# Product Development

**R-2A activity** of project 0457 — AIM-9X  
**Program element:** 0207161N — Tactical Aim Missiles  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207161N/0457/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207161N

## Summary

This activity requests $29.9M in FY2027, 24% of project 0457, down 3.1% 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.** Software development and test efforts for OFS 11.5 and 11.6 will continue 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. 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.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 decrease is due to reduction to contractor support services.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** SIP IV sensor and Electronics Unit hardware development efforts will complete by the end of 4th Quarter FY 2026. 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 FY 2026.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 27.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 30.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.9 |

> 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 0457

- [Compact Variant (CV)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207161N/0457/a1) — FY2027 83.3
- Test and Evaluation Activities and Support — FY2027 9.1
- Management Services — FY2027 0.2

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207161N project 0457 (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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