# Project 674597 — Kessel Run Flight Operations

**Program element:** 0207410F — Air & Space Operations Center (AOC)  
**Project:** 674597  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207410F/674597  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207410F

## Summary

Project 674597 — Kessel Run Flight Operations requests $69.3M in FY2027, 44% of the $158.9M requested for program element 0207410F, up 310% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 69.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 81.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 85.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 68.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 69.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0207410F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 674597 buys

In FY 2027, Flight Operations funding transferred to its own PE (0207461F), and this project 674597 now funds AOC Decision Advantage. The AOC Decision Advantage (ADA) project develops, fields, and sustains an adaptable, AI-driven targeting and C2 platform designed to provide a decisive information advantage over peer adversaries. As a critical component of the broader Air Operations Center (AOC) modernization effort, ADA delivers key capabilities supporting The Department of War's (DOW's) Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) framework. The United States Air Force (USAF) is implementing ADA as the Air Force's portion of the DoW's enterprise-wide mission command applications strategy to accelerate AI-enabled decision-making as the cornerstone for CJADC2. The AOC program is closely aligned and integrated with the DoW's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence office (CDAO)'s plan to integrate a common, enterprise-wide mission command applications strategy via Maven Smart System (MSS). This strategy will provide AI-driven workflows and data connections to create high-functioning, cross-platform interoperability between AOCs and other CJADC2 systems. This program element will manage and execute the USAF-specific components of CDAO's enterprise strategy to provide stable funding, streamline acquisitions, and create clear lines of accountability for performance and oversight. The use of MSS will simplify data sharing and integrate workflows, fusing information across different warfighting functions and echelons. Its core capabilities, or "Decision Advantage Enablers," include battlespace management, joint targeting, fires and effects integration, and generative artificial intelligence. It also allows for the deployment of user-created applications. The system is being fielded to Air Operations Centers and supporting units to integrate fires and effects across Combatant Commands and Services. The overarching objective is to enable a data-centric AOC Weapon System (AOC WS) that supports operational planning and execution at the speed and scale required to fight and win in a highly contested environment. To achieve this objective, the program is focused on several lines of effort (LOE).

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOC Decision Advantage | — | 0.0 | 69.3 | new | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207410F/674597/a0) |
| Flight Operations | 0.0 | 16.9 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### AOC Decision Advantage — NEW START

For FY 2027, funds will evolve the AOC Decision Advantage (ADA). The primary objective is to mature the data-centric AOC WS by delivering advanced integration and automation capabilities. These efforts are essential for achieving decision advantage and operational superiority in a highly contested environment, directly supporting…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207410F/674597/a0

### Flight Operations

**FY2027 planned work.** For FY 2027 plans, please refer to PE 0207461F BPAC 674597 (Kessel Run Flight Operations)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 funding for this major thrust decreases due to the Kessel Run Flight Operations project moving to PE 0207461F in FY 2027. Transfer of this project increases funding transparency of the project in a standalone funding line as it grows and matures into a reliable enterprise solution to replace legacy software, such as Patriot Excalibur (PEX).

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Combine and integrate multiple flight operations management programs to drive efficiencies in development, sustainment and management. - Support mandated stan/eval use for aircrew to ensure accountability and readiness to meet mission requirements. - Provide mission-ready forces to meet air tasking orders (ATO) for global wartime and peacetime operations.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207410F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0207410F project 674597 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207410F")`.

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