What project 622401 buys
This project performs technology development to advance aerodynamic and structural systems of the aerospace vehicle to address Department of the Air Force capability needs and anticipated future capability needs. Requisite technology area competencies in design, analysis, synthesis, and validation, work in synergy with design integration of other aerospace vehicle systems to define and provide technology gap solutions.
Project 622401 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 | 72.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 94.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 55.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 44.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 78.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 80.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 83.0 |
7 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. 2 of them 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 integration of affordable manufacturing considerations in air vehicle design for collaborative platform capability via manufacturing design. Activities include: -Refining techniques for design manufacturing of a braided single piece wing box structure for ground structure testing demonstration. Continue the development of a…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue the development of new optimization design methods resulting in tool technology development for linking of vehicle system requirements to military utility and mission performance for effectiveness-based design. Activities include: -Development of structural design optimization methods incorporating fabrication constraints…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the funding and technical activities from this effort were realigned to Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development and Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development efforts to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the funding and technical activities from this effort were realigned to Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development and Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development efforts to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the funding and technical activities from this effort were realigned to Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development and Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development efforts to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the funding and technical activities from this effort were realigned to Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development and Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development efforts to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, the funding and technical activities from this effort were realigned to Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development and Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development efforts to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.