$89.9M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$108.5M
▼ 22% vs FY2026
House mark
$97.7M
▼ $10.9M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$138.5M
In law
Roll-up of 6 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $108.5M for Aviation Improvements under RDT&E program element 0205633N, down 22% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $97.7M.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 134.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 138.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 108.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 128.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 127.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 123.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 125.1 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
6 projects roll up into PE 0205633N
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -22% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 0852
$7.9MFY2027 request ▼ 3%Consolidated Auto Support System
FY2025 actual$8.7M
FY2026 enacted$8.1M
FY2027 request$7.9M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Project 1041
$4.6MFY2027 request ▼ 2%Aircraft Equipment Reliability/Maintainability Improvement Program (AERMIP)
FY2025 actual$5.0M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$4.6M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Project 0601
$4.5MFY2027 request ▼ 41%Acft Handling & Service Equip
FY2025 actual$9.1M
FY2026 enacted$7.5M
FY2027 request$4.5M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation
Project 1356
$1.6MFY2027 request ▼ 27%Corrosion Prevention Improvements
FY2025 actual$5.4M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$1.6M
Product DevelopmentManagement Services
Project 9999
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%Congressional Adds
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$11.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Congressional action
The request is contested
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$108.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$97.7M −$10.9M · −10.0%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$108.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$126.0M +$17.5M · +16%
▲ $28.3M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
NAWCAD
$30.5M · 28%
General Electric
$29.9M · 28%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 87% | 94.7 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 0.1% | 0.1 |
| Other / unspecified | 13% | 13.7 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 108.5 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
The electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) project is the system design and development of the latest generation of the US Navy's CASS family of automatic test systems and is the replacement system for legacy CASS systems, which provides Naval aircraft avionics component maintenance and repair support at Intermediate and Depot maintenance facilities both shore-based and afloat.
Common Ground Equipment: This is a non ACAT program. Field activities propose tentative projects. Internal panel merits and selects projects. Field activities develop projects and submit results. Operational Advisory Group process selects projects to transition to procurement. Recent transition has merged existing PEMA, SPECS, and ARMS (Augmented Reality Maintenance System) project lines under Aviation Maintenance Advancement Solutions (AMAS). The management approach includes the Program Management Office residing at NAVAIR with Milestone Decision Authority delegated to the Naval Air Systems Command Chief Information Officer. The agile development approach will be used to execute requirements as sprints.
Project 1355, 0852, 1041, 0601, 1356, 9999 — Propulsion and Power Component Improvement Program
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
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/programs/0205633N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$89.9M
▼ 14% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$104.8M
▼ 1.4% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$106.3M
Prior year
Propulsion and Power Component Improvement Program — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1355 — Propulsion and Power Component Improvement Program — requests $89.9M in FY2027, 83% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 14% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 1355 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 106.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 104.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 89.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 110.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 111.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 108.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 110.6 |
Inside the project
16 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
P3, E2, C2, C130 (T56)▲ 15%
FY2025 actual$6.3M
FY2026 enacted$6.3M
FY2027 request$7.2M
Continue projects on T56 Series III engine on the analysis, design and qualification of improvements to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and preform repair development on system components. For the T56 Series IV engine perform analysis, design and qualification work related to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety…
