# Project 640011 — Architecture & Integration Core Ops and Gap Assessment

**Program element:** 0604609F — Requirements Analysis & Concept Maturation  
**Project:** 640011  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604609F/640011  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604609F

## Summary

Project 640011 — Architecture & Integration Core Ops and Gap Assessment requests $57.6M in FY2027, 100% of the $57.6M requested for program element 0604609F, up 483% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 57.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 68.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 92.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 132.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 173.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604609F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 640011 buys

This Project performs core Planning for Development activities, maturing candidate concepts derived from USAF Force Design and Department of War (DoW) priorities to accelerate acquisition timelines, reduce technology risks, demonstrate integration, and deliver potential solutions to address warfighting needs. Key activities include Capability Based Assessments (CBA), analytic refinement studies similar to Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), and other pre-Milestone A planning to determine operational viability and prepare for transition to a Program of Record (PoR), often before a program office is established. It utilizes modern digital tools and methodologies to create a data-driven decision space for concepts not yet mature enough for formal acquisition decisions. These efforts produce technical descriptions that include open systems architectures, industrial base analysis, and initial product support plans to enable future acquisition, testing, and training. The goal is to deliver high-confidence initial designs, performance estimations, and risk identification in coordination with Department of the Air Force (DAF) priorities within a multi-level security structure. It supports the development of single-domain, multi-domain, and system-of-systems solutions. This may include developing contracting structures to foster a competitive industrial base. This Project includes execution on a broad-scope weaponeering analysis effort, "Ensemble Analysis”, of layered and sequenced weapons effects to inform, shape, and guide counter-HDBT employment and acquisition decisions, as well as any follow-on analysis efforts. Program management support costs including, but not limited to, hardware, software, travel, contractor support services, civilian pay, supplies, facilities, and infrastructure. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Development Core Ops | 9.4 | 9.9 | 57.6 | +483% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604609F/640011/a0) |
| Capability Development System Attribute Definition and Acquisition Planning | 0.0 | 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.

### Capability Development Core Ops

- Continue HVAA-P Planning for Development activities as informed by the endgame demonstration. - Commence additional Planning for Development and conduct further concept refinement activities in response to Force Design and DoW priorities. These efforts will address critical capability areas including, but not limited to, Autonomy…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604609F/640011/a0

### Capability Development System Attribute Definition and Acquisition Planning

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - No changes

## 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/0604609F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604609F project 640011 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604609F")`.

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