# Collaborative Combat Aircraft

**R-2A activity** of project 640017 — Collaborative Combat Aircraft  
**Program element:** 0207147F — Collaborative Combat Aircraft  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207147F/640017/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207147F

## Summary

This activity requests $1.37B in FY2027, 100% of project 640017, up 1142% 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.** Collaborative Combat Aircraft will continue to conduct studies and analyses, identify technology candidates, execute concept refinement activities, execute technology maturation and risk reduction activities, execute engineering and manufacturing development activities, as well as weapon systems development, integration, test, prototyping, demonstrations, and crewed systems integration to reduce risk and mature CCA concepts and air superiority related technologies.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increased for acceleration of additional capability development.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Collaborative Combat Aircraft will continue to conduct studies and analyses, identify technology candidates, execute concept refinement activities, execute technology maturation and risk reduction activities as well as weapon systems development, integration, test, prototyping, demonstrations, and crewed systems integration to reduce risk and mature CCA concepts and air superiority related technologies.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 688.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 110.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,373.7 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207147F project 640017 (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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