What project 634093 buys
Advance the development of cutting-edge missile propulsion systems for ballistic and tactical missiles, with a focus on integrating and demonstrating solid rocket motor technology for next-generation, rapidly deployable platforms. By leveraging digital design, testing, and innovative manufacturing techniques, this research aims to enhance the performance, effectiveness, and production capabilities of missile propulsion systems, ultimately supporting the nation's defense requirements and strengthening its industrial manufacturing base.
Project 634093 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 | 8.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 30.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
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. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, the Missile Propulsion Integration and Demonstration effort and associated funding transferred within this Program Element from Project 634093 / Missile Rocket Propulsion Integ & Demo to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration, to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the discrete Aerospace Systems technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, Budget Activity (BA) 3.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding decreased by $5.591 million due to the transfer of the Missile Propulsion Integration and Demonstration effort and associated funding within this Program Element from Project 0603211F / 634093 Missile Rocket Propulsion Integ & Demo to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue development and test of solid rocket motors relevant to defense needs for rapid and agile manufacturing for propulsion capability for high performance tactical demonstration for missiles and rockets. - Activities include flight tests of motors developed through additive manufacturing methods. Continue to design and develop modeling and simulation tools that more fully describe the physical processes that occur during manufacture and/or operation, and that reduce predictive uncertainty in design and analysis. - Activities include finalizing codes and developments for a digital engineering architecture. Continue development of advanced manufacturing processes for solid rocket motors…