# Project 624349 — Materials Technology for Sustainment

**Program element:** 0602102F — Materials  
**Project:** 624349  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F

## Summary

Project 624349 — Materials Technology for Sustainment requests $46.3M in FY2027, 33% of the $139.9M requested for program element 0602102F, up 0.4% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602102F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure Analysis and Mishap Prevention Technologies | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.0 | +0% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a2) |
| Material State Awareness | 16.0 | 16.1 | 16.2 | +0% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a0) |
| Materials/Processes for Affordable Survivability | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +0% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a1) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Failure Analysis and Mishap Prevention Technologies

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a2

### Material State Awareness

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a0

### Materials/Processes for Affordable Survivability

- 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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F/624349/a1

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602102F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602102F project 624349 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602102F")`.

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