# Project 634927 — Flight Systems Control

**Program element:** 0603211F — Aerospace Technology Dev/Demo  
**Project:** 634927  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F/634927  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F

## Summary

Project 634927 — Flight Systems Control requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $260.2M requested for program element 0603211F, down 100% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 38.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603211F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 634927 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 Aerospace Systems technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, Budget Activity (BA) 3. This project integrates and demonstrates advanced control technologies that improve the performance, reliability, safety, and survivability of existing and future, manned and unmanned, aerospace systems. Enhanced capabilities are enabled by control, automation, and system level integration of subsystems and systems such as propulsion, airframes, avionics, power & thermal management, weapons, C2, mission systems, and operator interfaces. Modeling and simulation, integration, and technology demonstrations in a near-operational environment reduce the risk and time required to transition technologies into existing and future aerospace systems.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | −100% | — |
| Power & Thermal Systems Integration and Demonstration | 8.1 | 13.9 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration

**FY2027 planned work.** In FY 2027, the Autonomous Systems Control Integration and Demonstration effort and associated plans & funding transferred within this Program Element 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 $2.782 million due to the transfer of the Autonomous Systems Control 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.** Complete development and autonomy spiral demonstrations of advanced autonomy. - Activities include a series of simulated and surrogate flight experiments addressing missions and environments of increased complexity/threat. Commence development of advanced contingency management capabilities required for credible affordable mass. - Activities include identification of flight critical and non-flight critical contingencies and mitigations to be addressed.

### Power & Thermal Systems Integration and Demonstration

**FY2027 planned work.** In FY 2027, the Power & Thermal 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 $13.917 million due to the transfer of the Power & Thermal 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.** Complete development and demonstration of integrated power, thermal, and propulsion technologies. - Activities include initial architecture design. Commence development of component technologies. - Activities include lower cost electric actuation, and power generation design. Commence aircraft-scale power generation integrated concept design. - Activities include key turbine component detailed design.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603211F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603211F project 634927 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603211F")`.

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