What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 674543 of PE 0208087F. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
- Will continue to develop and field capabilities to enable Cyber Enabled Air Superiority (CEAS), specifically continuing development and fielding of technologies focused on increased aircraft survivability and munitions effectiveness. - Will continue to develop and integrate Network Attack System (NAS) capabilities, develop the LOCUTUS mission planning capability, and Dark Nebula (DANE) capabilities. - Will continue to develop and field Air Force-unique connectivity and associated infrastructure products and services in support of Off Network and Telephony Network mission and capability requirements.
A budget increase of $40.975M (from $30.893M to $71.868M) supports increased efforts under the DCWO portfolio resulting from successful Science & Technology developments and support of an USAF Urgent Operational Need. These successful S&T activities address critical warfighting gaps, are ready for maturation into operationally relevant, executable systems and are supportive of Long Range Kill Chains for active-duty units.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
- Continue to develop and field Radio Frequency and other over-the-air capabilities to enable Cyber Enabled Air Superiority (CEAS). Continue legacy capability in alignment with Air Force strategic pivot to CEAS. Continue to develop and field technologies focused on increased aircraft survivability and munitions effectiveness. - Continue to develop and integrate Network Attack System (NAS) capabilities, develop the LOCUTUS mission planning capability, and Dark Nebula (DANE) capabilities. - Continue to develop and field Air Force-unique connectivity and associated Infrastructure products and services in support of Off Network and Telephony Network mission and capability requirements.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 30.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 71.9 |
This activity is 100% of project 674543's FY2027 request and 100% of PE 0208087F's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 674543
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.