What project 675346 buys
The AFSEO delivers warfighting capability through aircraft/store compatibility testing and evaluation and provides accurate combat weapon delivery and mission planning software. Beginning in FY2020, the USAF supported FTI wiring and weapons integration tasks related to SEEK EAGLE requests. These tasks include, but are not limited to, envelope expansion, mixed loads testing, adding additional stores, and F-35A specific risk reduction efforts and studies. The Quick Reaction Instrumentation Package (QRIP) / Crowd Sourced Flight Data (CSFD) system is a government-owned, off-the-shelf solution from the 59 TES for F-35 high-capacity data recording needs. Designed for operational test and evaluation, the system serves multiple emerging needs for data collection. By capturing CSFD from operational aircraft, QRIP reduces the need for deliberate regression flight testing and allows the test enterprise to focus on Block 4 and future capability development. Working with F-35 Joint Program Office Combat Data Systems, the 59 TES will increase data ingest capable systems that will be utilized to support the data processing, storage, and transmission of all F-35 generated CSFD sources. The 59 TES will continue studying means to increase the operational viability of CSFD, including the use of data science teams, artificial intelligence, and machine learning algorithms.
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Project 675346 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 23.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 17.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 25.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 26.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 26.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 27.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 27.8 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
In FY2027, funds provide for the continued development, procurement, and deployment of data-ingest capable systems and networks will continue in support of all F-35 Crowd Source Flight Data (CSFD) requirements. These systems and networks will enable efficient processing, storage, and transmission of all F-35-generated CSFD sources…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work USAF only funding will continue supporting AFSEO requests by providing FTI wiring and supporting weapons integration tasks initiated in FY2021, in addition to emergent AFSEO tasks. Procure 1/6th scale models of F-35A and conduct wind tunnel testing for weapons integration. Procure, install, and sustain MADL antennae at NRTF in support of LOSOT testing. These are continued efforts in support of the F-35 program.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increased from FY2026 to FY2027 due to FY2026 Congressional reduction for project carryover (-$2.639 million).
FY2026 plans — current year USAF only funding will continue supporting AFSEO requests by providing FTI wiring and supporting weapons integration tasks initiated inFY 2021, in addition to emergent AFSEO tasks. Procure 1/6th scale models of F-35A and conduct wind tunnel testing for weapons integration. Procure, install, and sustain MADL antennae at NRTF in support of LOSOT testing. These are continued efforts in support of the F-35 program.