# V-22 Airframe Hardware Development

**R-2A activity** of project 3090 — V-22 Improvement Program  
**Program element:** 0604262N — V-22A  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090

## Summary

This activity requests $14.9M in FY2027, 6.2% of project 3090, down 40% 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.** 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 correction of deficiencies and obsolescence efforts such as fuel cell. Continues reliability improvement efforts including but not limited to development of a NexGen Mission Planning System, as well as re-design efforts to correct critical reliability, maintainability, and availability issues in support of readiness. Continues software development efforts.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in FY 2027 for Airframe Hardware Development is due to completion of fuel cell redesign effort and transitioning to procurement funds.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Begin Cockpit Alert Indicator non-recurring engineering re-design effort. 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 correction of deficiencies and obsolescence efforts such as fuel cell. Continues reliability improvement efforts including but not limited to Infrared Suppressor re-design, as well as re-design efforts to correct critical reliability, maintainability, and availability issues in support of readiness. Continues software development efforts.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 24.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.9 |

> 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 3090

- [VeCToR](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a6) — FY2027 93.9
- [ReVAMP](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a7) — FY2027 47.5
- [V-22 Flight Control System (FCS) Re-Design](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a2) — FY2027 41.2
- [V-22 Development Support, Test, and Evaluation](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604262N/3090/a5) — FY2027 35.4
- V-22 Open Systems Architecture/Cyber Security — FY2027 5.3
- V-22 Propulsion / Mission Care Hardware Development — FY2027 2.2
- V-22 Joint Avionics Reconfigurable Virtual Information System (JARVIS) — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604262N project 3090 (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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