# Hawkeye

**R-2A activity** of project 645352 — Architecture Design and Evaluation  
**Program element:** 0604858F — Tech Transition Program  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604858F/645352/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604858F/645352

## Summary

This activity requests $20.8M in FY2027, 34% of project 645352, down 45% 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.** - Complete testing of weapon/target pairing capabilities. - Complete development of an operational experimentation of a long-range kill chain, including advanced communication techniques. - Complete test of minimum viable product operating on cloud-based digital infrastructure in C3BM transition environment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decreased compared to FY 2026 by $17.043 million due to planned ramp down of development program and transition to operational programs.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue testing of weapon/target pairing capabilities. - Continue end-to-end kill chain experimentation, including advanced communication techniques. - Complete software modifications and code refactoring to transition minimum viable product to cloud-based digital infrastructure transition program environment.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 37.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 20.8 |

> 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 645352

- [SAINT](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604858F/645352/a1) — FY2027 31.3
- DAF Architecture Design and Integration — FY2027 9.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604858F project 645352 (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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