# Project 2175 — Tactical Air Electronic Warfare

**Program element:** 0604270N — Electronic Warfare (EW) Dev  
**Project:** 2175  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N/2175  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604270N

## Summary

Project 2175 — Tactical Air Electronic Warfare requests $50.3M in FY2027, 30% of the $169.0M requested for program element 0604270N, down 0.2% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. BAE is the largest named R-3 performer at $14.0M, 28% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Airborne Electronic Warfare — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 40.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 50.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.1 |

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

## What project 2175 buys

Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) Block 4 (IB-4) is an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to the ALQ-214 to render it suitable for operation on F/A-18C/D aircraft (replacing the ALQ-126B and significantly improving F/A-18C/D survivability) while retaining all IDECM suite functionality when installed on F/A-18E/F aircraft. The IB-4 acquisition, and contract strategy includes development of the Common On-Board Jammer for the F/A-18 C/D/E/F aircraft through sole source contract awards for modifications to the ALQ-214. IB-4, ALQ-214 ECP efforts include HW and SW design, development, integration and testing on the host aircraft. The F/A-18 EW suite includes the ALR-67 Radar Warning Receiver, the ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing Set, the mission computer and other avionics. F/A-18 E/F ALQ-214 Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) integrates improved RF threat detection algorithms and jamming against modern threat radars. Development efforts for ARC were discontinued due to a strategic realignment of higher Navy priorities. This decision enabled the immediate reprioritization of funding to support the ongoing efforts for Dual Band Decoy (DBD). The DBD will provide expanded RF capability against current and emerging modern RF threat radars, significantly improving the survivability of the F/A-18 E/F and may be further developed and integrated into other Naval platforms. DBD will leverage Science and Technology (S&T) advancements through the Dual Band Intelligent RF Expendable (DIRE) program to accelerate DBD capability development. DBD replaces the ALE-55 FOTD beginning in FY2027. Modifications to other F/A-18E/F Block II and Block III aircraft avionics may be required in order to develop and integrate this capability. These other avionics may include, but are not limited to, the Integrated Multi-Platform Launch Controller (IMPLC), Electronic Frequency Converter (EFC), ALR-67(V)2, ALR-67(V)3, ALE-47, mission computer and fire control radar. FY2027 provides funding for the Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) infrastructure stand-up efforts. ADVEW replaces the outdated ALR-67 radar warning receiver (RWR) and the limited ALQ-214 self protect jammer into a modern, combined EW suite providing automated EW processing in an Open System Architecture.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| BAE | 14.0 | 28% |
| NAWCWD | 7.0 | 14% |
| NAWCAD | 2.4 | 4.8% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tactical Air EW | 40.9 | 50.4 | 50.3 | −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.

### Tactical Air EW

**FY2027 planned work.** DBD test efforts continuing through FY2027 in support of EMD. ADVEW effort begins 1QFY27 to support ADVEW IOC on the F/A-18 E/F aircraft.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease $0.098M from FY2026 to FY2027 is due to government labor reduction.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** ALQ-214 ARC Testing planned to conclude in FY2026. DBD EMD effort continues through FY2026. DBD test efforts continuing through FY2026 in support of EMD.

## 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/0604270N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604270N project 2175 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604270N")`.

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