E2/C2/C130/P3 (Props)▼ 47%
FY2025 actual$3.8M
FY2026 enacted$3.8M
FY2027 request$2.0M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on system components for the 54H60, R391 and NP2000 propeller systems. Develop, design and test 54H60, R391 and NP2000 Propeller system improvements to the control, pitch actuation and hydraulic systems…
SH-60B/F, HH-60H, MH-60R/S (T700)flat
FY2025 actual$7.4M
FY2026 enacted$7.4M
FY2027 request$7.4M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on the T700 propulsion and power system components including the compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, engine fuel and…
H-1 (T400/T700)flat
FY2025 actual$0.6M
FY2026 enacted$0.6M
FY2027 request$0.6M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on the T700 propulsion and power system components including the compressor, combustor, turbines, controls, diagnostics, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and lubrication systems…
AV-8B (F402)▼ 75%
FY2025 actual$3.7M
FY2026 enacted$3.7M
FY2027 request$0.9M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on the F402 propulsion and power system components including the fan, compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, engine fuel and…
H-53/H-46/H-3 (T58/T64)▼ 70%
FY2025 actual$3.0M
FY2026 enacted$3.0M
FY2027 request$0.9M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on the T64 propulsion and power system components including the compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and lubrication…
FY2025 actual$19.8M
FY2026 enacted$19.8M
FY2027 request$14.6M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on propulsion and power system components for the F414 and F404 turbofan engines including the fan, compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings…
Read the FY2027 plan →T-45 (F405)▼ 46%
FY2025 actual$2.6M
FY2026 enacted$2.6M
FY2027 request$1.4M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies, safety, readiness and cost drivers on the F405 propulsion and power system components including fan, compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and lubrication…
V-22 Propulsion▼ 55%
FY2025 actual$6.0M
FY2026 enacted$5.4M
FY2027 request$2.4M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost drivers on the AE1107C propulsion and power system components the compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and lubrication…
Adversary (J85) (F100)▲ 19%
FY2025 actual$2.4M
FY2026 enacted$2.4M
FY2027 request$2.8M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and Readiness and cost drivers on the J85 and F100 propulsion and power system components including the fan, compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and…
FY2025 actual$33.6M
FY2026 enacted$33.0M
FY2027 request$21.1M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost and reliability drivers on propulsion and power system components of the F135 engine and STOVL lift system in accordance with F-35 Program Instruction 1540.05 F135 CIP Management Guide for the F135 Propulsion…
Read the FY2027 plan →P-8A (CFM56 Engine)▲ 562%
FY2025 actual$0.7M
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request$4.3M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost and reliability drivers on propulsion and power system components of the CFM56 system including the fan, compressor, combustors, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings…
FY2025 actual$9.0M
FY2026 enacted$8.7M
FY2027 request$11.4M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address identified deficiencies and safety readiness and cost and reliability drivers on the T408 propulsion and power system components including the compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals, drives, fuel and…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2025 actual$4.7M
FY2026 enacted$4.7M
FY2027 request$10.6M
Continue projects to provide support to multiple platforms to analyze fleet component removal driver and reliability metrics to focus CIP investments to maximize Readiness and return on investment, improve performance analysis, structural integrity modeling and simulation tools, and developmental test and evaluation facilities and…
Read the FY2027 plan →MQ-4C (AE3007 Engine)▼ 33%
FY2025 actual$1.5M
FY2026 enacted$1.5M
FY2027 request$1.0M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost and reliability drivers on the AE3007 propulsion and power system components including the fan, compressor, combustor, turbines, control and diagnostic systems, static structures, gearboxes, bearings, seals…
UAV Programs (Various)flat
FY2025 actual$1.4M
FY2026 enacted$1.4M
FY2027 request$1.4M
Perform engineering analysis, design and test efforts to address Service Revealed Deficiencies and safety, readiness and cost and reliability drivers on the propulsion and power systems for small and medium size Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) including the RQ-21 Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS) and the MQ-8B and MQ-8C Fire…
Who's building it
Named performers on project 1355
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.
