# Project 640858 — AFWERX Prime

**Program element:** 0604009F — Afwerx  
**Project:** 640858  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604009F/640858  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604009F

## Summary

Project 640858 — AFWERX Prime requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $3.6M requested for program element 0604009F, down 100% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604009F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFWERX Prime | 6.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### AFWERX Prime

**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.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604009F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604009F project 640858 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604009F")`.

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