# AIM- 9X Product Development

**R-2A activity** of project 674132 — AIM-9 Product Improvement  
**Program element:** 0207161F — AIM-9 Product Improvement  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207161F/674132/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207161F

## Summary

This activity requests $16.9M in FY2027, 17% of project 674132, down 58% 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.** Continue software development and test efforts for OFS 11.5 and 11.6 to optimize the SIP IV Hardware with updated software algorithms. Development efforts for the Digital Fuze to upgrade the Active Optical Target Detector to address updated requirements and reduce cost will continue. Test articles to support flight test of the 11.X OFS and integration for OFS 11.6 and Special Air Test Missiles (NATMs) in support of OFS 11.7 OT&E and integration testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY27 funding due to the completion of SIP III and SIP THOR.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Complete SIP IV sensor and Electronics Unit hardware development efforts. Software development and test efforts for OFS 11.5 and 11.6 will occur in order to optimize the SIP IV Hardware with updated software algorithms. Development efforts for the Digital Fuze to upgrade the Active Optical Target Detector to address updated requirements and reduce cost will begin in FY2026.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 30.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 40.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.9 |

> 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 674132

- Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Development — FY2027 77.7
- AIM-9X, Test and Evaluation — FY2027 4.3

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207161F project 674132 (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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