# Project 622401 — Structures

**Program element:** 0602203F — Aerospace Systems Technologies  
**Project:** 622401  
**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/0602203F/622401  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602203F

## Summary

Project 622401 — Structures requests $55.2M in FY2027, 14% of the $397.8M requested for program element 0602203F, down 42% on FY2026. 7 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602203F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 7

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development | 0.0 | 39.9 | 29.5 | −26% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602203F/622401/a0) |
| Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development | 0.0 | 34.5 | 25.7 | −26% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602203F/622401/a1) |
| Vehicle Design Technologies | 14.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Structural Concepts | 20.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Next Generation Aerodynamic Technologies | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Aircraft Integration Technologies | 13.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Aerodynamic Systems Technology | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |

> 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.

### Mission Optimized Aerospace Vehicles Technology Development

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602203F/622401/a0

### Rapid Aerospace Vehicles Design and Integration Technology Development

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602203F/622401/a1

### Vehicle Design Technologies

**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.

### Structural Concepts

**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.

### Next Generation Aerodynamic Technologies

**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.

### Aircraft Integration Technologies

**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.

### Aerodynamic Systems Technology

**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.

## 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/0602203F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602203F project 622401 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602203F")`.

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