# F-22 — Program Element 0207138F

**Program element:** 0207138F  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding ramps 17% to a $950.4M request in FY2027. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate cut 10% (to $854.4M); House appropriators cut 3.8% (to $914.0M). Lockheed Martin leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 733.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 814.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 950.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 986.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 840.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 807.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 768.0 |

> 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 | 950.4 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 950.4 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 854.4 | −96.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 914.0 | −36.4 |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 674785 | F-22 | 733.6 | 814.0 | 950.4 | +17% |

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

### Project 674785 — F-22

The F-22 Raptor is a multi-mission fighter aircraft that combines low observability, supercruise, maneuverability and integrated avionics providing air superiority to the Joint Force, access in highly contested environments, as well as homeland and cruise missile defense. To maintain operational relevance, the program continues planned, incremental modernization efforts that enhance both F-22 air superiority and strike capabilities. The F-22 modernization enterprise develops, tests, and fields hardware/software of the air vehicle, engine, Operational Flight Program (OFP), and training systems to improve F-22 weapons, communications, navigation, pilot- vehicle interface, and electronic warfare suite. Funds may be used to resolve emerging safety of flight and diminishing manufacturing sources issues, accommodate technology insertion and fulfill Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or other mandates necessary to ensure continued aircrew safety and mission effectiveness. Program RDT&E 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. Program RDT&E funding may be utilized to design, develop, integrate, and test weapon system and/or component level open architectures. Program RDT&E 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. In Oct 2025, the F-22 Software Pathway Acquisition Program was stood up. Programs that previously included OFP software requirements transitioned those requirements to the F-22 Software Pathway Program and major thrust Software Pathway for Enabling Expedited Deliveries (SPEED) beginning with FY2026 requirements. The total cost of the F-22 Sensor Enhancement Rapid Fielding (RF) Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) effort is $1,801.7 million, including RDT&E and procurement of prototype units. The F-22 Sensor Enhancement RF MTA program is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Lockheed Martin (452.0, 48%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | 233.0 | 324.1 | 325.3 |
| Advanced Technology Development (ATD) | 41.4 | 21.2 | 26.7 |
| Sensor Systems | 129.5 | 103.6 | 106.7 |
| Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA)/Anti-Jam Global Positioning System (GPS) Antenna | 19.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
| Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) Modernization (EGI-M) | 2.9 | 2.7 | 6.8 |
| Link 16 (L16) and Open System Architecture (OSA) Increment II Improvements | 74.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe Challenge (IFFC) | 45.1 | 10.3 | 9.2 |
| Low Drag Tanks and Pylons (LDTP) | 74.7 | 55.0 | 34.0 |
| Viability | 104.1 | 55.9 | 109.6 |
| Cryptographic Modernization | 0.0 | 16.3 | 49.0 |
| Hybrid Satellite Communication (SATCOM) | 0.0 | 15.4 | 36.8 |
| Software Pathway for Enabling Expedited Deliveries (SPEED) | 8.7 | 206.1 | 243.9 |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 48% | 452.0 |
| Other / unspecified | 52% | 498.4 |

**Top named industry performers:** Lockheed Martin ($452.0M, 48%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The F-22 Raptor is a multi-mission fighter aircraft that combines low observability, supercruise, maneuverability and integrated avionics providing air superiority to the Joint Force, access in highly contested environments, as well as homeland and cruise missile defense. To maintain operational relevance, the program continues planned, incremental modernization efforts that enhance both F-22 air superiority and strike capabilities.

The F-22 utilized Sec 804 Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) to rapidly develop and field advanced capability. Development efforts were conducted under a Rapid Prototyping MTA, which concluded at the end of FY2023 with the exception of the Sensor Enhancements program, which received a 10-month extension to enable the completion of a technical demonstration on the F-22. In 4QFY2024, the Sensor Enhancements program transitioned to a Rapid Fielding MTA authority (8 Aug 2024) and placed the initial Group B kit production order (29 Aug 2024). A second Group B kit production order was placed on 4 Apr 2025.

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- [0305220N — MQ-4C Triton](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305220N) (Navy)
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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0207138F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207138F")`.

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