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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Special Program

PE 0207242F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$35.1M
⚑ Contested — House approps cuts 50%
◆ New start in FY2027 — no prior-year funding
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U.S. Air Force requests $35.1M in FY2027 against nothing enacted in FY2026, sustained 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 50% (to $17.6M).

FY2027 Request
$35.1M
No FY2026 funding
House approps mark
$17.6M
▼ $17.6M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $35.1M for Special Program under RDT&E program element 0207242F, against nothing enacted in FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $17.6M.

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.

2500.0FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED35.1FY27REQUEST35.1FY2835.1FY2935.1FY3035.8FY31HOUSE APPROPS
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request35.1
FY2028Outyear35.1
FY2029Outyear35.1
FY2030Outyear35.1
FY2031Outyear35.8
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0207242F

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.

Project 675895

Special Program

$35.1MFY2027 request NEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$35.1M

This program is a new start. Additional 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.

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
$35.1M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$35.1M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$35.1M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$17.6M −$17.6M · −50%
▲ $17.6M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0207242F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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