What project 622403 buys
This project is dedicated to advancing technologies for manned, remotely piloted, and autonomous aerospace vehicles, with a focus on achieving maximum performance and affordability. The development of advanced control, automation, and autonomy technologies is a key aspect, aiming to deliver safe and efficient vehicle operation and mission execution through the use of digital engineering, flight experimentation, and evaluation. These efforts contribute significantly to the development of reliable autonomous collaborative platforms, high-speed aircraft, and operational aircraft. Furthermore, the project encompasses the design of integrated electrical and thermal management components, controls, and systems for military aerospace applications, ensuring that the power and thermal needs of future aerospace capabilities can be met. By developing controls and system integration technologies, the project also ensures the interoperability of aircraft, power, thermal, engine, and other systems and subsystems, ultimately supporting the development of electrical power and thermal management components, controls, and systems suitable for various aircraft platforms, including autonomous collaborative platforms and future aircraft, while addressing reliability, maintainability, affordability, and supportability. In FY 2026 within PE 0602203F / Aerospace Systems Technologies all efforts and activities previously reported in project 623145 / Aerospace Power Technology were transferred to this project to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.
Project 622403 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 | 42.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 75.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 67.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 83.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 90.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 93.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 95.4 |
5 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.
Complete the development of a mission management autonomy framework. Activities include: -Enabling Autonomy Government Reference Architecture (A-GRA) compliance and containerization of all the skills to facilitate transition. Complete the development and evaluation of algorithm enhancements for a tactical scenario. Activities include…
Read the FY2027 plan →Complete development of advanced power and thermal capabilities. Activities include: -Thermal architecture trade studies and analysis toolset development Continue the development of power, thermal management and controls technologies for modular electrified aircraft. Activities include -Component maturation and systems analysis for power…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue analyses of future advanced aerospace technology gaps and capability concepts. Activities include: - Analysis in the areas of autonomous collaborative platforms and weapons for affordable mass; and hypersonics for responsive strike capabilities. Continue model and simulation tool development. Activities include: - Maturing lifecycle analysis methods in concert with operational impact analysis to enhance the modeling of longer duration operational timelines. Continue establishment of digital engineering processes and practices. Activities include: - Integration of model-based systems engineering practices, style guides, model repository, digital reference architectures, and model…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue analyses of future advanced aerospace technology gaps and capability concepts. -Activities include analysis in the areas of autonomous collaborative platforms and responsive strike capabilities. - Continue model and simulation tool development. -Activities include establishing lifecycle analysis methods in concert with operational impact analysis to enhance the modeling of longer duration operational timelines. - Continue establishment of digital engineering processes and practices. -Activities include integration of model-based systems engineering practices and the creation of a shared model repository. - Continue research into mission engineering in aerospace system simulation…
FY2027 planned work Not Applicable
FY2026 to FY2027 change Not Applicable
FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026 the funding and technical activities were realigned to Autonomy Technology Development 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 were realigned to Autonomy Technology Development to enable acceleration of integrated system capabilities and capture realistic representation of work.