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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Spectrum Warfare Attack Capability

PE 0207040F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
⚑ Contested — House approps adds $8.0M
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, House appropriators added $8.0M (to $8.0M).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$8.0M
▼ $8.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$7.0M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $0.0M for Spectrum Warfare Attack Capability under RDT&E program element 0207040F, down 100% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to raise it to $8.0M.

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.

00.0FY25ACTUAL7.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted7.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0207040F

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 -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 670400

SPECTRUM WARFARE ATTACK CAPABILITY

$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$7.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Product DevelopmentManagement Services

The Angry Kitten Combat System (AKCS) program has developed electronic attack capabilities supporting USAF fighter and attack platforms. The current 4th generation electronic warfare (EW) pods have diminishing manufacturing sources and require advanced capabilities. The AKCS program developed prototype EW systems for 4th/5th generation aircraft that improve threat detection techniques, incorporate open system architecture, and advance rapid reprogramming capabilities. Funds were utilized to leverage existing EW pod components and develop a relevant EW system supporting fighter and attack platforms. 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. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

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
$0.0M
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$8.0M +$8.0M
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Angry Kitten Combat System (AKCS) program has developed electronic attack capabilities supporting USAF fighter and attack platforms. The current 4th generation electronic warfare (EW) pods have diminishing manufacturing sources and require advanced capabilities. The AKCS program developed prototype EW systems for 4th/5th generation aircraft that improve threat detection techniques, incorporate open system architecture, and advance rapid reprogramming capabilities. Funds were utilized to leverage existing EW pod components and develop a relevant EW system supporting fighter and attack platforms.

- Angry Kitten Combat System (AKCS) is a Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) program using Section 804 authority in accordance with AFGM2019-63-01, Air Force Guidance Memorandum for Rapid Acquisition Activities, 27 Jun 2019. Strategic goals are to rapidly develop and test advanced prototype electronic warfare systems with open system architecture, rapidly re-programmable capability, modular design, software-defined functionality, and cognitive technology. The acquisition strategy will include support from the following: University Academic Research Center (UARC), Other Transaction Authorities (OTA), and Industry Consortiums. The total cost of the AKCS Middle Tier of Acquisition effort is $85.597 million. Project AKCS was completed in May 2025.

Project 670400 — SPECTRUM WARFARE ATTACK CAPABILITY
  • Product Development
  • Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0207040F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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