# Low Drag Tanks and Pylons (LDTP)

**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/a7  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F

## Summary

This activity requests $34.0M in FY2027, 3.6% of project 674785, down 38% 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.** Continued deliveries of Tanks and Pylons test assets. Continue Weapon Separation and Jettison testing to support Developmental Test (DT) / Occupational Test (OT) efforts. Begin final certification efforts for flight testing. Continue full Pylon qualification efforts.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of $20.996 million from FY2026 to FY2027 is attributable to the program's completion of testing and certification efforts, as well as ramping down Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) activity as the program moves further into the production phase.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continued Flight Test for LDTP to Threshold envelope. Verification and Validation of Weapon Separation and Jettison, and lightning testing. Stress analysis testing completion and documentation. Support of software Release Testing. Developmental Test (DT) / Occupational Test (OT) efforts to continue to support certification of ground and flight test to gain air worthiness approval.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 74.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 55.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 34.0 |

> 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
- [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
- [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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