# Aircrew System Development

**R-2A activity** of project 0606 — Aircrew System Development  
**Program element:** 0604264N — Air Crew Systems Development  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604264N/0606/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604264N/0606

## Summary

This activity requests $17.5M in FY2027, 81% of project 0606, down 52% 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.** CWAES: Conduct Critical Design Review (CDR), receive initial delivery of prototypes, begin Developmental Testing. SVSI: Complete developmental test and qualify improvements to the Survival Vest System. IJHMCS: Complete integrated test. HMR: Complete developmental test.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to reprioritization of funds to support updated Fleet safety requirements.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** IJHMCS: Complete Integrated Test EVA: Continue technical maturation of critical components associated with EVA, receive additional prototypes. RLD: Continue development and integration of system, release production RFP, begin operational testing. AHP: Award EMD contract, receive delivery of test assets, begin testing. SVSI: Continue to develop, test, and qualify improvements to the Survival Vest System. PSE: Initiate design of PSE modernization, award EMD contract. CWAES: Conduct System Requirements Review, begin delivery of prototypes, commence developmental testing. NGRWH: Receive acquisition strategy approval, award prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts, receive prototypes, and begin evaluations for downselection to single vendor.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 17.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 36.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.5 |

> 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 0606

- Aircrew Safety Improvement Program — FY2027 4.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604264N project 0606 (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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