# Vault Modernization Program (VMP)

**R-2A activity** of project 674612 — WS3 Vault Modernization  
**Program element:** 0305155F — WS3 Vault Modernization  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305155F/674612/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0305155F

> **NEW START.** $24.4M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $24.4M in FY2027, 100% of project 674612 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. 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.** "Continue to incrementally fund the second task order for maturing the detailed specifications and design of the impacted vault subsystems. This effort encompasses adjudication of NSA encryption requirements. Additional detailed information is classified and can be provided at higher classification levels."

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in funding due to WS3 VMP entering full design and development, characterizing the entire WS3 system.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** FY2025/FY2026 funding in BPAC 655708. In FY2027 Program 0305155F, Nuclear Weapons Support, Transferred from Budget Activity 05 System Development & Demonstration Project 655708 to Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development Project 674612.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 24.4 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0305155F project 674612 (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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