# Project 653891 — Adv Infrared Counter Measures(Aircm)

**Program element:** 0604270F — Electronic Warfare Development  
**Project:** 653891  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270F/653891  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270F

## Summary

Project 653891 — Adv Infrared Counter Measures(Aircm) requests $20.2M in FY2027, 7.8% of the $260.2M requested for program element 0604270F, up 6.4% on FY2026. 7 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 20.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 27.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 29.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 16.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604270F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 653891 buys

"The Advanced Infrared Countermeasure (AIRCM) project improves aircraft self-protection against the increasing threat of sophisticated surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles. Countermeasure improvements are the result of multiple related activities. First, enhanced understanding of advanced threats derived from intelligence and Threat Acquisition and Exploitation. Countermeasure Modeling and Simulation creates updated threat models, countermeasure models, and aircraft models. Modeling and Simulation is then used to digitally evaluate new techniques and products for improved effectiveness against current and emerging threat systems. Countermeasure Development yields new devices and capabilities aimed to defeat advanced threats. Countermeasure Testing collects data for updated digital models as well as tests devices and techniques to determine effectiveness. The project also provides for modernization and enhancement of tools and capabilities needed to perform Threat Acquisition and Exploitation, Countermeasure Modeling and Simulation, Countermeasure Development, and Countermeasure Testing. The project also evaluates novel countermeasure devices and techniques for potential significant capability gains against threats." The Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF) has the Operational, Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness (OSS&E) responsibility for USAF Avionics and EW Systems. They are also the sustainment reprogramming center (RC) for EWIR process charged with the following: Test/Check EW System Operational Flight Programs (OFPs), supporting MAJCOM mission data RC with reprogramming tools, and total EW system testing to ensure mission capability. this is accomplished by replicating the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) environment for Hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) laboratory testing. This testing validates previous open-air test & evaluation of modified EW systems via internal test, evaluation, assessment, and characterization capability representing current and emerging adversary systems to include network centric capabilities.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Activities (R-2A) — 7

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countermeasure Testing | 0.6 | 6.4 | 7.1 | +11% | — |
| Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | new | — |
| Countermeasure Development | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | −15% | — |
| Threat Acquisition & Exploitation | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | +50% | — |
| Countermeasure Modeling and Simulation | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2% | — |
| Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM) | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Cognitive Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Countermeasure Testing

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding will support conduct of test events in FY 2027 to include infrared air-to-air and radio frequency countermeasure testing.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 funding increased from FY 2026 due to match test infrastructure requirements with testing capabilities

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding will support conduct of test events in FY 2026 to include infrared air-to-air and radio frequency countermeasure testing.

### Electronic Warfare Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF) — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** EWAISF will modernize the threat simulation / emulation so that operational capability can be assessed and survivability maximized. The next three years of funding will address modernization of facilities and equipment to characterize new and future EW threats. The current closed-loop system was developed in 2014 and technology modernization is required to replicate new threat capability

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Inadvertent placement of modernization funds here in FYs 2027, 2028, and 2029, the current operational baseline funding is found in PE 0207439F under program code of BPL 000.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** EWASIF performs operational representative laboratory testing for the EW systems, documenting the effectiveness of aircraft EW Operation Flight Programs (OFP) against current and emerging threats.

### Countermeasure Development

**FY2027 planned work.** Invest in maturing Army DEVCOM alternative pyrophoric material as well as Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) improved devices, fund rapid prototyping and development activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** CAAA will be decreasing spending from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to higher startup costs in FY 2026

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Invest in maturing Army DEVCOM alternative pyrophoric material, fund rapid prototyping and development activities.

### Threat Acquisition & Exploitation

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to invest in surrogate threat system development, ramp up investment & capacity for threat exploitation activities through Air Force Research Laboratory and Missile & Space Intelligence Center.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** AFRL expanding effort, to include increasing personnel for support.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to invest in surrogate threat system development, ramp up investment & capacity for threat exploitation activities through Air Force Research Laboratory and Missile & Space Intelligence Center.

### Countermeasure Modeling and Simulation

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue ongoing efforts funding Air Force Research Laboratory Dynamic Infrared Missile Evaluation (DIME) Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and Navy Infrared Countermeasures Effectiveness Laboratory (NICEL) for modeling & simulation of Infrared and Radio Frequency guided missiles.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Costs increased from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to inflation

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue ongoing efforts funding Air Force Research Laboratory Dynamic Infrared Missile Evaluation (DIME) Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), and Navy Infrared Countermeasures Effectiveness Laboratory (NICEL) for modeling & simulation of Infrared and Radio Frequency guided missiles.

### Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM)

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Project 653891 EMBM is moving to its individual PE 0207407F

### Cognitive Electromagnetic Warfare (EW)

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Project 653891 Cognitive EW is moving to its individual PE 0207039F

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604270F project 653891 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604270F")`.

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