# Infrastructure

**R-2A activity** of project 674785 — F-22  
**Program element:** 0207138F — F-22  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F

## Summary

This activity requests $325.3M in FY2027, 34% of project 674785, up 0.4% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Provide support to the System Integration Laboratories (SILs) for faster testing and assessment of F-22 enhancements. Continue to update critical systems required to support new aircraft configurations and capabilities. Continue Lab test planning using agile methods for all F-22 Acquisition Categories (ACAT) programs. Continue to update critical systems to include technology refresh and laboratory optimization improvements. Small projects continue transformational projects through technology planning studies and demonstrations for DT weapon assets, threat modeling support, test support, DT aircraft modifications, cyber security, engine enhancements, instrumentation and crowd sourced flight data system, DMSMS development, TE-RECCS integration, Cockpit tablet / OSA integration / OSE / OMS, and other advanced capability projects to improve the effectiveness of the F-22. Provide development and integration activities to produce a F-22 IAB product that can meet both test and training requirements in a high fidelity, life-like environment. Continue maturing agile software and hardware development best practices and tools to increase the speed and quality of product delivery to the warfighter.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $1.177 million from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects design and delivery of multiple sets of special test equipment required for capability upgrades and OFP air worthiness certification. In addition, it supports the test aircraft modifications, and increased capacity and throughput for labs and test operations, improving quality and accelerating capability delivery.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Provide support to the System Integration Laboratories (SILs) for faster testing and assessment of F-22 enhancements. Continue to update critical systems required to support new aircraft configurations and capabilities. Further continue Lab test planning using agile methods for all F-22 modernization and sustainment programs to include: Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe Challenge (IFFC), Link 16, Tech Enabler Raptor Cloud Compute Services (TERCCS), Sensor Systems and Advanced Technology Development (ATD). Continue to update critical systems to include technology refresh and laboratory optimization improvements. Small projects continue transformational projects through technology planning studies and demonstrations for Developmental Test (DT) weapon assets, threat modeling support, test support, DT aircraft modifications, cyber security, End Cryptographic Unit (ECU) Upgrade, engine enhancements, instrumentation and crowd sourced flight data system, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) development, Tech Enabler Raptor Cloud Compute Services (TE-RECCS) integration, cockpit tablet, Open System Architecture (OSA) / Open Systems Enclave (OSE) / Open Mission System (OMS) integration, and other advanced capability projects to improve the effectiveness of the F-22. Provide development and integration activities to produce a F-22 In-a-Box (IAB) product that can meet both test and training requirements in a high fidelity, life-like environment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 233.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 324.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 325.3 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 674785

- [Software Pathway for Enabling Expedited Deliveries (SPEED)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a11) — FY2027 243.9
- [Viability](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a8) — FY2027 109.6
- [Sensor Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a2) — FY2027 106.7
- [Cryptographic Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a9) — FY2027 49.0
- [Hybrid Satellite Communication (SATCOM)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a10) — FY2027 36.8
- [Low Drag Tanks and Pylons (LDTP)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a7) — FY2027 34.0
- [Advanced Technology Development (ATD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a1) — FY2027 26.7
- Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe Challenge (IFFC) — FY2027 9.2
- Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) Modernization (EGI-M) — FY2027 6.8
- Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA)/Anti-Jam Global Positioning System (GPS) Antenna — FY2027 2.3
- Link 16 (L16) and Open System Architecture (OSA) Increment II Improvements — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207138F project 674785 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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