# Workforce Development Projects

**R-2A activity** of project 066 — Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO)  
**Program element:** 0603183D8Z — Joint Hypersonic Technology Development & Transition  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603183D8Z/066/a8  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603183D8Z

## Summary

This activity requests $15.9M in FY2027, 3.7% of project 066, up 456% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 executing a joint Strategic Plan for Workforce Development with other DoW partners. In addition, we will increase the number of national lab internship partners as well as the number of intern opportunities funded per location. This will include expansion to states not yet involved in DoW hypersonics and expanding relationships with our international partners. JHTO will expand the university student Design Challenge, a 3-tier hypersonic design challenge connecting student teams with direct access to hypersonic vehicle testing and data evaluation at industries and national labs. We also will increase training opportunities by creating hypersonic on-line courses for the hypersonic community and increase the number and reach of training and veteran events to extend impact and accessibility to the workforce. Hypersonic specific STEM activities will be supported.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase of $13.000 million between FY 2026 and FY 2027 provides more student internship opportunities and implements larger, scalable workforce development programs for hypersonics Science & Technology and the design and integration of complex systems.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue activities from FY 2025. Expansion of workforce development actions and hands-on activities will include furthering graduate and undergraduate internships, reaching additional universities/service academies and their students, who are not yet fully immersed in hypersonic research and courses. In addition, increase the number of national labs internship partners as well as number of intern opportunities funded per location. This will include expansion to states not yet involved in DoW hypersonics. Increase the number and reach of training and veteran events to extend impact and accessibility to the workforce.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 2.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.9 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 066

- [Science & Technology Acceleration Projects](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603183D8Z/066/a9) — FY2027 284.1
- Munitions - Affordable Hypersonic Boost Glide Development (U) — FY2027 87.0
- [University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603183D8Z/066/a0) — FY2027 37.5
- Navigation, Guidance and Controls (NGC) Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Propulsion Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Systems Engineering, Design and Analysis (SEDA) Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Materials, Structures and Manufacturing (MSM) Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Ordnance Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Aerodynamics and Aerothermodynamics Science and Technology (S&T) Development — FY2027 —
- Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Systems Engineering Field Activity at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (NSWC Crane) — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603183D8Z project 066 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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