Project 9035
$71.3MFY2027 request NEWJPALS V2
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$71.3M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$73.8M
▲ 117% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$34.0M
▲ 751% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.0M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Navy is requesting $73.8M for JNT Precision Approach & Ldg Sys under RDT&E program element 0603860N, up 117% over FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 34.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 73.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 75.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 71.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 43.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 32.1 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Current
Prototyping
BA 4
Later
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0603860N
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves 117% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 2329
$2.5MFY2027 request ▼ 93%JPALS
FY2025 actual$4.0M
FY2026 enacted$34.0M
FY2027 request$2.5M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services
The whole program
JPALS is funded on 3 lines across 2 appropriations
This page shows $73.8M of JPALS, 96% of the program's $76.8M FY2027 request. The rest is appropriated elsewhere.
| Also funded here | Type | Component | FY2027 $M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Precision Approach and Landing System(JPALS) | Procurement | Navy | 3.0 |
| JPALS total | Navy | 76.8 |
Lines whose title names the program. 12 further lines only mention JPALS in their justification text — those fund something else and are deliberately excluded from the total.
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$73.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$73.8M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$73.8M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$73.8M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
NAWCAD
$12.2M · 17%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 17% | 12.2 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 81% | 59.5 |
| Other / unspecified | 2.9% | 2.1 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 73.8 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
The Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) is the primary precision approach and landing system for CVN and LHA/D ships to support aircraft without AN/SPN-46 Automatic Carrier Landing Systems (ACLS) capability, including F-35B, F-35C, MQ-25A and future platforms. JPALS ship systems are required to provide CVN and LHA/D ships with a primary precision approach capability during night and instrument flight conditions, including coupled approach capability to a hover transition point for LHA/D ships, and coupled approach to the deck (auto-land) capability aboard CVN ships, and contested environments.
Technology Development phase was conducted jointly by NAVAIRSYSCOM (PMA-213), USAF Electronic Systems Command (Global Air) and multiple industry partners. This effort provided the concept of operations, performance specifications and technology readiness levels necessary to provide the foundation from which to launch the Increment 1 System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase development. Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) reached MS-B on 14 July 2008 and the SDD phase development contract was awarded on 17 July 2008.
Project 9035, 2329 — JPALS V2
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0603860N (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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Markdown twin
/programs/0603860N.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$71.3M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
JPALS V2 — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603860N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 9035 — JPALS V2 — requests $71.3M in FY2027, 97% of the $73.8M requested for program element 0603860N. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 9035 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 71.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 72.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 68.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 40.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 29.2 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
JPALS V2NEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$68.7M
Continue engineering, design and development of the JPALS V2 system. Conduct Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Finalize requirements baseline and verify deltas to allocated baseline, begin to validate Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and software update scope against product baseline, and begin preparation for Critical Design Review (CDR).
Advanced Technology IntegrationNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$2.6M
Continue to modify JPALS Air Algorithms to allow for use of P(Y) Code GPS data with M-Code Aircraft data to compute a JPALS Solution, demonstrate algorithms with JPALS Test Bed, update TDP GFI for air platform use.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 9035
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.
NAWCAD
$9.8M · 14%
Project detail
What project 9035 buys
JPALS V2 consists of the following capabilities: JPALS Data Link Interface is the integration of an alternative datalink solution into JPALS GPS-based landing systems aboard CVN and LHA/D ships. It provides on-ramp opportunities for legacy (manned) and Air Wing of the Future (AWOTF) (manned/unmanned) aircraft that aligns to PMW/PMA-101 technology roadmap and increases precision navigation capabilities in all operational environments. JPALS M-Code delivers a GPS based precision approach landing capability in all-weather and all-operating environment for CVN and LHA/D ships. This supports contested environment operations for properly equipped manned and unmanned aircraft to include AWOTF. This upgrade will provide development, design and Engineering Development Model (EDM) manufacturing of a JPALS M-Code capable system, in addition to an data link interface that will support the LANTERNS waveform. The JPALS V2 development effort and associated funding began in FY2026 in Project Unit (PU) 2329 as the JPALS Upgrade, but has moved to PU 9035 to clearly articulate CSP (Cost Schedule Performance) of the new ACAT II JPALS V2 program and separate it from the ACAT IC JPALS program in PU 2329. JPALS V2 Milestone B was achieved March 2026.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$2.5M
▼ 93% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$34.0M
▲ 751% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$4.0M
Prior year
JPALS — one RDT&E project inside PE 0603860N. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 2329 — JPALS — requests $2.5M in FY2027, 3.3% of the $73.8M requested for program element 0603860N. Year over year it falls 93% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 2329 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 4.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 34.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 2.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 2.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 2.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 2.9 |
Inside the project
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
JPALS Ship Systems and Test▼ 17%
FY2025 actual$1.8M
FY2026 enacted$1.9M
FY2027 request$1.6M
Continue obsolescence ECP development work.
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35B Marine Corps STOVL and F-35C Navy Carrier Variant Support▼ 45%
FY2025 actual$0.6M
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request$0.4M
Continue support of the JPALS UDB operations for F-35 aircraft.
MQ-25 Support▼ 55%
FY2025 actual$1.2M
FY2026 enacted$1.2M
FY2027 request$0.5M
Provide technical support of JPALS system integration for MQ-25 ship/shore-based testing.
Advanced Technology Integration▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.4M
FY2026 enacted$6.3M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Begin Agnostic Data Link integration to provide an alternative datalink solution into JPALS GPS-based landing systems aboard CVN and LH type ships. Create performance spec, ICDs, and IRSs, and validate interface with LANTERNS FNC radio system. Begin to modify JPALS Air Algorithms to allow for use of P(Y) Code GPS data with M-Code…
JPALS upgrade▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$23.9M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Award of product development contract and kickoff event; conduct System Requirements Review (SRR) and Sub System Design Review (SSDR), establish requirements baseline and identify deltas to allocated baseline, identify Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and software update scope against product baseline, and begin preparation for Preliminary…
Who's building it
Named performers on project 2329
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.
NAWCAD
$2.5M · 100%
Project detail
What project 2329 buys
This budget reflects the Department of Defense certified Component Cost Position of the restructured Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) program that funds the developmental, testing, and integration activities to implement and field JPALS ship systems that deliver the primary precision approach, landing, on-deck inertial alignment, surveillance, and auto-land capability for current and future low observable manned and unmanned platforms onboard all CVN and LHA/D ships. JPALS provides for development, integration, installation, and test of JPALS on CVN and LHA/D ships in accordance with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) May 2018 approved JPALS Capability Production Document (CPD). JPALS will continue to invest in software development in direct support of precision approach and auto-land capabilities for the F-35B/C, MQ-25A, and future air platforms. JPALS effort includes addressing broadened CyberSecurity requirements to remain compliant with software CyberSecurity directives and Information Assurance mandates. Additionally, costs are to enhance Precision Ship-Relative Navigation (PS-RN) for Navy and Marine Corps unmanned, and potentially manned, platforms, via the Landing Autonomous Navigation Technology for Enhanced Recovery to Navy Ships (LANTERNS) Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) and other system improvements.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services