# ITDS Product Development and Management Services

**R-2A activity** of project ITD — Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS)  
**Program element:** 0605051A — Aircraft Survivability Development  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605051A/ITD/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605051A/ITD

## Summary

This activity requests $78.5M in FY2027, 100% of project ITD, up 150% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** ITDS: FY 2027 RDTE dollars will fund multiplatform aircraft integration, Qualification testing, reliability testing, model based systems engineering, digital systems engineering model, system architecture, Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE), Integrated Product Support, Cybersecurity, technical readiness assessments, training development, data products such as operator and technical manuals, and multiple prototypes.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 level of effort increased due to development engineering needed to fully mature the ITDS for production, multiplatform aircraft integration, Qualification testing, reliability testing, model based systems engineering, digital systems engineering model, system architecture, Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE), Integrated Product Support, Cybersecurity, technical readiness assessments, training development, data products such as operator and technical manuals, and multiple prototypes.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** ITDS: FY2026 RDTE dollars will fund prototype design and demonstration testing, prototype application hosting, sensor characterization and flight test, digital simulation modelling assessments, aircraft integration strategies, reliability, manufacturing, and technical readiness assessments.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS): FY2025 Base RDTE dollars in the amount of $28.425 million will fund continuation of development effort including prototype demonstration and test, execution of contract(s) to initiate Product Development, and program management/ technical oversight for ITDS.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 27.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 78.5 |

> 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 Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605051A project ITD (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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