RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Aerospace Vehicle Technologies

PE 0602201F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Air Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Air Force requests $0.0M in FY2027.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.9M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $0.0M for Aerospace Vehicle Technologies under RDT&E program element 0602201F, against nothing enacted in FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

04.9FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual4.9
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 2 — Applied Research.

Current
Research
BA 1–2
Later
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0602201F

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year.

Project 625172

NUCLEAR SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY

$0.0MFY2027 request
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M

This project provides sustaining science and technology to preserve nuclear deterrence for future generations, develops complimentary projects to inform future systems, establishing inter-agency partnerships for Modeling & Simulation and test platforms, and coordinates with existing programs for next generation strategic systems development and test platforms.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Nuclear Technologies
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M

FY2027 planned work Not applicable

FY2026 to FY2027 change Not applicable

FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the Nuclear Technologies effort and associated plans & funding transferred to Program Element 0602336F/Nuclear Delivery Systems Technology Exploration, Project 623360/Technology Exploration, to enhance transparency and traceability of the DAF Nuclear Science & Technology portfolio.

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This program provides sustaining science and technology to preserve nuclear deterrence for future generations, develops complimentary projects to inform future systems, establishing inter-agency partnerships for Modeling & Simulation and test platforms, and coordinates with existing programs for next generation strategic systems development and test platforms. This program is executed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL is focused on high-impact, multi-domain science & technology (S&T) solutions that drive innovation now while laying the groundwork for the Air and Space Force to win the future fight.

Project 625172 — NUCLEAR SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602201F (President's Budget PB2027).
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