# Air Segment Product Development

**R-2A activity** of project 3278 — MQ-25 Air System (AS)  
**Program element:** 0207255N — MQ-25 Stingray  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207255N/3278/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207255N/3278

> **NEW START.** $234.6M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $234.6M in FY2027, 53% of project 3278 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue developmental test and evaluation of EDM3 towards completion of first carrier suitability events. Continue development, design, software integration, and delivery of EDM1, EDM2, EDM4 and SDTA1 to the test program. Continue development of MD-5 integration software. Continue development and redesign of obsolete critical flight system avionics to refine the production baseline. Continue efforts to support IOC and beyond such as advanced training, tactics, and techniques, obsolescence, sustainment, and studies related to operational employment learned since EMD contract award.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase from FY26 value of $105.773M (under PE 0605414N) by $128.875M to $234.648M in FY27 is due to obsolescence redesign in support of critical avionic systems for the additional SDTA aircraft and LRIP baseline. Increase also supports software integration and cyber security patching for Cross Domain Solution (CDS) Raise the Bar v5.1 initiative for authorization towards operational testing and deployment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 234.6 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 3278

- [Test and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207255N/3278/a4) — FY2027 81.4
- Stingray to the Fight Product Development — FY2027 64.9
- [Lead Systems Integration (LSI) Product Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207255N/3278/a1) — FY2027 55.1
- Management — FY2027 3.6
- Support — FY2027 0.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207255N project 3278 (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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