# Air Vehicle

**R-2A activity** of project 3051 — E-2D Adv Hawkeye  
**Program element:** 0604234N — Advanced Hawkeye  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604234N/3051/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604234N/3051

## Summary

This activity requests $11.0M in FY2027, 2.8% of project 3051, down 15% 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.** The E-2D program will continue improvement efforts to maintain aircraft readiness. The program will continue to address known, predicted and emergent obsolescence equipment issues. The full scale fatigue program will complete teardown analysis, continue to conduct additional coupon panel testing and evaluate propeller fatigue. The objective is to reduce the number of required inspections and reduce the maintenance burden placed on the fleet.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY2026 to FY2027 of $1.928 million due to completion of teardown analysis.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The E-2D program will continue improvement efforts to maintain aircraft readiness. The program will continue to address known, predicted and emergent obsolescence equipment issues. The full scale fatigue program will continue with the teardown phase whereas the test article will be disassembled and examined. The program will conduct additional coupon panel testing and evaluate propeller fatigue. The objective is to reduce the number of required inspections and reduce the maintenance burden placed on the fleet.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.0 |

> 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 3051

- [Mission Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604234N/3051/a1) — FY2027 284.0
- [Integration, Test, and Training](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604234N/3051/a2) — FY2027 95.3
- Classified DSSC Support — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604234N project 3051 (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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