What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 2558 of PE 0604840N. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
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 well as introducing a virtualized environment that reduces development build times and administrative burdens for squadrons. Further enhance F-35 Next Generation Mission Planning program, focusing on development and certification of Ground Data Receptacle replacement, meeting latest cybersecurity directives. Continue fielding agile increments of cloud-developed NextGen Open Mission Systems (NOMS) mission planning software, leveraging DevSecOps development pipeline; complete development of classified components on IL6+ JPO Cloud environment. Continue efforts to improve data transfer layer for improved operational data movement. Continue to build upon MPSE efforts to partner with government organizations for software development and contract directly with equipment suppliers, and continue to reduce overhead costs and management burdens.
When considering the FY2027 mandatory funding in addition to discretionary funding, the increase from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects funds needed for Block 4 capabilities included in Next-Generation Mission Planning Environment development and Air System Alignment, which is required to ensure mission readiness.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
Continue 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 well as introducing a virtualized environment that reduces development build times and administrative burdens for squadrons. Further enhance F-35 Next Generation Mission Planning program, focusing on development and certification of Ground Data Receptacle replacement, meeting latest cybersecurity directives. Field first iteration of cloud developed NextGen Open Mission Systems (NOMS) mission planning software, leveraging DevSecOps development pipeline; begin development of classified components on IL6+ JPO Cloud environment; improve interoperability capabilities to support COCOM requirements. Continue efforts to improve data transfer layer for improved operational data movement. Build upon MPSE efforts to partner with government organizations for software development and contract directly with equipment suppliers, continuing to reduce overhead costs and management burdens.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 10.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.2 |
This activity is 51% of project 2558's FY2027 request and 2.4% of PE 0604840N's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
2 activities in project 2558
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.