# Installation Resilience

**R-2A activity** of project 644862 — Installation Resiliency  
**Program element:** 0604860F — Operational Energy and Installation Resilience  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604860F/644862/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604860F/644862

## Summary

This activity requests $61.0M in FY2027, 100% of project 644862, up 281% 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.** Continue development and demonstration of advanced nuclear power for installations to ensure continuity of critical missions throughout any potential disruption.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increased by $44.990 million compared to FY 2026 to accelerate advanced nuclear development and demonstration.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue development and demonstration of advanced nuclear power for installations to ensure continuity of critical missions throughout any potential disruption. - Continue development and demonstration of processes focused on modernizing the way the DAF collects, stores, curates, connects, analyzes, and conveys the data associated with mission resilience requirements that cross current organizational stovepipes to provide actionable insights and quantitative mission requirements. - Initiate construction activities for the Arctic-Capable Energy Storage System to improve resilience of critical missions with unique load profiles. - Continue development and demonstration of energy and water technologies that decouple operations at the tactical edge from reliance on intermittent power and imported water.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 24.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 61.0 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604860F project 644862 (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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