What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 0557 of PE 0604274N. 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.
The NGJ-MB MBX effort continues execution of the prime contract with deliveries of Engineering Development Model (EDM) arrays and Advanced Frequency Control Modules (AFCMs). Integrated tests continue in System Integration Labs (SILs) and anechoic chambers progressing to Developmental and Operational (DT/OT) flight tests. Funding supports engineering, logistical, developmental test and management services to deliver MBX capability to the Fleet as quickly as possible.
Funding decreases from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to the completion of MBX material procurement for test article assembly, with final deliveries in FY 2027.
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.
The NGJ-MB MBX effort continues execution of the prime contract with the build and assembly of Engineering Development Model (EDM) arrays and AFCMs and begins integrated test of assemblies at System Integration Labs (SILs) and in anechoic chambers. Funding supports engineering, logistical, developmental test and management services to deliver MBX capability to the Fleet as quickly as possible.
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 | 75.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 64.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.3 |
This activity is 100% of project 0557's FY2027 request and 100% of PE 0604274N'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 0557
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 program-element page.