What project 3090 buys
The V-22 Osprey provides a dual-piloted, multi-engine, Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing, medium lift aircraft for worldwide combat, combat support, combat service support, and Special Operations missions. V-22 Product Improvements addresses requirements necessary to meet the aircraft capabilities specified in the approved Capability Development Document. Efforts included in this Project provide near and long-term improvements to the fleet, addressing deficiencies, systems safety, obsolescence, readiness, reliability, supportability, and relevance in any designated battlespace. Efforts include hardware and software development associated with increased performance capability, avionics upgrades and improvements, increased system processing capability, and the integration with other organic and non-organic systems. FY 2027 continues Airframe Hardware Development in support of V-22 Block upgrades, electrical system capacity efforts, digital interoperability, time on wing/reliability improvements efforts, Aircraft Mission Maneuvering Envelope Expansion and Safety Improvement efforts. Continues engineering, logistics, flight test, flight test support and addresses correction of deficiencies and obsolescence. Continues software development/mission computer obsolescence initiatives. Continues efforts to resolve Fuel Cell obsolescence issues. FY 2027 continues Propulsion/Mission Care Hardware Development to fund the flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls-Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing. FY 2027 continues Flight Control System (FCS) re-design. Flight control re-design improves safety and handling of platform by reducing workload in critical places like degraded visual environment/reduced visual landing, aerial refueling, shipboard operations, and inclement weather situations through hardware and software changes. FY 2027 continues Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security research, requirements analysis and development of obsolescence mitigation solutions for aging V-22 avionics systems to overcome obsolete hardware availability.
- Product Development
- Support
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 3090 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 | 65.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 108.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 240.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 306.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 217.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 194.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 135.8 |
8 accomplishments / planned programs
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. 5 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Develop and execute comprehensive obsolescence mitigation strategies to address critical issues in major avionics components, while modernizing cockpit hardware and software to enhance functionality and ensure long-term system sustainability. VeCToR will replace flight-critical cockpit displays, resolve closed architecture constraints…
Read the FY2027 plan →Develop and implement comprehensive V-22 mid-life upgrade efforts to enhance readiness and safety performance through targeted efforts: 1.Introduce the Integrated Cargo Handling System (ICHS) to increase Joint Modular Intermodal Containers (JMIC) capacity in the MV-22 from quantity three to quantity five. This system significantly…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continues development of hardware and software architecture upgrades to mitigate obsolescence and data throughput constraints to include Flight Control Computer, Cockpit Interface Unit, and Flight Test Interface Panel. Software language upgrade development in the Cross Channel Data Link and Flight Control Computer Operational Flight…
Read the FY2027 plan →Funds provided for continued support of FOT&E, DT&E and OT&E to include Osprey Drive System Safety Health Indicator and drive train characterization and re-design efforts, vehicle flight control software and hardware updates, mission systems software and hardware updates, cockpit re-design, environmental control systems, structural…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continues development in support of V-22 Block upgrades, time on wing/reliability improvements such as testing of Additive Manufacturing processes for selected V-22 components, Aircraft Mission Maneuvering Envelope Expansion, and Safety Improvement efforts. Continues engineering, logistics, flight test, flight test support, and addresses…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue Cockpit Display Unit re-design. Continues requirements analysis, integration studies, integrated designs, risk reduction testing and developmental efforts for Modular Avionics Architecture, Cockpit Avionics obsolescence mitigation, Ethernet backbone, Ethernet Expansion device switches and routing functions.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease in FY 2027 Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security reflects completion of the Degraded Visual Environment/Helmet Mounted Display (DVE/HMD) contract in FY26.
FY2026 plans — current year Begin Cockpit Display Unit re-design. Continues requirements analysis, integration studies, integrated designs, risk reduction testing and developmental efforts for Modular Avionics Architecture, Cockpit Avionics obsolescence mitigation, Ethernet backbone, Ethernet Expansion device switches and routing functions.
FY2027 planned work Continues flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation, and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase in FY 2027 for Propulsion/Mission Care Hardware Development is due to rate adjustments.
FY2026 plans — current year Continues flight/engine hours that are necessary for the design, development, validation, and verification of the V-22 propulsion and power systems at the Patuxent River squadron. Rolls Royce will continue to provide engine support and development of V-22 flight testing.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease in FY 2027 for Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Virtual Information Systems is due to cancelation of the program.
FY2026 plans — current year Continues JARVIS software development, system integration, risk reduction testing, and developmental and qualification efforts for JARVIS mission computer system and associated JARVI modules for distributed modular processing.
Named performers on project 3090
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.