# Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration

**R-2A activity** of project 634920 — Aerospace Systems Integration & Demonstration  
**Program element:** 0603211F — Aerospace Technology Dev/Demo  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920

> **NEW START.** $12.1M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $12.1M in FY2027, 4.7% of project 634920 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. 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.** Complete development of advanced contingency management capabilities required for credible affordable mass. - Deliver contingency management strategies and capabilities to enable affordable mass in high-speed systems. Commence development of autonomy architecture and communication changes for contingency management. - Activities include initial studies of architecture changes for flight- and mission-critical contingencies, passing representative contingency information between modeled vehicle, flight and mission layers.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increased by $12.114 million due to the transfer of the Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration effort and associated funding within this Program Element from Project 634927 / Flight Systems Control to Project 634920 / Aerospace Systems Integration & Demonstration. This includes an increase from FY2026 to FY2027 of $9.317 million due to increased need for autonomous contingency management to deliver affordable credible mass and due to the complexity of developing and integrating contingency solutions across the autonomy hardware and software stack due to their potential impact on flight safety and mission success.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** In FY 2025 and FY 2026, the Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration effort and funding were reported in Program Element 0603211F/ Aerospace Technology Dev/Demo/Project 634927/Flight Systems Control. FY 2025 funding was $0.636 million and FY 2026 funding is $2.797 million.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.1 |

> 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 634920

- [High-Speed Propulsion Integration and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a3) — FY2027 94.4
- [High-Speed Systems Integration and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a2) — FY2027 80.1
- [Air Breathing Propulsion Integration and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a1) — FY2027 30.0
- [Missile Propulsion Integration and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a6) — FY2027 25.8
- [Power &Thermal Systems Integration and Demonstration](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634920/a5) — FY2027 10.3
- Aerospace Vehicle Integration and Demonstration — FY2027 7.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603211F project 634920 (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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