# Software Pathway for Enabling Expedited Deliveries (SPEED)

**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/a11  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F

## Summary

This activity requests $243.9M in FY2027, 26% of project 674785, up 18% 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.** FY2027 efforts will continue the ongoing development and integration of F-22 capabilities and continue EMD program activities for HMDCS and Link-16. These efforts will include, but are not limited to, the initiation of software development, enhancements, firmware upgrades, integration, test, and incremental upgrade activities with 2-way communication for system cueing. The Raptor Release 5 Production Build 002 Fielding Decision Review is scheduled for May 2027, with Time Compliance Technical Order in June 2027. Work will also be done to initiate contracting actions and begin procurement of HMDCS EMD kits and complete HMDCS's ejection safety qualification effort on the Holloman AFB High Speed Test Track. Link-16 will continue development and integration of multiple Open System Architecture (OSA) infrastructure enhancements, begin test of OSA networking firmware upgrade, and continue existing defect corrections and future capability development in support of Multifunction Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $37.753 million from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects a new transformation Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) on Agile Releases for Test, Execution, Modernization, Integration, and Sustainment (ARTEMIS) II software Operational Flight Program (OFP) contract to improve the OFP pipeline, as well as a ramp up in software integration capacity.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY2026 plans include the fielding of Raptor Release 5, the SPEED Minimum Viable Content Release, as well as HMDCS Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program activities including the initiation of software development, enhancements, firmware upgrades, integration, test, and incremental upgrade activities with work on 2-way communication for system cueing. Begin contracting actions and procurement of HMDCS EMD kits. Begin ejection safety qualification effort at the Holloman AFB High Speed Test Track for HMDCS. Plans also include Link 16 continued development, integration, and test for Classified Capability 1, initiate development and integration of an Open System Architecture (OSA) infrastructure enhancement to provide flexibility in design of future hardware and software. Continue existing defect corrections and future capabilities development in support of Multifunction Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS). Funds may be used to support Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) integration efforts.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 206.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 243.9 |

> 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

- [Infrastructure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a0) — FY2027 325.3
- [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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