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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Joint Hypersonic Technology Development & Transition

PE 0603183D8Z·Defense-Wide·Approp. 0400 — RDT&E·BA3 — Advanced Technology Development
FY2027 Request
$424.4M
⚑ Contested — House approps adds 3.4%
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Defense-Wide funding ramps 613% to a $424.4M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 58% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 7.1% (to $454.4M); the Senate added 3.5% (to $439.4M); House appropriators added 3.4% (to $438.7M).

FY2027 Request
$424.4M
▲ 613% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$438.7M
▼ $14.3M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$59.5M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, Defense-Wide agencies are requesting $424.4M for Joint Hypersonic Technology Development & Transition under RDT&E program element 0603183D8Z, up 613% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to raise it to $438.7M.

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.

100200300400055.7FY25ACTUAL59.5FY26ENACTED424.4FY27REQUEST278.7FY28327.5FY29286.1FY30177.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual55.7
FY2026Enacted59.5
FY2027Request424.4
FY2028Outyear278.7
FY2029Outyear327.5
FY2030Outyear286.1
FY2031Outyear177.8
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0603183D8Z

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 613% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 066

Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO)

$424.4MFY2027 request ▲ 613%
FY2025 actual$55.7M
FY2026 enacted$59.5M
FY2027 request$424.4M

This program supports the Department's initiatives to Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage and Build a Resilient Joint Force and Defense Ecosystem. The Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Science and Technology (ASW(S&T)), was created to establish a university consortium for hypersonics research; support workforce development; expedite testing, evaluation, and acquisition of hypersonic technologies to meet the stated needs of the warfighter; ensure that prototyping demonstration programs on hypersonic systems integrate advanced technologies to speed the maturation and deployment of future hypersonic systems; develop strategies, roadmaps, and technology protection measures for hypersonics to enable the transition of such technologies to future operational capabilities for the warfighter; and develop and implement a strategy for enhancing the current and future hypersonics workforce.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH)▲ 71%
FY2025 actual$27.1M
FY2026 enacted$21.9M
FY2027 request$37.5M

FY 2027 base plans for the UCAH continues the path identified in the S&T roadmap and continues efforts towards flight experimentation for promising technologies. These funds will support projects selected from the FY 2026 UCAH project solicitation and continue those started in FY 2024, FY 2025, and FY 2026. Technologies will be matured…

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Navigation, Guidance and Controls (NGC) Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$4.8M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 NGC projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Propulsion Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$3.1M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 propulsion projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Systems Engineering, Design and Analysis (SEDA) Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$1.8M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 SEDA projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Materials, Structures and Manufacturing (MSM) Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$1.6M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 MSM projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Ordnance Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$3.4M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 Ordinance projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Aerodynamics and Aerothermodynamics Science and Technology (S&T) Development
FY2025 actual$4.0M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue activities from FY 2024. Additional details regarding FY 2025 aerodynamics and aerothermal projects are sensitive and/or classified.

Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Systems Engineering Field Activity at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane)
FY2025 actual$4.9M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments Continue cross-service systems engineering, technology transition, and workforce development initiatives. Continue to develop and transition advanced technologies to services and agencies; Performers in services/agencies, FFRDCs, and industry.

Workforce Development Projects▲ 456%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$2.9M
FY2027 request$15.9M

Continuing activities from FY 2026, the expansion of workforce development actions and activities will include furthering graduate and undergraduate research internships, reaching additional universities and service academies, and their students who are not yet fully immersed in hypersonic research and courses. JHTO is also creating and…

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Science & Technology Acceleration Projects▲ 1270%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$20.7M
FY2027 request$284.1M

These funds will support projects selected from the FY 2026 JHTO S&T solicitation and those identified through the FY 2026 technology demonstration plans developed by JHTO cross-service Integrated Product Teams. Technologies will be matured and demonstrated in the areas of collaborative engagement with multi-payload deployment…

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Munitions - Affordable Hypersonic Boost Glide Development (U)NEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request$87.0M

FY2027 planned work These funds will support project milestone payments for Hypersonic Glide Boost Development.

FY2026 to FY2027 change The increase of $87.000 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 support project milestone payments for delivery of digital models and intermittent demonstration of capability.

Congressional action

The request is contested

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

RequestPresident's Budget
$424.4M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$454.4M +$30.0M · +7.1%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$439.4M +$15.0M · +3.5%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$438.7M +$14.3M · +3.4%
▲ $15.7M 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 supports the Department's initiatives to Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage, and Build a Resilient Joint Force and Defense Ecosystem. The Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Science and Technology (ASW(S&T)), was created to establish a university consortium for hypersonics research; support workforce development; expedite testing, evaluation, and acquisition of hypersonic technologies to meet the stated needs of the warfighter; ensure that prototyping demonstration programs on hypersonic systems integrate advanced technologies to speed the maturation and deployment of future hypersonic systems; develop…

Project 066 — Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO)
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FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603183D8Z (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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