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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Science and Technology Management - Major Headquarters Activities

PE 0602298F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA2 — Applied Research
FY2027 Request
$10.3M
Air Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 25% to a $10.3M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$10.3M
▼ 25% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$13.8M
▲ 42% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$9.7M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $10.3M for Science and Technology Management - Major Headquarters Activities under RDT&E program element 0602298F, down 25% from 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.

09.7FY25ACTUAL13.8FY26ENACTED10.3FY27REQUEST10.3FY2810.6FY2910.6FY3010.9FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual9.7
FY2026Enacted13.8
FY2027Request10.3
FY2028Outyear10.3
FY2029Outyear10.6
FY2030Outyear10.6
FY2031Outyear10.9
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 0602298F

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. This PE moves -25% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 622520

Science and Technology Management - Major HQ

$10.3MFY2027 request ▼ 25%
FY2025 actual$9.7M
FY2026 enacted$13.8M
FY2027 request$10.3M

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a global technical enterprise, boasting some of the best and brightest leaders in the world. It provides revolutionary, relevant, and responsive science and technology (S&T) to the Warfighter. AFRL's mission is to lead the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for the global air, space, and cyberspace force. This activity funds AFRL leadership, human resources, and planning necessary to align the Department of the Air Force (DAF) S&T enterprise and workforce toward the delivery of the most consequential future capabilities.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
AFRL - Major Headquarters Activities▼ 5%
FY2025 actual$9.7M
FY2026 enacted$10.8M
FY2027 request$10.3M

FY2027 planned work Continue to provide professional government civilian workforce in support of all AFRL programs and activities.

FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 decreased compared to FY 2026 by $0.528 million due to minor programmatic adjustments to the DAF Science and Technology portfolio

FY2026 plans — current year Continue to provide professional government civilian workforce in support of all AFRL programs and activities.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$10.3M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$10.3M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$10.3M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$10.3M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This program funds government civilian workforce in support of all Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) programs and activities. 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. AFRL effectively synchronizes the Department of the Air Force (DAF) S&T enterprise and workforce to align towards the most consequential DAF priorities and accelerate the delivery of game-changing S&T.

Project 622520 — Science and Technology Management - Major HQ
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0602298F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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