# Project 2367 — Advanced Arresting Gear

**Program element:** 0604530N — Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG)  
**Project:** 2367  
**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/0604530N/2367  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604530N

## Summary

Project 2367 — Advanced Arresting Gear requests $60.5M in FY2027, 100% of the $60.5M requested for program element 0604530N, up 89% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. GA is the largest named R-3 performer at $37.5M, 62% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 32.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 60.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 50.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 28.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 5.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 5.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604530N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 2367 buys

The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program designed, developed, tested and fielded an aircraft arrestment system to replace the legacy Mark 7 arresting gear. AAG systems are being installed on all new construction aircraft carriers. AAG will provides the U.S. Navy with improved operational capability, while reducing operating and support costs. The AAG system will recover all existing and projected carrier based tail hook-equipped air vehicles well into the 21st century. The AAG program will undergo future system improvements to address safety, obsolescence, reliability, and cyber security to include but not limited to AAG Software Stability, AAG Depot Planning, AAG Software Support Activity (SSA), Reliability Improvement ECPs, Obsolescence ECPs and FLASH. The Software Stability development efforts will address software deficiencies, stability and reliability issues documented in a System Safety Risk Assessment (SSRA) for AAG software, and in a separate investigative report by a NAVAIR Independent Review Team (IRT). Development efforts will mitigate specific findings related to non-deterministic behavior and latency of the software that contribute to the SSRA Hazard rating (1D-Serious). Per IRT report recommendations, these efforts will address findings via software modernization and re-architecture, with new software adhering to improved Level or Rigor (LOR) standards and processes. Development efforts include enhancing the AAG software development laboratory. Completion of AAG Depot Planning includes analysis of test bench and depot repair Support Equipment, final updates to logistics product information and maintenance task analysis, and develop Overhaul work instruction, repair procedures, and overhaul intervals. Previous Depot Planning efforts provided initial analysis and completion of Functional Requirements document (FRD). Depot Planning is approximately 85% complete, and does not have to be 100% complete to begin Depot Standup procurements. AAG SSA funding provides development and execution of a high-level hybrid SSA planning document to ensure software test activities and procedures are implemented for AAG. Reliability improvements will be accomplished with the development of ECPs addressing AAG Production Impacts, including but not limited to ECP-0120 Charging Power Supply, and pECP-027 AAG Water Twister Drain & Fill Kit.

**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 |
|---|---|---|
| GA | 37.5 | 62% |
| NAWCAD | 16.1 | 27% |
| CMU/SEI | 0.5 | 0.9% |
| SAIC | 0.3 | 0.5% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) System Improvements | 10.7 | 32.0 | 60.5 | +89% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604530N/2367/a0) |

> 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.

### Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) System Improvements

Continue Software Stability Development, conduct Software Stability Critical Design Review (CDR), and continue Depot Planning, Software Support Activity, and FLASH development efforts. Continue development efforts for Reliability Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) including but not limited to ECP-0120 Charging Power Supply, and pECP-027…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604530N/2367/a0

## 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/0604530N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604530N project 2367 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604530N")`.

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