General Electric
$29.9M · 33%
NAWCAD
$27.5M · 31%
UTC Pratt & Whitney
$20.1M · 22%
Rolls Royce
$6.2M · 6.9%
Project detail
What project 1355 buys
The Propulsion and Power (P&P) Component Improvement Program (CIP) provides the only source of critical design and development engineering support to resolve safety, reliability and maintainability deficiencies of in-service Navy and Marine Corps aircraft propulsion systems. The highest priority issues P&P CIP addresses concern safety-of-flight deficiencies, which account for approximately 80% of P&P CIP efforts. The program also corrects service-revealed deficiencies, improves Operational Readiness and Reliability and Maintainability, and reduces platform Life Cycle Cost. Budgets are allocated across platform-specific teams and multi-platform product support teams based upon long term strategies to achieve safety and affordable readiness goals; the R-3 exhibit details annual portions of those long-term strategies. P&P CIP tasks have reduced the rate of in-flight aborts, safety incidents, non-mission capable rates, scheduled and unscheduled engine removals, maintenance work hours, and overall cost of ownership. This is accomplished through the maintenance and validation of specification performance, testing to qualify engineering changes, verifying life limits, and improving the inherent reliability of the propulsion and power systems as an integral part of Reliability Centered Maintenance initiatives. Historically, the missions, tactics, and environmental exposure of military aircraft systems change to meet new threats or operational demands, and often result in unforeseen problems, which if not corrected, can cause critical safety/readiness degradation, such as those experienced during OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM due to sand erosion. In addition, new problems arise through actual fleet deployment and usage of the aircraft. System development programs, while geared to resolve as many problems as possible before deployment, cannot duplicate actual operations or account for the vast array of environmental and usage variables, particularly when aircraft missions vary from those that the aircraft was designed to perform. Therefore, it has been found that P&P CIP can provide an immediate engineering response to these flight-critical problems and accelerated engine testing can avoid potential problems.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$7.9M
▼ 3.0% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$8.1M
▼ 6.3% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$8.7M
Prior year
Consolidated Auto Support System — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 0852 — Consolidated Auto Support System — requests $7.9M in FY2027, 7.3% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 3.0% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 0852 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 8.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 7.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 8.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 8.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 8.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 8.5 |
Inside the project
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Test Technology Development▼ 16%
FY2025 actual$2.9M
FY2026 enacted$2.5M
FY2027 request$2.1M
FY2027 planned work Continue evaluation of advanced technologies to support additional test requirements.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease is due to the start of Research and development for O-level testers and Avionics test Program Set.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue evaluation of advanced technologies to support additional test requirements.
ATS Modernization/Product Improvement▼ 15%
FY2025 actual$3.7M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$1.9M
FY2027 planned work Continue Legacy Test Program Sets and Ancillary requirements to address emerging avionics requirements for various T/M/S to include F-35, E-2D, F/A-18 E/F/G, and UAVs.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease is due to the start of Research and development for O-level testers and Avionics test Program Set.
FY2026 plans — current year Legacy Test Program Sets and Ancillary requirements to address emerging avionics requirements for various T/M/S to include F-35, E-2D, F/A-18 E/F/G.
Avionics Test Program Sets▲ 14%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.9M
FY2027 request$1.1M
FY2027 planned work Continue efforts to address avionics requirements for various T/M/S to include F-35, E-2D, F/A-18 E/F/G, UAVs and emerging platforms for maintenance capability.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increased due to growth of the organic development of eCASS System Software to modernize hardware and software technologies used to connect avionics test articles.
FY2026 plans — current year Efforts to address avionics requirements for various T/M/S to include F-35, E-2D, F/A-18 E/F/G and emerging platforms for maintenance capability.
Organizational Level Testers▲ 14%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$2.5M
FY2027 request$2.9M
FY2027 planned work Continue to Design, development, and testing for O-Level replacement test capability of SGTS and JSECST.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increased due to the start of O-level testers research and development and to complete development.
FY2026 plans — current year Design, development, and testing for O-Level replacement test capability of SGTS and JSECST.
