# Advanced Targeting Pod-Technical Insertion (ATP-TI) Increment 1

**R-2A activity** of project 675347 — Advanced Targeting Pod  
**Program element:** 0207249F — Advanced Targeting Pod  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207249F/675347/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207249F

## Summary

This activity requests $14.6M in FY2027, 100% of project 675347, up 8.7% 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 to develop ATP Operational Flight Program (OFP) user requirements, improved long-range target detection/identification capabilities, and continuous stabilized surveillance via Large Aperture Kits enabling support to Ground Forces.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY27 Operational Flight Program requirements increased for LITENING and Sniper pods to accurately reflect ATP advanced technology OFP Cost, technical analysis, and testing.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Accomplish ATP Operational Flight Program (OFP) user requirements and provided improved long-range target detection/identification and continuous stabilized surveillance in support of ground forces with Large Aperture kits.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.6 |

> 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 0207249F project 675347 (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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