# F-47 — Program Element 0207110F

**Program element:** 0207110F  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207110F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding ramps 65% to a $5.04B request in FY2027, before stepping down 41% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House cut 1.3% (to $4.97B); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 3,053.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 5,037.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 5,253.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4,122.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 3,293.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2,952.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 5,037.9 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 4,971.5 | −66.4 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 5,037.9 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 5,037.9 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 656009 | F-47 | 0.0 | 3,053.1 | 5,037.9 | +65% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 656009 — F-47

F-47 enables Air Superiority for the Joint Force in the most challenging operational environments. Key F-47 attributes include enhancements to survivability, lethality, persistence, crewed/uncrewed teaming and interoperability across a range of military operations. Program activities include the employment of digital acquisitions through the application of digital engineering, agile software development, open systems architectures and digital systems infrastructure as well as the design, build, and test of full weapon systems with supporting elements. Funding provides for operational concept exploration, technology studies, multi-domain integration assessments, operational and system architecture development, maturation/risk reduction, prototyping, and Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of F-47 and related technologies. These technologies include autonomy, weapon systems, mission systems, government reference architectures for standards and interfaces, terrestrial systems, training, product support, integrated system concept development and demonstration, as well as activities for full weapon system design, build, test, and program management support. Program management support costs include, but are not limited to, contractor support services, civilian pay, supplies, and facility related expenses. F-47 technologies are available to other Department of War (DoW) systems based on emerging threats, AF priorities, and development capacity. The FY 2026 spend plan amount for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation includes $3,053,053 thousand of discretionary and $400,000 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $3,453,053 thousand. Funding may be utilized to implement innovation insertion, capability insertion, software increments, spiral upgrades, modular component swaps, and other insertions consistent with Modular Open System Architecture. Funding may be utilized to design, develop, integrate, and test weapon system and/or component level open architectures. Funding may be utilized to fund the concept refinement, design, development, integration, and testing of interdependent technologies and common architectures that underpin weapon system and portfolio-wide mission outcomes. Funding may be used to resolve Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and/or obsolescence issues.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-47 | 0.0 | 2,553.1 | 5,037.9 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Other / unspecified | 100% | 5,037.9 |

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

F-47 enables Air Superiority for the Joint Force in the most challenging operational environments. Key F-47 attributes include enhancements to survivability, lethality, persistence, crewed/uncrewed teaming and interoperability across a range of military operations. Program activities include the employment of digital acquisitions through the application of digital engineering, agile software development, open systems architectures and digital systems infrastructure as well as the design, build, and test of full weapon systems with supporting elements.

The F-47 (formerly Next Generation Air Dominance) acquisition strategy is based on a top-down, multi-domain capabilities development planning and oversight framework. Cross-functional teams will conduct analysis, demonstrations, and experiments to quantify the operational value of alternative concepts and technologies to provide solutions to current and future air superiority capability gaps. Additional details on the acquisition strategy cannot be provided at this classification level.

## Related program elements

- [0207147F — Collaborative Combat Aircraft](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207147F) (Air Force)
- [0604343F — Advanced Tanker Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604343F) (Air Force)
- [0605514M — Ground BASED Anti-ship Missile](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605514M) (Navy)
- [0604292N — Future Vertical LIFT (maritime Strike)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604292N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0207110F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207110F")`.

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