What project 652895 buys
This Civil Engineering (CE) Readiness project develops Airbase Technologies (ABT), Airfield Damage Repair (ADR), Airfield Protection (AP), Energy & Utilities (E&U), and CE Materials (CEM) solutions for in-garrison, expeditionary, and contingency installations and airbases. This includes: technologies for airfield assessment, pavement repair and unexploded ordnance identification and mitigation to enable rapid recovery and regeneration of airfield operations; infrastructure design criteria, construction methods, hardened shelters, evaluation tools, materials, aviation firefighting, force protection, expeditionary energy, waste water recycling/treatment, CE materials applications and systems for improved resiliency and rapid recovery of airbase and airfield operations following an attack. This program element may include necessary civilian pay 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 element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F.
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Project 652895 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 20.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 18.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 19.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 19.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 19.7 |
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Continue to accelerate and transition rapid airfield damage recovery (ADR) solutions through robust RDT&E. Advance small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), mobile towers, handheld platforms, and automated damage detection software with improved sensors for faster and more accurate damage and UXO detection. Explore new platforms to meet future sensor requirements. Develop, test, and evaluate unmanned systems for airfield damage repair and base infrastructure maintenance. Develop, test, and transition materials and equipment sets for rapid runway repair after battle damage. Develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for manned and unmanned Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation (REHM) systems…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase for development and testing of lighter equipment/materials with smaller logistics footprint and development of technologies that use indigneous materials for faster recovery of damaged airifelds.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to mature and transition rapid assessment, mitigation, and repair tools and material solutions for airfield damage recovery through research, development, testing, and evaluation. Rapid assessment includes spiral development and integration of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), mobile towers, and handheld platforms to utilize various sensors, to provide data for automated damage detection software solutions to significantly decrease damage assessment time and improve automated detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO). In order to meet improved sensor requirements for enhanced detection and classification of damage/debris, new platforms will be identified to meet current and…
FY2027 planned work Continue to innovate and deliver advanced civil engineer material technologies for resilient infrastructure, warfighter protection, and resource optimization including additive manufacturing technologies and systems for Air Force infrastructure and CE applications. Develop and test advanced composites for infrastructure and runways, next-generation fire extinguishment agents and detection systems, technologies to protect warfighters from hazardous scenarios, and solutions for resource limitations, waste reuse, and reduction in theater. Test & evaluate novel expeditionary energy, utility, and infrastructure technologies, energy storage systems, and the incorporation of renewable energy…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase for development of equipment, materials & processes that optimize civil engineer operations.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue development and testing of new civil engineer material technologies and minimal basing processes including bio-based cementation for expeditionary ADR, test and evaluation of low resource manufacturing technologies for reduced life cycle costs, development and testing of additive manufacturing approaches for CE applications, development of functionalized materials for hardened infrastructure and force protection applications, evaluation, treatment, and mitigation technologies for Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and development and testing of next generation fire-fighting and fire suppression agents, evaluation of expeditionary energy, utility, and infrastructure improvements…
FY2027 planned work Continue to enhance infrastructure and personnel protection against evolving threats. Upgrade and modernize personnel protective bunkers and Air Force infrastructure hardening standards. Conduct RDT&E of new, lighter, and less expensive protection materials. Test and evaluate technologies like inflatable aircraft shelters and infrastructure camouflage, concealment, and deception technologies. Test and evaluate technologies against penetrating munitions (e.g., cruise missiles) and improve expedient sheltering. Provide design and technical assistance for fielding the next generation expedient shelter systems and test selective hardening systems. Continue R&D of aviation firefighting…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase for development of more resilient and rapidly deployable protective and expeditionary infrastructure.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to upgrade/modernize existing personnel protective bunkers and Air Force infrastructure hardening standards to meet current threat(s). Continue RDT&E of new concepts for protection materials for lighter, less expensive solutions for infrastructure hardening. Test and evaluate unconventional countermeasures technology for transition, including inflatable air craft shelters and other infrastructure camouflage, concealment and deception technologies. . Test and evaluate technologies against penetrating munitions including cruise missile hardening and improve expedient sheltering to address advanced threats. Provide design and technical assistance for fielding of the next generation…
Named performers on project 652895
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.