# Operational Weaponeering and Analysis — Program Element 0208030F

**Program element:** 0208030F  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0208030F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force funding ramps 51% to a $14.7M request in FY2027 — the program's peak. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. ARA leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 10.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 10.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 14.7 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 14.7 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 14.7 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 14.7 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 648030 | Operational Weaponeering and Analysis | 5.0 | 9.7 | 14.7 | +51% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 648030 — Operational Weaponeering and Analysis

The Operational Weaponeering and Analysis (OWA) project provides mission critical classified weapons' effectiveness analysis and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) tools in direct support of the Air Combat Command (ACC) Targeting mission. The M&S Targeting tool capabilities are designed to meet both Air Force (AF) Master Plan and DoW National Defense Strategy objectives and LOEs. The program is integrating ACC and AFRL MAJCOM goals to establish a Digital Engineering and Transformation path to create a ‘pipeline' of capabilities that will support weapon and target requirements integration from R&D to Operational Warfighting within ACC, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), and other DoW Intelligence Agencies. OWA provides mission critical National Security Software (NSS) M&S software to meet instructions and directives found in CJCSI 3160 and 3170, as well as, AFI 14-401 and JP 3-60. M&S classified software tools are operationally critical to overall mission success and weapons employment. Weapons employment is not legally possible until a complete target and weapon analysis has been completed. The classified M&S software tools are in constant development to support evolving weapon phenomenology (conventional, directed energy, high power microwave, cyber, hypersonic, etc.) within the Weapons PEO and target modeling of a wide range of multi-domain targets, which includes structural, ground mobile, ships, and more. The Integrated Munitions Effects Analysis (IMEA) software is a classified mission critical program that provides Air Force Operational Warfighters with unique analytical capabilities. These unique capabilities are associated with Hard Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs), Nuclear Weapons, and Weapons of Counter Mass Destruction (C-WMD) weapons employment. In addition, IMEA also analyzes national strategic sites facility defeat information with Nuclear and WMD weapons in support of Global Strike Command operational warfighter requirement. IMEA is also the software for Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP) and Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB) lethality estimates in DoW. The Air Force Target and Effect Software (AFTES) provides an all-domain weapon and target capability to support Advanced Target Development and Intermediate Target Development within ACC and Joint environments. This classified software creates software that is digital, agile, and open.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** ARA (14.7, 100%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational Weaponeering and Analysis | 5.0 | 9.7 | 14.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 100% | 14.7 |

**Top named industry performers:** ARA ($14.7M, 100%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The Operational Weaponeering and Analysis (OWA) project provides mission critical classified weapons' effectiveness analysis and Modeling and Simulation (M&S) tools in direct support of the Air Combat Command (ACC) Targeting mission. The M&S Targeting tool capabilities are designed to meet both Air Force (AF) Master Plan and DoW National Defense Strategy objectives and LOEs.

Performance-based contracts are primarily used for this support. IMEA and AFTES maximize the use of competitive awards and uses various contract types, employs large and small contractors, and is focused to achieve agency socio-economic goals and incorporate DoW acquisition reform initiatives. Both AFTES and IMEA are paralleling AF Digital Engineering contracting effort to add Agile capabilities into performance contracts. IMEA and AFTES use physics based modeling requiring specialized methodology development unique to specific weapon capabilities. The Operational and Analysis (OWA) has identified multiple sources of software development include both commercial and defense working capital.

## Related program elements

- [0305601F — CENTRIXs Networks](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305601F) (Air Force)
- [0608500D8Z — Weaponeering Code Sustainment](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0608500D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0303150K — Global Command and Control System Software and Digital Technology Pilot Programs](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303150K) (Defense-Wide)
- [0605812A — Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase (EMD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605812A) (Army)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0208030F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0208030F")`.

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