Project 632100
$32.8MFY2027 request ▲ 29%Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability
FY2025 actual$12.7M
FY2026 enacted$25.4M
FY2027 request$32.8M
FY2027 Request
$32.8M
▼ 27% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$45.2M
▲ 50% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$30.0M
Prior year
Roll-up of 3 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $32.8M for Advanced Materials for Weapon Systems under RDT&E program element 0603112F, down 27% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 30.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 45.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 32.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 32.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 35.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 36.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 37.1 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 3 — Advanced Technology Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Current
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Later
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
3 projects roll up into PE 0603112F
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 -27% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 633153
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%Non-Destructive Inspection Development
FY2025 actual$4.3M
FY2026 enacted$4.6M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Project 633946
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%Materials Transition
FY2025 actual$13.1M
FY2026 enacted$15.1M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$32.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$37.8M +$5.0M · +15%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$42.8M +$10.0M · +30%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$32.8M full · +$0
▲ $10.0M chamber gap — 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 develops and demonstrates advanced materials and process technologies to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements in areas such as survivability, readiness, affordability, and new processes and materials. These projects ensure the Department of the Air Force weapon systems are ready and able when needed. This program is accomplished 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 632100, 633153, 633946 — Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603112F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0603112F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$32.8M
▲ 29% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$25.4M
▲ 101% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$12.7M
Prior year
Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603112F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 632100 — Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability — requests $32.8M in FY2027, 100% of the $32.8M requested for program element 0603112F. Year over year it grows 29% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 632100 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 32.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 32.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 35.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 36.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 37.1 |
Inside the project
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Electromagnetic Protection for Aerospace Systems▲ 10%
FY2025 actual$7.9M
FY2026 enacted$8.3M
FY2027 request$9.2M
- Continue the development, integration, assessment, and transition of advanced electromagnetic protection technologies for current and future Department of the Air Force platforms and systems with specific focus on those capabilities prioritized by warfighter needs. - Continue the application of computational materials science to model…
Electromagnetic Protection for Personnel▲ 27%
FY2025 actual$4.8M
FY2026 enacted$5.1M
FY2027 request$6.5M
- Continue the development, integration, assessment, and transition of electromagnetic protection materials and technologies to mitigate risks to aircrew eyes from lasers and nuclear flash blindness. - Continue lab scale testing for transition and further development of visor-based aircrew protection technologies. Activities include…
Advanced System Monitoring TechnologiesNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$3.9M
- Complete the demonstration and transition of technologies to locate damage in composite structures without coating removal and to inspect composite structures with complex geometry resulting in higher mission availability. - Complete the development of enhanced methods for compiling, reporting, collecting and rapidly analyzing digital…
Air Vehicle Materials TechnologiesNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$6.3M
- Complete the development and characterization of composite materials used for electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) survivability of munitions and airborne assets. Activities include: -- Demonstration of manufacturability of structural composites with electromagnetic protection. -- Demonstration of the manufacturability of protected…
Counter Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance TechnologiesNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$7.0M
- Continue developmental efforts in counter ISR technologies across multiple collection domains. Activities include: -- Conduct comparative analysis across all system results and prepare the most promising candidate for operationally relevant environment testing. -- Conduct test and evaluation efforts on first generation prototypes of…
Project detail
What project 632100 buys
This project focuses on increasing the resiliency and survivability of Department of the Air Force assets against extreme conditions and extending the lifespan and reliability of existing and future systems. It develops and demonstrates advanced materials and technologies to protect personnel, weapons, platforms, and mission systems from electromagnetic threats including directed energy weapons and nuclear detonation. Further, it develops and demonstrates multiple physical and technical methods for the degradation of adversarial Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) collection and analysis. Accompanying these efforts is the development of nondestructive inspection and evaluation technologies to monitor performance, detect potential failures, and assure manufacturing quality, ultimately improving system reliability and cost-effectiveness at both the field and depot maintenance levels.
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.6M
▲ 8.5% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.3M
Prior year
Non-Destructive Inspection Development — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603112F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 633153 — Non-Destructive Inspection Development — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $32.8M requested for program element 0603112F. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 633153 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.
Special Material Inspection Technologies
FY2025 actual$1.1M
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 and beyond, this effort's plans and funding were integrated with the Advanced System Monitoring Technologies effort in Project 633153, Non-Destructive Inspection Development, to enhance synergy and accelerate the overall technological development of specialty material monitoring and inspection. The Advanced System Monitoring Technologies effort's plans and funding have been updated accordingly.
Advanced System Monitoring Technologies▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$3.2M
FY2026 enacted$4.6M
FY2027 request$0.0M
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, the Advanced System Monitoring Technologies effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element to Project 632100/ Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the materials technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, and Budget Activity (BA) 3.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding compared to FY 2026 decreased by $4.636 million due to the transfer of the Advanced System Monitoring Technologies effort and associated funding within this Project 632100/ Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability, to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the discrete materials technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, Budget Activity (BA) 3.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue the demonstration and transition of technologies to locate damage to composite structures without coating removal and to inspect composite structures with complex geometry resulting in higher mission availability. - Continue the development of enhanced methods for compiling, reporting, collecting and rapidly analyzing digital nondestructive testing and evaluation data necessary for improved damage detection and characterization on aircraft. - Continue the transition and integration of computational materials science tools to provide data necessary for life prediction methods to enable risk-based life management. - Commence within this effort the transition process to depots and…
Project detail
What project 633153 buys
This project develops and demonstrates advanced nondestructive inspection and evaluation technologies to monitor performance integrity and to detect failure causing conditions in weapon systems components and materials. Nondestructive inspection and evaluation capabilities greatly influence and/or limit many design, manufacturing, and maintenance practices. This project provides technology to satisfy Department of the Air Force requirements to extend the lifetime of current systems through increased reliability and cost-effectiveness at field and depot maintenance levels to include reduced manhours through automation. Equally important is assuring manufacturing quality, integrity, and safety requirements are built in.
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$15.1M
▲ 16% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$13.1M
Prior year
Materials Transition — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603112F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 633946 — Materials Transition — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $32.8M requested for program element 0603112F. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 633946 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Air Vehicle Materials Technologies▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$6.0M
FY2026 enacted$6.7M
FY2027 request$0.0M
In FY 2027, the Air Vehicle Materials Technologies effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element to Project 632100/ Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the materials technology areas in Research…
Counter Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Technologies▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$4.6M
FY2026 enacted$5.9M
FY2027 request$0.0M
In FY 2027, the Counter Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Technologies effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element to Project 632100/ Materials for Electromagnetic Spectrum Resilience and Mission Survivability to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the materials…
Project detail
What project 633946 buys
This project develops and demonstrates advanced materials and processing technologies for fielded and planned Department of the Air Force weapon, airframe, aerospace structure, protection, and propulsion applications. Advanced materials and processes that have matured beyond applied research are characterized, critical data are collected, and critical evaluations in the proposed operating environment are performed. This design and scale-up data improves the overall affordability of promising materials and processing technologies, providing needed initial incentives for their industrial development.