# Advanced Aerospace Systems — Program Element 0603286E

**Program element:** 0603286E  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 3 — Advanced Technology Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603286E

## Summary

Defense-Wide requests $0.0M in FY2027.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 241.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| 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 — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR-01 | ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS | 241.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project AIR-01 — ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

The efforts described in this Program Element (PE) address the Advanced Technology Development associated with the Advanced Aerospace Systems Program that is focused on exploiting high pay-off opportunities to provide revolutionary new system capabilities, as opposed to incremental or evolutionary advancements, in order to achieve undeterrable air presence at dramatically reduced costs. Rapid prototyping and experimentation of integrated system concepts, as well as enabling vehicle subsystems will be conducted. Programs will explore new architectural concepts that employ a mix of weapon technologies that achieve lethality through a combination of overwhelming performance and overwhelming numbers rather than through the use of singular and costly high value assets. Studies conducted under this program element include examination and evaluation of emerging aerospace threats, technologies, concepts, use of autonomy to minimize risk, and applications for missiles, munitions, and vehicle systems. Beginning in FY 2026, efforts in this PE will be funded in PE 0603468E, Advanced Complex Systems.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LongShot | 64.2 | — | — |
| SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Demonstration Project | 47.0 | — | — |
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) Reinforcements (AIR) | 51.9 | — | — |
| Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) | 18.3 | — | — |
| Liberty Lifter | 14.2 | — | — |
| AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) | 28.5 | — | — |
| Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) | 13.8 | — | — |
| Advanced Aerospace System Concepts | 3.6 | — | — |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Related program elements

- [0102326F — R/SAOC Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0102326F) (Air Force)
- [0202834F — Aviation Support Equipment Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0202834F) (Air Force)
- [0603913C — Israeli Cooperative Programs](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603913C) (Defense-Wide)
- [0607139A — Improved Turbine Engine Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607139A) (Army)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603286E (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603286E")`.

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