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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct

PE 0207522F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
FY2027 Request
$85.3M
⚑ Contested — House approps cuts 42%
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U.S. Air Force funding ramps 445% to a $85.3M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 65% 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 42% (to $49.2M). 2.1 - Proto / 2.2 S/W leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$85.3M
▲ 445% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$49.2M
▼ $36.1M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$15.7M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $85.3M for Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct under RDT&E program element 0207522F, up 445% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to cut it to $49.2M.

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.

255075019.3FY25ACTUAL15.7FY26ENACTED85.3FY27REQUEST77.9FY2833.3FY2929.4FY3029.9FY31HOUSE APPROPS
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House approps mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual19.3
FY2026Enacted15.7
FY2027Request85.3
FY2028Outyear77.9
FY2029Outyear33.3
FY2030Outyear29.4
FY2031Outyear29.9
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0207522F

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. This PE moves 445% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 640410

Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct

$85.3MFY2027 request ▲ 445%
FY2025 actual$19.3M
FY2026 enacted$15.7M
FY2027 request$85.3M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services

The Airbase Air Defense Systems (ABADS) program element is the principal Air Force (AF) program to provide the ability to detect, track, identify, and defeat airborne threats to missions and assets. These threats include small-unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), Rockets, Artillery and Mortars (RAM), and cruise missiles. These two efforts (Missile Defense (MD) and Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS)) aim to protect personnel, assets, and infrastructure vital to supporting the national security strategy. ABADS MD was originally designed as a configurable combination of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS)/Government Off the Shelf (GOTS) sensor and Non-Kinetic Effector (NKE) technologies integrated with tailored Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) subsystem that leverages GOTS products and Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) systems to provide adaptive, resilient, and dedicated air defense capability. FY27 adds the integration of kinetic effectors, additional non-kinetic effectors and active radar systems. The ABADS MD system is designed to operate independently or in concert with other local and distributed capabilities to form a multi-layered defense-in-depth, improving airbase defense and airbase resiliency. ABADS MD FY2027 funding continues development efforts to operationalize the NKE following prototype transition from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Additionally, the funding supports integration of short to medium range kinetic effectors, active defense radars, and additional non-kinetic effector capabilities. Funding also supports and delivers Government Development Security and Operations (DevSecOps) software pipeline, supporting software updates and prioritized capability upgrades. The Government DevSecOps pipeline also supports further alignment with the ABMS portfolio (TOC-L, Digital Infrastructure, and Cloud Based Command and Control). FY2027 funding continues support to Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) oversight required test activities. ABADS MD FY2027 funding will support testing and integration for the kinetic and non-kinetic effector capabilities. Funding will also support and maintain a Government DevSecOps software pipeline, supporting software updates and prioritized capability upgrades.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
ABADS Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS)▲ 194%
FY2025 actual$15.2M
FY2026 enacted$9.9M
FY2027 request$29.2M

- Will continue to update Medusa Command and Control (C2) software to further interoperability and incorporation within the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) architecture (e.g., Unified Data Library). - Will continue electronic warfare upgrades, to include but not limited to new sensor and effector components, and new Ninja skills…

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ABADS Missile Defense (MD)▲ 876%
FY2025 actual$4.1M
FY2026 enacted$5.7M
FY2027 request$56.1M

- Will continue operationalization, testing, and ultimately fielding of the Non-Kinetic Effector. - Will participate in select DAF and theater exercises and demonstrations in support of INDOPACOM and NORTHCOM - Will continue software development efforts on a government-run DevSecOps software pipeline -- Will integrate and develop kinetic…

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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
$85.3M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$85.3M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$85.3M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$49.2M −$36.1M · −42%
▲ $36.1M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

2.1 - Proto / 2.2 S/W
$5.0M · 5.9%
ABADS MD - Prototype Development (Hardware / Software)
2.3 - System Testing
$4.8M · 5.6%
ABADS MD - Demonstration & Test
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes16%13.3
Other / unspecified84%72.1
FY2027 request100%85.3
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Airbase Air Defense Systems (ABADS) program element is the principal Air Force (AF) program to provide the ability to detect, track, identify, and defeat airborne threats to missions and assets. These threats include small-unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), Rockets, Artillery and Mortars (RAM), and cruise missiles. These two efforts (Missile Defense (MD) and Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS)) aim to protect personnel, assets, and infrastructure vital to supporting the national security strategy.

For 2027, ABADS Missile Defense (MD) will be fully executing two Rapid Prototyping and one Rapid Fielding Middle Tier of Acquisitions (MTAs). The primary efforts will continue the maturation of the Non-Kinetic Effector (NKE) both from a software and hardware perspective. Software initiatives will utilize a variety of contracts to build upon fielded capability. Hardware initiatives will build upon contracts awarded in 2026 to optimize system configuration for a production cut-in aimed at reducing production lead times by 50%. ABADS MD will continue to mature its usage of the Government Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) software pipeline for software production and configuration management.

Project 640410 — Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0207522F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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