# Effector Development — Program Element 0401334F

**Program element:** 0401334F  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0401334F

## Summary

U.S. Air Force requests $18.0M in FY2027 against nothing enacted in FY2026, with nothing planned by FY2031. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 184% (to $51.1M). AFLCMC/ESY leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 118.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 145.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> 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 | 18.0 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 18.0 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 18.0 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 51.1 | +33.1 |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 650023 | Effector Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | new start |

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

### Project 650023 — Effector Development

Large Aircraft Survivability Systems (LASS) expands the protection of large aircraft beyond surface-to-air infrared (IR) missile threats to ensure the survivability of the High Value Airborne Assets (HVAA), air-refueling aircraft, and tactical/strategic airlifters against the increasing lethality of long-range enemy threats. LASS will develop and integrate a set of modular, platform-agnostic, scalable, on-board systems of sensors, processors, and effectors to support both on-board and off-board engagement systems. These sensors will look downward and upward to identify threats and provide aircrews a common operating picture and provide non-kinetic and kinetic engagement solutions to defeat threats to US and allied aircraft. Funding will support development and prototyping within a modular, scalable architecture, ensuring the capability can be rapidly upgraded to detect new and emerging threats. Large aircraft must have the ability to detect, decide, and defeat the enemy threats organically from onboard the aircraft. Multiple sensors will detect threats, processors will decide what threat is inbound and which aircraft is being targeted, and determine which effector is the best option to defeat the threat and provide continuous targeting data to the effector, if necessary. Effector systems may use kinetic and non-kinetic means to defeat the threat. LASS efforts include, but are not limited to, developing operational hardware and software to improve detection field of view, processing, algorithms, and dynamic tracking to ensure common interfaces for components and early countermeasure engagement. Project 650023, Effector Development, develops the LASS processor and effector. The processor and effector, along with the Long-Range Detect Sensor (LRDS) and Active Defense Sensor (ADS) developed in BA 7, PE 0401334F, LASS, Project 67A038, Advanced Sensors, provide the capability for large aircraft to organically detect, decide, and defeat the long-range threats. These will allow the large aircraft to decide how to engage and defeat the threat with a new on-board effector. The effector will allow a large aircraft to organically defeat any long-range threat utilizing on-board capabilities without external assistance. The effector will likely be a new development effort to create an item not currently in use on other Air Force systems.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** AFLCMC/ESY (18.0, 100%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processor Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Effector Development | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 |

> 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% | 18.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** AFLCMC/ESY ($18.0M, 100%).

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

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Large Aircraft Survivability Systems (LASS) expands the protection of large aircraft beyond surface-to-air infrared (IR) missile threats to ensure the survivability of the High Value Airborne Assets (HVAA), air-refueling aircraft, and tactical/strategic airlifters against the increasing lethality of long-range enemy threats. LASS will develop and integrate a set of modular, platform-agnostic, scalable, on-board systems of sensors, processors, and effectors to support both on-board and off-board engagement systems.

The Air Force seeks to compete these efforts using a rapid and flexible strategy. The Air Force will begin with sOther Transaction Agreements (OTAs) and later transition to a Program of Record. This model is needed to accelerate innovation, reduce technical risk, and provide key insights to inform future acquisition decisions for an advanced modular scalable architecture sensor system. Competition is vital to this strategy as it drives down costs, spurs innovation, and improves product quality.

## Related program elements

- [0606829D8Z — Sustainment Transition Capabilities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606829D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0607865A — Patriot Product Improvement](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607865A) (Army)
- [0207522F — Tech Maturation & Risk Reduct](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207522F) (Air Force)
- [0604289M — Expeditionary Logistics](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604289M) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0401334F (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0401334F")`.

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