What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 3327 of PE 0604270N. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
FY 2027 efforts will continue (V)4 development with incorporation of radio variants compatible with other USMC systems and requirements, continuation of the (V)3 blk 2 ECP and begin integration efforts of (V)3 blk 2 on the AH-1Z aircraft. Development of capabilities and jamming techniques in support of evolving Intrepid Tiger II target sets and missions will continue in FY 2027. Development, integration and testing of advanced capabilities into IT-II variants and in support of MAGTF EW aviation.
Funding decreases from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the completion of the majority of (V)4 developmental and operational testing.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
FY 2026 efforts will include the continuation of (V)4 development, Developmental Test (DT) and Operational Test (OT). Continue (V)3 blk 2 development, integration efforts on the UH-1Y aircraft, to include the build of Engineering Development Model (EDM) prototype and begin DT. Development of capabilities in support of evolving Intrepid Tiger II target sets and missions will continue in FY 2026. Development, integration and testing of advanced capabilities into IT-II variants and in support of MAGTF EW aviation.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.2 |
This activity is 100% of project 3327's FY2027 request and 7.8% of PE 0604270N's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 3327
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.