What project 0584 buys
Project 0584: Aircrew Protective Clothing & Devices (APCD) is an Advanced Component Development & Prototyping program that develops, matures, and tests advanced technologies that can lead to solutions that maximize aircrew Performance and Protection & Survivability. These efforts lower the technical/cost risks of integrating new technologies prior to formal acquisition program of record initiatives , enhance resulting investment benefits, and speed the delivery of capability to the Fleet. APCD Budget Activity (BA) 4 development, maturation, and integration work is necessary to transition BA 1-3 DoD, external partner, industry, and academia research, technologies, and future naval concept initiatives to BA 5+ operational assessment, integration, testing, evaluation and certification work. APCD funds are also used to establish and maintain critical subject matter expertise, tools, models, and laboratory capabilities that enable objective analysis, assessment, verification and validation of Aircrew Systems solution candidates, ensuring requisite Human and Technology Readiness Levels are achieved. Core activities align across two primary focus areas: Aircrew Performance and Aircrew Protection & Survivability. Aircrew Performance-aligned projects develop state-of-the-art, integrated technologies that improve readiness; mitigate the effects of exposure to environmental stressors; provide advanced sensor data on warfighter physiological and cognitive state; and optimize warfighter physical, physiological, and cognitive performance, effectiveness, and safety. Aircrew Protection & Survivability-aligned projects optimize aircrew protection and survivability across the entire anthropometric population by delivering state-of-the-art personal protective equipment (PPE), crash-worthy seating and harness/restraint systems, and survival systems designed, tested, and integrated to perform in the harshest environmental operating conditions during diverse mission scenarios.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 0584 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 | 13.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.4 |
3 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 Continue evaluation and refinement of Human Body Models (HBM) for acute and chronic musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) mitigation. Transition from non-biofidelic Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs) to biofidelic digital twins. Fully incorporate USN/USMC Anthropometry study results. Continue maturation and qualification of clear Laser Eye Protection (LEP) visor technology, improved mobile aircrew restraint systems, vibration isolation systems across all Rotary Wing/Tilt-Rotor (RW/TR) platforms, miniaturized ANR in-ear hearing protection with improved speech intelligibility. Continue development/refinement/transition of RW VIPER restraint system for additional use cases i.e., Search and Rescue…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is result of creation of a new accomplishment. Aircrew Protection & Survivability created to demonstrate the effective and strategic use of allocated resources to improve specificity and traceability.
FY2027 planned work Continue to explore, test, and develop design concepts of effective human-machine interfaces for crewed, uncrewed human/autonomy teaming. Mature brain-computer/brain-machine interface technology and biocybernetic system capability. Continue to advance operator state monitoring to detect physiological and cognitive degradation, hydration/dehydration, and fatigue for mishap prevention and adjudication. Continue to integrate data from USN/USMC Anthropometry study into updated aircraft and clothing/PPE acquisition requirements to more accurately reflect future aircrew target population for improved aircrew clothing/equipment fit and tariffing. Continue development of physical and digital human…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is result of creation of a new accomplishment. Aircrew Performance created to demonstrate the effective and strategic use of allocated resources to improve specificity and traceability.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflect transition from one (1) Accomplishment/Planned Program, Title: Advanced Crew Station Technology, to two (2) Accomplishments/Planned Programs, Title(s): Aircrew Performance and Aircrew Protection & Survivability for improved specificity and traceability.
FY2026 plans — current year Baseline capability of I-Predict (Incapacitation Prediction for Readiness in Expeditionary Domains) transitions from ONR/FNC performers to Human Systems Engineering Department (HSED). First use cases will complete verification and validation of modeling capability. Biofidelic models will aid with design, development, and testing of advanced personal protective equipment (PPE). Utilize I-Predict's research, performers, testing results and cadaver based digital twins to improve the bio fidelity of the model. Expansion of the digital human modeling capability will be used to assess head, neck, spine vertebral alignment/position for the design of PPE and seating systems. Mature prototypes of…
Named performers on project 0584
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.