What project 624349 buys
This project develops materials and processing technologies to support operational Department of the Air Force mission areas by providing the ability to inspect the quality of delivered systems, transition more reliable and maintainable materials, establish a capability to detect and characterize performance threatening defects, characterize materials processes and properties necessary for materials transition, and provide quick reaction support and failure analysis to the operational commands and repair centers. Repair techniques and nondestructive inspection/evaluation (NDI/E) methods are developed that are needed for metallic and non-metallic structures, coatings, corrosion control processes, and to support integration of composite structures for aerospace systems. Various NDI/E methods are essential to ensure optimum quality in the design and production of aircraft, propulsion, and missile systems. These NDI/E methods are also essential to monitor and detect the onset of any service-initiated damage and/or deterioration due to aging of operational systems.
Project 624349 funding, 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. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 45.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 46.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 46.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 47.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 48.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 49.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 50.4 |
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Continue to rapidly respond to electrical and structural failure investigations and to transition material and process lessons learned to promote mishap prevention, design/production risk reduction and accelerated system solutions. - Continue the research and development of improved material and process analysis techniques…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Continue advancing nondestructive evaluation (NDE) modeling/simulation capabilities to assess emerging material states and degradation behavior. These improved material assessments will increase availability and ensure structural integrity for future DAF systems. Activities include: -- Developing innovative modeling approaches combined…
Read the FY2027 plan →- Continue to identify and communicate best practices for ensuring repeatable quality and performance of specialty materials (e.g., ceramics, coatings, adhesives, resins) for assured material integrity and mission readiness throughout the life cycle of Department of the Air Force aircraft and weapon systems. Furthermore, demonstrations…
Read the FY2027 plan →