RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM)

PE 0207172F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$500.4M
⚑ Contested — House approps cuts 5.7%
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U.S. Air Force funding ramps 19% to a $500.4M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 79% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators cut 5.7% (to $471.7M).

FY2027 Request
$500.4M
▲ 19% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$471.7M
▼ $28.7M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$420.1M
In law

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $500.4M for Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) under RDT&E program element 0207172F, up 19% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $471.7M.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

15030045000.0FY25ACTUAL420.1FY26ENACTED500.4FY27REQUEST464.6FY28295.1FY29104.7FY30106.8FY31HOUSE APPROPS
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted420.1
FY2027Request500.4
FY2028Outyear464.6
FY2029Outyear295.1
FY2030Outyear104.7
FY2031Outyear106.8
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0207172F

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 19% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

The whole program

JATM is funded on 3 lines across 3 appropriations

This page shows $500.4M of JATM, 30% of the program's $1.67B FY2027 request. The rest is appropriated elsewhere.

Also funded hereTypeComponentFY2027 $M
Joint Advanced Tactical MissileProcurementAir Force608.7
Joint Advance Tactical Missile (JATM)ProcurementNavy557.8
JATM totalAir Force, Navy1,667.0

Lines whose title names the program. 3 further lines only mention JATM in their justification text — those fund something else and are deliberately excluded from the total.

Congressional action

The request is contested

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$500.4M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$500.4M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$500.4M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$471.7M −$28.7M · −5.7%
▲ $28.7M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The details of this budget justification are classified, per Executive Order 13526, Sec 1.4 (a) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification book. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Project 677771, 673777 — Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM)
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0207172F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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Markdown twin /programs/0207172F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.combudget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marks
FY2027 Request
$500.4M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) — one RDT&E project inside PE 0207172F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 677771 — Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) — requests $500.4M in FY2027, 100% of the $500.4M requested for program element 0207172F. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.

Funding trajectory

Project 677771 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.

15030045000.0FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED500.4FY27REQUEST464.6FY28295.1FY29104.7FY30106.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request500.4
FY2028Outyear464.6
FY2029Outyear295.1
FY2030Outyear104.7
FY2031Outyear106.8
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$500.4M

The details of this budget justification are classified, per Executive Order 13526, Sec 1.4(a) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification book.

Read the FY2027 plan →
Project 677771 — every activity in full →
Project detail

What project 677771 buys

The details for this budget justification are classified, per Executive Order 13526, Sec 1.4 (a) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification book.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$420.1M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

AMRAAM — one RDT&E project inside PE 0207172F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 673777 — AMRAAM — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $500.4M requested for program element 0207172F. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 673777 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.

10020030040000.0FY25ACTUAL420.1FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted420.1
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.

Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) Development▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$420.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M

The details of this budget justification are classified, per Executive Order 13526, Sec 1.4 (a) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification book.

Project 673777 — every activity in full →
Project detail

What project 673777 buys

The details of this budget justification are classified, per Executive Order 13526, Sec 1.4 (a) and are submitted annually to Congress in the classified budget justification book.