EO4 Development
FY2025 actual$2.2M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Project detail
What project 0852 buys
The electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) project is the system design and development of the latest generation of the US Navy's CASS family of automatic test systems and is the replacement system for legacy CASS systems, which provides Naval aircraft avionics component maintenance and repair support at Intermediate and Depot maintenance facilities both shore-based and afloat. The eCASS program objectives are: 1) increase material readiness; 2) reduce life cycle costs; 3) improve tester sustainability at depot and intermediate maintenance levels; 4) reduce proliferation of unique test equipment, and 5) provide test capability for existing and emerging avionics/electronics aircraft weapon systems. The Test Technology development project includes analysis, application, maturation, integration and testing of emerging electronic, mechanical, and optical test technologies for potential military utility for emerging requirements or obsolescence resolution in support of Naval avionics testing and repair. Specifically included are next-generation digital maintainers, electro-optics, synthetic instruments, high-speed bus technologies, inertial device technologies, and various other elements of modernization for legacy Electronic Warfare (EW) and Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) test systems, as well as the eCASS family of testers and other Automatic Test Systems (ATS) Support Equipment (SE) which supports the testing and repair of any Naval aviation equipment, including associated Test Program Sets (TPSs), and ancillary equipment. ATS Modernization project includes efforts to address modernization and required obsolescence analysis and updates for legacy EW and CNI test systems, as well as the CASS family of testers as ATS. The ATS encompasses both software and hardware updates. Modernization required to support emerging T/M/S technologies such as next-generation electro-optics, synthetic instruments, high-speed bus technologies, inertial device technologies needed for ATS support. Efforts cover the EW Testers, eCASS, their ancillary and any required TPSs and ancillary equipment. The Fourth Generation Electro-Optical (EO4) development project consists of the design and development of the latest generation electro-optic test console for use with the eCASS automatic test system.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$4.6M
▼ 2.1% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.7M
▼ 4.6% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.0M
Prior year
Aircraft Equipment Reliability/Maintainability Improvement Program (AERMIP) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1041 — Aircraft Equipment Reliability/Maintainability Improvement Program (AERMIP) — requests $4.6M in FY2027, 4.3% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 2.1% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 1041 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.9 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Avionics and Wiring▲ 200%
FY2025 actual$0.4M
FY2026 enacted$0.1M
FY2027 request$0.3M
FY2027 planned work Test and evaluate equipment for advanced wiring diagnostics and prognostics. Continue to address reliability and maintainability related issues impacting multiple aircraft platforms while investigating high value return on investment initiatives. Qualify additional material or repair equipment with the procedures or processes required for implementation to improve overall reliability and safety.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.200 from FY26 to FY27 due to high return investments for new wire repair processes.
FY2026 plans — current year Test and evaluate equipment for advanced wiring diagnostics and prognostics. Continue to address reliability and maintainability related issues impacting multiple aircraft platforms while investigating high value return on investment initiatives. Qualify additional material or repair equipment with the procedures or processes required for implementation to improve overall reliability and safety.
Air Vehicle▼ 6%
FY2025 actual$4.5M
FY2026 enacted$4.6M
FY2027 request$4.3M
FY2027 planned work Based on advancements in technology, test and qualify new material or repair equipment with the procedures or processes required for implementation to improve operational readiness, while containing cost growth. Continue to test and qualify improved methods of corrosion preventative compounds. Address subsystem related reliability/maintainability issues impacting multiple aircraft platforms while continuing to investigate high value return on investment initiatives. Maintain efforts to develop expanded methods of structural repair with a focus on reducing cost and adding repair capability to the operational level preventing more extensive effort at the depot.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease FY 2026 to FY 2027 to incorporate miscellaneous funding reductions supporting higher priorities
FY2026 plans — current year Based on advancements in technology, test and qualify new material or repair equipment with the procedures or processes required for implementation to improve operational readiness, while containing cost growth. Continue to test and qualify improved methods of corrosion preventative compounds. Address subsystem related reliability/maintainability issues impacting multiple aircraft platforms while continuing to investigate high value return on investment initiatives. Maintain efforts to develop expanded methods of structural repair with a focus on reducing cost and adding repair capability to the operational level preventing more extensive effort at the depot.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 1041
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.
