What project 2572 buys
F-35 Combat Data Systems (CDS) Program Management Office mission includes investment and modernization activities required for Block 4 development, integration, test and evaluation of Mission Data Hardware/Tools, Reprogramming Verification & Validation Systems (RVVS), and Mission Planning Software/Hardware, which includes the Next Generation Open Mission System (NOMS). Funding related to key deliveries to Electronic Warfare Squadrons and F-35 Operational Squadrons and enables government and contractor labor for mission planning and joint reprogramming enterprise. Other costs support Technology Investment for key Modernization / Innovation activities and Cloud-based DevSecOps infrastructure. Funding allocations at the project level have historically been subject to change due to the complexity of the F-35 budget structure and cost share ratios. The program will ensure any within-PE adjustments during execution year are reflected in future budget submissions. The FY2027 request for Combat Data Systems includes $20,001 thousand of discretionary funding and $9,500 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) funding for Block 4 capability development.
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Project 2572 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 23.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 20.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 9.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.8 |
2 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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Complete development support for F-35 Mission Planning capability enhancements identified in approved requirements documents for Block 4 and modernization efforts within the mission planning support hardware and software. Improve the common, tailorable MPSE software suite that supports all developmental and fielded OFP/ SDL releases, as…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue software development efforts that deploy software tools to increase capacity within the reprogramming laboratories. Continue to upgrade Reprogramming Verification & Validation Systems (RVVS) to meet the Block 4 capability requirements and meet next generation threats. Complete efforts for the AGILE development of Common Reprogramming Tools (CRT) to provide Electronic Warfare Squadrons with essential software tools that reduce both Mission Data File (MDF) development time and human error while increasing combat effectiveness. Complete development support for defining, managing and acquiring the F-35 Reprogramming capability enhancements identified in approved requirements documents…
FY2026 to FY2027 change When considering the FY2027 mandatory funding in addition to discretionary funding, the increase from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects funds needed for Block 4 integration and Air System Alignment, which is required to ensure mission readiness.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue efforts for the AGILE development of Common Reprogramming Tools (CRT) to provide Electronic Warfare Squadrons with essential software tools that reduce both Mission Data File (MDF) development time & human error while increasing combat effectiveness. Continue software development efforts that deploy software tools to increase capacity within the reprogramming laboratories. Continue to upgrade Reprogramming Verification & Validation Systems (RVVS) to meet the Block 4 capability requirements and meet next generation threats. Continue ongoing efforts to support aircraft in relation to Continuous Development Capability Delivery (C2D2). Continue development support for defining…
Named performers on project 2572
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.