# Weapon Data Link (WDL)

**R-2A activity** of project 675356 — JASSM Extended Range (JASSM-ER)  
**Program element:** 0207325F — JASSM Extended Range (JASSM-ER)  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207325F/675356/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207325F

## Summary

This activity requests $98.8M in FY2027, 74% of project 675356, down 45% 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.** Will continue sub-system and system-level hardware demonstrations and qualification. Will continue system level testing and qualification activities required for flight testing that begins in FY 2027. FY 2027 Funding ($98.792 million) will be comprised of the WDL contract ($86.927 million), Government Test support ($3.923 million), and Program Management Administration ($7.942 million).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decreased due to reduced efforts in the AGM-158D/B-3 EMD Contract ramp down getting to production readiness review and cut-in of this critical capability in FY 2027.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue sub-system and system-level hardware demonstrations and qualification, as well as system level testing and qualification activities required for flight testing that begins in FY 2026. FY 2026 Funding ($178.592 million) is comprised of the WDL contract ($157.329 million), Government Test support ($8.849 million), and Program Management Administration ($12.415 million).

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 144.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 178.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 98.8 |

> 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 675356

- [Warfighting Capability Enhancement](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207325F/675356/a0) — FY2027 29.8
- Other Development/Safety/Survivability — FY2027 4.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207325F project 675356 (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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