RDT&E Project · President's Budget PB2027

F-35 USN Unique

Project 2562·PE 0604840N — F-35C C2D2·U.S. Navy·BA7
FY2027 Request
$12.4M
▼ 9.2% vs FY2026
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Project 2562 — F-35 USN Unique requests $12.4M in FY2027, 2.9% of the $428.5M requested for program element 0604840N, down 9.2% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

MarketCombat Aircraft

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FY2027 Request
$12.4M
▼ 9.2% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$13.7M
▼ 3.6% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$14.2M
Prior year
Project detail

What project 2562 buys

USN Unique efforts include USN Operational Testing and government engineering support, as well as USN systems engineering efforts and other emerging USN requirements. USN test infrastructure to support integrated test activities in support of OT and DT squadron events in support of Block 4 Development Capabilities to include other operational test and evaluation modernization efforts. Provides basic infrastructure to Edwards AFB as host to the VX-9 Det Edwards Test Squadron.

R-3 lines of work
  • Test and Evaluation
Funding trajectory

Project 2562 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.

014.2FY25ACTUAL13.7FY26ENACTED12.4FY27REQUEST12.0FY2812.3FY2912.5FY3012.8FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual14.2
FY2026Enacted13.7
FY2027Request12.4
FY2028Outyear12.0
FY2029Outyear12.3
FY2030Outyear12.5
FY2031Outyear12.8
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

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. Each 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.

FY2025 actual$14.2M
FY2026 enacted$13.7M
FY2027 request$12.4M

Efforts include USN Unique Operational Testing, supporting various integrated tests and investigations. Major testing event include but are not limited to TOPGUN Support, Orange Flag, JSOW LAR Investigation, Patriot Support, Hornet H16 Interoperability, Fleet Anomaly Investigations, Interoperability Large Force Exercise, and other…

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