What project 640858 buys
The AFWERX Prime project is closing out, having successfully leveraged an acquisition approach that utilized government-specific resources to reduce risk in emerging technology markets and enabled the transition of dual-use technologies into Department of War capabilities. The technologies targeted by AFWERX include hybrid-electric powered Vertical and Short Take Off and Landing Aircraft; Scalable Aircraft Autonomy; Autonomous Logistics Systems; Expeditionary Combat Support Systems; Advanced Manufacturing; sUAS & Counter-sUAS; enhanced, low cost, distributed, scalable and digital Manufacturing, and an AFWERX Autonomy Proving Ground.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 640858 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 | 48.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 45.9 |
| 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 - Stop government test support and personnel support for existing program contract periods of performance across the AFWERX Prime portfolio. - Complete operational evaluations for Agile Support Prime, leveraging planned commercial certifications and potential initial service use cases. - Complete Autonomy Prime proving ground evaluations in collaboration with industry for periods of performance remaining. - Complete support for manufacturing challenge workshops to scope problems and the solution landscape for high priority focus areas including manufacturing.
FY2026 to FY2027 change - In FY 2027, the budget decreased by $5.851 million due to termination of AFWERX Prime
FY2026 plans — current year - Continue government test support and personnel support for existing program contract periods of performance across the AFWERX Prime portfolio. - Continue remaining operational evaluations for Agile Support Prime, leveraging planned commercial certifications and potential initial service use cases. - Continue Autonomy Prime proving ground evaluations in collaboration with industry for periods of performance remaining. - Continue support for manufacturing challenge workshops to scope problems and the solution landscape for high priority focus areas including manufacturing.