# Nuclear Certification Management

**R-2A activity** of project 654807 — Nuclear Weapon System Technology and Integration  
**Program element:** 0604222F — Nuclear Weapons Support  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604222F/654807/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604222F/654807

## Summary

This activity requests $43.9M in FY2027, 57% of project 654807, up 9.3% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** • Continue to develop capabilities to optimize nuclear certification activities within the digital environment including transitioning from a compliance-based to risk-informed certification process. This includes the use of advanced computational approaches (e.g., artificial intelligence), and automated toolsets/algorithms to assist certifiers in assessing nuclear weapon system compliance with the four DoW surety standards and ensure DoW system compatibility with DOE systems, as well as proper requirements definition and allocation. • Continue investment in capabilities to test and assess delivery platforms compatibility with nuclear weapon systems to include the sustainment, modernization, and recapitalization of test devices for certification of current and future systems. • Continue improving nuclear certification-specific data analysis capabilities (tools) to match growing weapon system complexity. • Continue independent technical analyses to execute on-time certification activities for F-35A, B-21, LRSO missile, Sentinel, B-52H, modernized ICBM Fuze, B61-13, and seven Weapon Generation Facilities. • Support DoW-requested capability growth for the NCAT analysis tool to optimize resource loading, program deconfliction, and to provide senior leader insight into nuclear certification status. • Support Air Force efforts to adapt and incorporate new surety requirements associated with Department of War updates to DODD 3150.02.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in funding due to a ramp of nuclear modernization initiatives being prioritized over other efforts

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** • Develop capabilities to optimize nuclear certification activities within the digital environment including transitioning from a compliance-based to risk-informed certification process. This includes the use of advanced computational approaches (e.g., artificial intelligence), and automated toolsets/algorithms to assist certifiers in assessing nuclear weapon system compliance with the four DoW surety standards and ensure DoW system compatibility with DOE systems, as well as proper requirements definition and allocation. • Invest in capabilities to test and assess delivery platforms compatibility with nuclear weapon systems to include the sustainment, modernization, and recapitalization of test devices for certification of current and future systems. • Invest in and improve nuclear certification-specific data analysis capabilities (tools) to match growing weapon system complexity. • Conduct independent technical analyses to execute on-time certification activities for F-35A, B-21, LRSO missile, Sentinel, B-52H, modernized ICBM Fuze, B61-13, and seven Weapon Generation Facilities. • Support DoW-requested capability growth for the NCAT analysis tool to optimize resource loading, program deconfliction, and to provide senior leader insight into nuclear certification status. • Support Air Force efforts to adapt and incorporate new surety requirements associated with OSW(NM) update of DODD 3150.02.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 40.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 43.9 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 654807

- [Weapons Effects](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604222F/654807/a0) — FY2027 17.9
- [Air Force Nuclear Red Team (AFNRT)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604222F/654807/a1) — FY2027 13.5
- Advanced Concepts — FY2027 2.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604222F project 654807 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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