What project 634926 buys
In FY 2027, within Program Element 0603211F/ Aerospace Technology Dev/Demo, all efforts and associated funding in this Project were transferred to 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration (now called Aerospace Systems Integration and Demonstration) to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the discrete aircraft power, thermal, and mission systems Aerospace Systems technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, Budget Activity (BA) 3. This project develops, integrates and demonstrates, advanced technologies that enable future high speed/hypersonic weapons and platforms (vehicles) via modeling, simulation and analysis (MS&A), and ground and flight tests. System level integration brings together air vehicle aerodynamics, propulsion and structural technologies and solutions with avionics, ordnance and other aerospace subsystems for demonstration in a near-realistic operational environment. Integration and technology demonstrations improve the technology readiness level appropriate for full integration and reduce the risk and time required to transition technologies into operational systems. Digital engineering is utilized to develop and deliver an integrated digital environment (IDE) to assess technology, evaluate its impacts, and make capability- focused investment decisions that support critical Air Force revolutionary military capabilities.
Project 634926 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 | 18.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 66.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
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 High-Speed Systems Integration and Demonstration effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration (now called Aerospace Systems Integration and Demonstration) 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 $30.559 million due to the transfer of the High-Speed Systems Integration and Demonstration effort and associated funding within this Program Element to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration (now called Aerospace Systems Integration and Demonstration), 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 plans — current year Continue technology maturation activities to investigate performance capabilities of responsive strike hypersonic vehicles. - Activities include demonstration of performance, thermal management, structural feasibility and operability for higher Mach speeds. Complete Multi-Mission Cruiser technology maturation activities to expand performance capabilities of high-speed systems - Activities include development of conceptual designs, elucidating current state-of-art capability; Operational/Utility Analysis of conceptual designs; Validation of customer capability needs based requirements; and development of S&T Investment plans. Complete robust digital engineering framework, model-based systems…
FY2027 planned work In FY 2027, the High-Speed Propulsion Integration and Demonstration effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration (now called Aerospace Systems Integration and Demonstration) 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 $16.222 million due to the transfer of the High-Speed Propulsion Integration and Demonstration effort and associated funding within this Program Element to Project 634920 / Flight Vehicle Tech Integration (now called Aerospace Systems Integration and Demonstration), 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 plans — current year Continue development and integration of larger scale scramjet component technologies. - Activities include thrust performance, structural and operability evaluations. Continue propulsion technology maturation activities for multi-mission cruiser concept to expand performance capabilities of high-speed systems. - Activities include development of conceptual designs; elucidating the current state-of-art capability; Operational/Utility Analysis Validation of customer capability-needs based requirements; and development of S&T Investment plans. Continue technology maturation activities to investigate, develop, and demonstrate propulsion capabilities for durable, survivable hypersonic vehicles…