NAWCAD
$1.7M · 37%
FRC-SW
$0.8M · 17%
FRC-E
$0.6M · 12%
FRC-SE
$0.5M · 11%
Project detail
What project 1041 buys
Aircraft Equipment Reliability/Maintainability Improvement Program (AERMIP) is the only Navy program which provides Research, Development, Test & Evaluation engineering support specifically for in-service, out-of-production aircraft equipment. AERMIP increases readiness through reliability, maintainability, and safety improvements to existing systems and equipment installed in Naval aircraft. It also provides a transition vehicle to deploy Total Ownership Cost reduction initiatives through flight-test support and Fleet Test & Evaluation. It meets affordable readiness objectives by providing a cost-effective solution to obsolescence problems encountered when service lives are extended. AERMIP promotes commonality and standardization across aircraft platform lines and among the services through extension of application and use of non-developmental items. AERMIP also decreases life cycle costs through reduced operational and support costs. AERMIP facilitates the Operational, Safety and Improvement Program by applying proven low-risk solutions to current fleet problems. AERMIP also funds high-priority flight testing which is not associated with any acquisition or development program under the Flight Test General task.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$4.5M
▼ 41% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$7.5M
▼ 17% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$9.1M
Prior year
Acft Handling & Service Equip — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 0601 — Acft Handling & Service Equip — requests $4.5M in FY2027, 4.1% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 41% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 0601 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 7.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.1 |
Inside the project
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Aviation Maintenance Advancement Solutions (AMAS)▲ 12%
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$2.5M
FY2027 planned work Continuing to evaluate, test and integrate evolving COTS solutions. Conduct test & evaluation of T/M/S peculiar software/hardware requirements and network connectivity compliance across the Global Information Grid (GIG) prior to deployment to the fleet by a yearly release cycle. Develop Standard PEMA Cyber Solution (SPECS) core software enhancements to correct cyber gaps and develop/integrate T/M/S unique applications hosted on a common image. Develop Augmented Reality Maintenance System (ARMS) core software enhancements to correct cyber gaps and network connectivity compliance across GIG.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase for the Augmented Reality Maintenance System (ARMS).
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to evaluate, test and integrate evolving COTS solutions. Conduct test & evaluation of T/M/S peculiar software/hardware requirements and network connectivity compliance across the Global Information Grid (GIG) prior to deployment to the fleet by a yearly release cycle. Develop Standard PEMA Cyber Solution (SPECS) core software enhancements to correct cyber gaps and develop/integrate T/M/S unique applications hosted on a common image.
Shipboard Helo Handler-Extra Low Profile Replacement (SHH-II)NEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$2.0M
FY2027 planned work Conduct Market Research and develop a Requirements Analysis Document (RAD). Market research will identify and assess existing industry capabilities and available technologies to develop the acquisition strategy. The RAD will define, consolidate, and validate all operational needs, technical requirements, and key stakeholder inputs in formulation of the system specification, Statement of Work (SOW), and associated acquisition documentation.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase from FY26 to FY27 in the initial funding of SHH-II to address current fielded NAVSEA helo handler equipment facing obsolescence and sustainment issues as well as struggling to maintain minimum operational availability on Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
Engine Test Instrumentation Replacement System (ETIRS)▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$6.8M
FY2026 enacted$5.3M
FY2027 request$0.0M
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease is due to ETIRs moving from research and development to procurement.
FY2026 plans — current year Conduct test & evaluation of ETI Replacement System (ETIRS). Conduct Core System level Design Verification Testing (DVT). Conduct environmental, electromagnetic compliance and shock testing. Conduct formal Developmental Test & Evaluation on Core System and F414 Test Program Set and conduct System Verification Review. Milestone C decision will trigger retrofit of Engineering Development Model (EDM) units to support Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Develop final technical manuals and repair procedures.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 0601
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.
