# Hypersonics

**R-2A activity** of project 664597 — AF Test Investments  
**Program element:** 0604759F — AF Test Investments  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759F/664597/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759F

## Summary

This activity requests $100.2M in FY2027, 43% of project 664597, down 9.5% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Start the following Projects: - Increase Capability of Continuous Flow Hypersonic Ground T&E - Mach 5 Continuous Flow Test Continue the following Projects: - Guided Weapons Eval Facility (GWEF) - Hypersonic Hardware in the Loop (HITL) - Hypersonic Air Defense Effectiveness and Survivability (HADES) - DIADS - True Temperature Mach 7 T&E - Turbine Based Combined Cycle Test Improvements (TBCC) - High Pressure Air Additional Capacity Phase 2 (HPAAC2) - Subscale Modeling 1T/1S Wind Tunnels - Integrated Scramjet Direct Connect Diagnotiscs (ISJDC) - One Mission - Networked Intelligence (OMNI) - Early Operational Capability (EOC) Complete the following Projects: - High Enthalpy Standard Hypersonic Test Article (HESHTA) - Large Scale/High Dynamic Pressure Nozzle for Clean Air Facility; M6 M4 M5

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increased $10.513 million due to: $76.683 million increase for hypersonic test and $64.380 million transfer to construct a new Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) / Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Test Capabilities (AJTC) Facility at Eglin AFB, FL.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Complete the following projects: -Gulf Range Enhancement -Imaging Improvement and Modernization Program (IIMP - LRWKC) -Improve Plant Reliability and Efficiency/Transonic Aero Test Capability (IMTPC) [IOC June 2026] -Improve Large Model Supersonic Aerodynamic Ground T&E Capability (ILMSC) [formerly Tunnel 16S Reactivation] -Improved Small Scale Hypervelocity Impact T&E -M6/M8 Nozzle for Tunnel B Continue the following projects: - Guided Weapons Eval Facility (GWEF) - Hypersonic Hardware in the Loop (HITL) - Hypersonic Air Defense Effectiveness and Survivability (HADES) - DIADS - True Temperature Mach 7 T&E - Turbine Based Combined Cycle Test Improvements (TBCC) - High Enthalpy Standard Hypersonic Test Article (HESHTA) - Large Scale/High Dynamic Pressure Nozzle for Clean Air Facility [M6 M4 M5] - High Pressure Air Additional Capacity Phase 2 (HPAAC2) - Subscale Modeling 1T/1S Wind Tunnels - Integrated Scramjet Direct Connect Diagnostics (ISJDC) - One Mission - Networked Intelligence (OMNI) - Early Operational Capability (EOC)

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 33.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 110.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 100.2 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 664597

- [Cyberspace and Avionics Cyber](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759F/664597/a3) — FY2027 93.4
- Directed Energy/Electronic Combat — FY2027 24.2
- T&E Range and Test Asset Modernization — FY2027 17.6
- Autonomy — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604759F project 664597 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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