# Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) Development

**R-2A activity** of project 2573 — Training Systems and Simulation (TSS)  
**Program element:** 0604840M — F-35B C2D2  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604840M/2573/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604840M/2573

## Summary

This activity requests $11.3M in FY2027, 31% of project 2573, up 32% 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.** Efforts will include FIAB development, fidelity and capability upgrades to existing threats/sensors/weapons models, development of new threat/sensor/weapon models, and environment upgrades to enable effective verification of Block 4 capabilities. Efforts will continue toward expansion of JSE capability to F-35 Training Sites and providing a high-fidelity operational test laboratory for the F-35.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Considering FY2027 mandatory funding in addition to discretionary, the increase from FY2026 to FY2027 is to facilitate expanded JSE T&E infrastructure to accelerate test activities resulting in accelerated integration of FIAB into the JSE enabling schedule-relevant execution of OT requirements in the FIAB-JSE simulated environment as well as earlier delivery of JSE-based training capability to the warfighter and an operationally representative simulated environment to support tactics development to enhance mission readiness.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Efforts will include modernization of F-35 In-A-Box (FIAB) software development and integration, model fidelity and capability upgrades for existing threats/sensors/weapon models, development of new threat/sensor/weapon models, and environment upgrades to enable effective verification of Block 4 capabilities. Planning efforts will continue toward expansion of JSE capability to F-35 Training Sites.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 8.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.3 |

> 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 2573

- [Training Systems Capability Development (TSCD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604840M/2573/a0) — FY2027 20.2
- Training Systems Architecture (TSA) Development — FY2027 4.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604840M project 2573 (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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