# Integration, Experimentation, and Evaluation Solutions

**R-2A activity** of project 634094 — Next Gen Platform Dev/Demo  
**Program element:** 0603273F — Next Gen Platform Dev/Demo  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 3  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603273F/634094/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603273F

## Summary

This activity requests $37.6M in FY2027, 23% of project 634094, up 6.4% on FY2026. 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.** - Continue establishing the requisite testing infrastructure needed to perform and evaluate nuclear re-entry system science and technology (S&T) activities relevant environments. - Continue the procurement of long-lead time special equipment for installation into government integration facilities. - Continue the construction design of a second facility supporting experimental re-entry mockup integration. - Continue procurement planning of long-lead time equipment for installation into the re-entry mockup integration facility. - Continue planning and design of high lateral acceleration (high-g), high-precision centrifuge to align with construction schedules and deliverables. - Continue developing enhanced ground and complementary experimentation capabilities and establish supporting strategic-grade inertial sensor characterization and validation to meet Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) analyses for future flights to achieve Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 for Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and related components/systems/subsystems. - Continue integration planning for recoverable re-entry testbeds across multiple experimental payloads. - Continue developing functional requirements to establish an integration strategy and a proposed test plan for telemetry, GNC, Aeroshell, and fuzing technologies for future flights. - Continue developing requirements for enduring Government Reference Design (GRD) flights. - Continue coordination with GRD delivery system developer and launch facility coordinator. - Continue the development of subscale re-entry testbeds supporting modeling and simulation validation and TRL maturation for nuclear re-entry system components and materials. - Continue design and development for a reliable portfolio of sub-scale, dual-use nuclear re-entry system flight experiment platforms. - Complete design of the nuclear modeling and simulation capabilities facility. - Complete accreditation and certification processes for REVIL infrastructure, personnel, and equipment. - Commence operational use of REVIL, including use of IT equipment, networks, and contracted operational staffing costs for facility management and maintenance.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** This effort increases by $2.256 million from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the accreditation, certification, and preparation for the operational use of REVIL, as well as the acquisitions and expertise development necessary to modernize nuclear S&T infrastructure. Continued modernization of nuclear S&T and infrastructure is vital to remaining on schedule with the jointly developed twenty-five (25)-year roadmap between the DAF and the U.S. Navy in accordance with strategic guidance provided by the Office of the Undersecretary of War (OUSW) for Research and Engineering (R&E) in FY 2023.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue establishing the requisite testing infrastructure needed to perform and evaluate nuclear re-entry system science and technology (S&T) in relevant environments. - Continue the procurement of long-lead time special equipment for installation into government integration facilities. - Continue accreditation and certification processes for the Re-Entry Vehicle Integration Laboratory (REVIL) infrastructure, personnel, and equipment. - Continue the construction design of a second facility supporting experimental re-entry mockup integration. - Continue procurement planning of long-lead time equipment for installation into the re-entry mockup integration facility. - Continue planning and design of high lateral acceleration (high-g), high-precision centrifuge to align with construction schedules and deliverables. - Continue developing enhanced ground and complementary experimentation capabilities and establish supporting strategic-grade inertial sensor characterization and validation to meet Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) analyses for future flights to achieve Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6) for IMU and related components/systems/subsystems. - Continue integration planning for recoverable re-entry testbeds across multiple experimental payloads. - Continue developing functional requirements to establish an integration strategy and a proposed test plan for telemetry, GNC, Aeroshell, and fuzing technologies for future flights. - Continue developing requirements for enduring GRD flights. - Continue coordination with GRD delivery system developer and launch facility coordinator. - Continue the development of a re-entry testbed supporting modeling & simulation validation and TRL maturation for nuclear re-entry system components and materials. - Continue design and development for a reliable portfolio of sub-scale, dual-use nuclear re-entry system flight experiment platforms. - Complete construction of the Re-Entry Vehicle Integration Laboratory (REVIL), which will support integration of strategic technologies and testbeds. - Commence design of the nuclear modeling and simulation capabilities facility.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 35.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 37.6 |

> 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 634094

- [Aeroshell Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603273F/634094/a0) — FY2027 96.6
- [Advanced Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603273F/634094/a2) — FY2027 25.0
- Advanced Fuzing Technologies — FY2027 6.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0603273F project 634094 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
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- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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