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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

HRM Structural Development

PE 0605018F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$31.8M
⚑ Contested — Senate cuts 100%
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 50% to a $31.8M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate cut 100% (to $0.0M); House appropriators cut 100% (to $0.0M). AST leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$31.8M
▼ 50% vs FY2026
Senate mark
$0.0M
▼ $31.8M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$63.2M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $31.8M for HRM Structural Development under RDT&E program element 0605018F, down 50% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, Senate moved to cut it to $0.0M.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

2550048.5FY25ACTUAL63.2FY26ENACTED31.8FY27REQUEST31.8FY2827.4FY2922.5FY3023.1FY31SENATE
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) Senate mark
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual48.5
FY2026Enacted63.2
FY2027Request31.8
FY2028Outyear31.8
FY2029Outyear27.4
FY2030Outyear22.5
FY2031Outyear23.1
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0605018F

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -50% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 676003

HRM Structural Development

$31.8MFY2027 request ▼ 50%
FY2025 actual$48.5M
FY2026 enacted$63.2M
FY2027 request$31.8M
Product DevelopmentSupportTest and EvaluationManagement Services

The Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System (AFIPPS) is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program based on Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS), a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution, that contains both the Human Resources (HR) and Payroll modules. In alignment with a Department of War (DoW) directive to pursue a DoW-wide military pay solution, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) has halted development of AFIPPS. The Services have been instructed to align their Human Resource (HR) systems to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's (DFAS) requirements once they are released. In Q2FY2026, the Program Executive Officer (PEO) was directed to terminate the Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System (AFIPPS) program and begin the orderly and expeditious shutdown of program activities while preserving the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS) for capability support. The Office of the Under Secretary of War for Personnel & Readiness OUSW(P&R) instructed the Air Force to posture the legacy MilPDS system to support the Department of War (DoW) efforts to transform military pay. Post termination activities in FY2027, PE 0605018F, Project 676003, HRM Structural Development, efforts are planned to transfer to PE 1201212SF, project 670220, Datalake and UI/UX Development, in order to fund critical initiative activity to implement Personnel Management Act (PMA) Human Resource (HR) Information Technology (IT) Automation and develop a data layer within the existing Air Force Human Resources structure that can be utilized to meet current and future Space Force needs. These efforts will support the DoW requirement for updated HR systems in preparation for their DoW wide military pay initiative. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
AFIPPS - System Integrator Development & Contractor Test▼ 47%
FY2025 actual$46.2M
FY2026 enacted$49.0M
FY2027 request$25.9M

- Will perform orderly termination activities. - Will continue to remove or disable payroll code, configurations, and interfaces from the software baseline to create a HR-only software baseline. - Will continue to stabilize HR Baseline to no longer account for software, processes, configurations, and interfaces related to the AFIPPS…

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AFIPPS - Government-Test and Evaluation▼ 58%
FY2025 actual$2.3M
FY2026 enacted$14.1M
FY2027 request$5.9M

FY2027 planned work - Will complete manual and automated regression testing and UET to ensure HR business processes are not negatively impacted by removal of the payroll module.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased because pay development was halted in accordance with DoW direction.

FY2026 plans — current year - Conduct manual and automated regression testing to ensure HR business processes are not negatively impacted by removal of the payroll module. - Conduct cybersecurity tests and evaluations.

Congressional action

The request is contested

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$31.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$31.8M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$0.0M −$31.8M · −100%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$0.0M −$31.8M · −100%
▲ $31.8M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

AST
$9.6M · 30%
AFIPPS HR Modernization for Military Pay Transformation · CPFF
Torch Tech,Inc
$6.2M · 20%
AFIPPS Direct Mission Support - Engineering & Cybersecurity · CPFF
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes70%22.2
Other / unspecified30%9.6
FY2027 request100%31.8
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Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System (AFIPPS) is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program based on Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS), a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution, that contains both the Human Resources (HR) and Payroll modules. In alignment with a Department of War (DoW) directive to pursue a DoW-wide military pay solution, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) has halted development of AFIPPS. The Services have been instructed to align their Human Resource (HR) systems to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's (DFAS) requirements once they are released.

AFIPPS is being acquired as a Defense Business System that utilizes the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle. The program is in Phase 4 - Acquisition, Testing, and Deployment and was working towards its first Limited Deployment Authority to Proceed (ATP) for a Limited Deployment in 2026. The acquisition strategy employs a single System Integrator and agile methodologies to develop, test and deploy pay and leave capabilities via an Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) E-Business Suite (EBS). The primary system integrator contract includes pay system development, test, and deployment. The development activities were fully coordinated and integrated with the on-going operation and sustainment of the Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS).

Project 676003 — HRM Structural Development
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Management Services
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605018F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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