What project 633152 buys
This project develops and demonstrates high power microwave and other unconventional electromagnetic field generation and transmission technologies that can be integrated into future weapon systems to support a wide range of the Department of the Air Force missions such as air base defense or the damage/destruction of an adversary's electronic infrastructure. It also provides inputs to the susceptibility, vulnerability, and lethality databases used across the Department of War to understand thresholds for scalable effects of directed energy weapons.
Project 633152 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 | 27.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
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 Power Microwave Technologies effort and associated funding transferred within this Program to Project 633151 / Directed Energy Technology Development, to provide Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the discrete Directed Energy technology areas in Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Air Force, Budget Activity (BA) 3.
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY 2027 funding decreased by 4.383 million due to the administrative transfer of the High Power Microwave Technologies effort and all associated funding to Project 633151, Directed Energy Technology Development. This action was taken to consolidate all Directed Energy technology areas within the Program Element, providing Congress with improved understanding and traceability of the discrete technology areas.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue in-house government exploration of novel methods to increase power; focus on reducing the logistical requirements and maintenance requirements of the sources. Activities include: making sources more reliable and robust. - Continue a base defense demonstration with Directed Energy Frontline Electromagnetic Neutralization and Defeat (DEFEND) system in collaboration with the Navy. - Continue in-house government design effort of antenna for base defense and airborne applications with a focus on designing conformal antennas. - Continue in-house government design effort of new sources for airborne applications with a focus on new frequencies and waveforms.