FRC SE
$1.2M · 27%
NAWCAD
$0.7M · 16%
Ricardo Defense
$0.5M · 12%
Project detail
What project 0601 buys
Common Ground Equipment is a Naval Aviation Project to apply new technology to common support equipment due to obsolescence necessary to support multiple systems/aircraft within the Navy. The common support equipment items developed with this budget are briefed to the Air Force, Army and Coast Guard for possible use in joint procurement in the production phase. Recent transition has merged existing Portable Electronic Maintenance Aids (PEMA) and Standard PEMA Cyber Solution (SPEC) project lines under Aviation Maintenance Advancement Solutions (AMAS). Funding supports the evaluation, testing and integration to develop PEMA Commercial solution for portable device deployments across the Naval Aviation Enterprise. PEMA is a portable device utilized by maintainers with the implementation of digital maintenance capabilities (digital publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, Internet Protocol based data uploads, Binary digit data downloads, automated diagnostics, and planeside Naval Aviation Logistics Command/Management Information System. PEMAs are mandatory display devices supporting modern day Automated Maintenance Environment implemented for weapon systems. Future Readiness Initiative to Develop SPECS architecture for all PEMAs to standardize software across NAE, leverage existing enterprise tools, and to correct cyber gaps identified by the Cyber Warfare Detachment (CWD). A Cyber Risk Assessment (CRA) identified vulnerabilities on the PEMA system that could be exploited to threaten U.S. capabilities. A new software image and configuration management process has been identified to mitigate the top 60% of identified risk groups and 100% of penetration test findings from the CRA. The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inherent flaw that exists with our current means of providing maintenance support, regardless of system: The requirement to travel around the globe to the maintenance site in order to support the fleet. The inability to operate in 2020 brought the need for a new capability to the forefront: the capability to provide real-time maintenance support remotely.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
FY2027 Request
$1.6M
▼ 27% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.2M
▼ 60% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$5.4M
Prior year
Corrosion Prevention Improvements — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 1356 — Corrosion Prevention Improvements — requests $1.6M in FY2027, 1.5% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 27% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 1356 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 2.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Corrosion Prevention Improvements▼ 27%
FY2025 actual$5.4M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$1.6M
FY2027 planned work Continue S3R DEM/VAL and initiate DEM/VAL for novel cold spray powders and laser ablation capability.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease of $0.581M from FY26 to FY27 due to Solid State Structural Repair (S3R).
FY2026 plans — current year Continue S3R DEM/VAL and initiate DEM/VAL for novel cold spray powders and laser ablation capability.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 1356
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.
NAWCAD
$0.5M · 34%
FRC-SW
$0.4M · 25%
FRC-E
$0.4M · 22%
FRC-SE
$0.1M · 6.3%
Project detail
What project 1356 buys
Corrosion Prevention Improvements support efforts to improve existing and new weapon systems resilience to corrosion degradation, increasing operational availability. This funding will enable the NAE to: 1. Establish a Center of Excellence for Corrosion and Finish (CoECF) Training focused on educating, training, and certifying qualified, proficient maintainers capable of performing corrosion prevention and control inspection and maintenance. 2. Validate and demonstrate solid state structural (S3R) repair techniques to extend the service life of components damaged by corrosion, wear or other occurrences. 3. Validate and demonstrate novel cold spray powders to improve the corrosion prevention and durability of cold spray repairs. 4. Demonstrate the value of laser ablation capability to remove corrosion and coatings on aviation components.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$11.1M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
Congressional Adds — one RDT&E project inside PE 0205633N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 9999 — Congressional Adds — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $108.5M requested for program element 0205633N. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 9999 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Project detail
What project 9999 buys
Congressional Adds CA89: Real-Time Foreign Object Detection - This project will demonstrate and validate novel technologies for the real-time detection of foreign object debris (FOD) on military airfields. The primary objective is to identify and integrate advanced sensor and data fusion technologies into a comprehensive system of systems. This will provide automated, continuous, and accurate FOD detection capabilities, enabling risk-based operational decisions to enhance the safety and efficiency of flight operations. The resulting capabilities will be designed for seamless integration with existing airfield management and operational C2 systems to proactively mitigate FOD hazards. CA90: Develop and Integrate Additional Sensors on Airfields - This project will demonstrate and validate novel technologies for the real-time detection of foreign object debris (FOD) on military airfields. The primary objective is to identify and integrate advanced sensor and data fusion technologies into a comprehensive system of systems. This will provide automated, continuous, and accurate FOD detection capabilities, enabling risk-based operational decisions to enhance the safety and efficiency of flight operations. The resulting capabilities will be designed for seamless integration with existing airfield management and operational C2 systems to proactively mitigate FOD hazards.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services