Project 6606TS
$1,448.4MFY2027 request ▲ 37%Test and Evaluation Support
FY2025 actual$889.9M
FY2026 enacted$1,055.1M
FY2027 request$1,448.4M
FY2027 Request
$1,802.5M
▲ 62% vs FY2026
House mark
$1,747.8M
▼ $54.7M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$1,113.4M
In law
Roll-up of 3 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.80B for Test and Evaluation Support under RDT&E program element 0605807F, up 62% over FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House moved to cut it to $1.75B.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP) House mark
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 936.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1,113.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,802.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 2,014.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,917.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,794.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,627.5 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.
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Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
3 projects roll up into PE 0605807F
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 62% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 6606MR
$211.4MFY2027 request NEWMaintenance and Repair
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$211.4M
Project 6606TG
$142.7MFY2027 request ▲ 145%704th Test Group
FY2025 actual$46.6M
FY2026 enacted$58.2M
FY2027 request$142.7M
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
$1,802.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$1,747.8M −$54.7M · −3.0%
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$1,802.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$1,817.5M +$15.0M · +0.8%
▲ $69.7M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
This program element provides resources to operate the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) test activities which are included in the Department of War (DoW) Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB). Test facilities/capabilities include wind tunnels, rocket and jet engine test cells, hypersonic and subsonic testing, modeling and simulation, technology, limited space environmental simulation chambers, armament test ranges, hardware-in-the-loop test facilities, climatic test facilities, avionics test facilities, aircraft testbeds, dry lake bed landing sites, instrumented test ranges, and test aircraft maintenance, as well as USAF Test Pilot School (TPS).
Project 6606TS, 6606MR, 6606TG — Test and Evaluation Support
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0605807F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0605807F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$1,448.4M
▲ 37% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1,055.1M
▲ 19% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$889.9M
Prior year
Test and Evaluation Support — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605807F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 6606TS — Test and Evaluation Support — requests $1.45B in FY2027, 80% of the $1.80B requested for program element 0605807F. Year over year it grows 37% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 6606TS funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 889.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1,055.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 1,448.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 1,559.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 1,467.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 1,441.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 1,462.7 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Civ Pay▲ 6%
FY2025 actual$477.1M
FY2026 enacted$400.7M
FY2027 request$424.4M
Continue funding civilian pay to support testing at AEDC, the 412TW and USAF TPS at Edwards AFB, and the 96TW at Eglin AFB.
Non Pay▲ 56%
FY2025 actual$412.8M
FY2026 enacted$654.5M
FY2027 request$1,024.0M
Continue to provide operational support for AFTC test activities. Efforts include Aircraft Ops, Flying Hour Program (FHP), Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM), depot field teams, contracted services, test equipment and supplies, general operations and maintenance, utilities, Joint Simulation Environment, and Test Pilot School (list not…
Read the FY2027 plan →Project detail
What project 6606TS buys
This program activity provides resources to operate the Air Force Test Center (AFTC) test activities which are included in the Department of War (DoW) Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB). Test facilities/capabilities operated through this program include wind tunnels, rocket and jet engine test cells, hypersonic and subsonic testing, modeling and simulation, technology, limited space environmental simulation chambers, armament test ranges, hardware-in-the-loop test facilities, climatic test facilities, avionics test facilities, aircraft testbeds, dry lakebed landing sites, instrumented test ranges, and test aircraft maintenance, as well as USAF Test Pilot School. The AFTC's three Test Wings (TW) are supported by this project:(1) Arnold Engineering and Development Complex (AEDC), located at Arnold Air Force Base (AFB) TN; (2) 412TW, located at Edwards AFB, CA; and (3) 96TW, located at Eglin AFB, FL.
FY2027 Request
$211.4M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
Maintenance and Repair — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605807F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 6606MR — Maintenance and Repair — requests $211.4M in FY2027, 12% of the $1.80B requested for program element 0605807F. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 6606MR funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 211.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 287.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 248.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 104.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 97.1 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Strike AssetsNEW
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$211.4M
FY 2027 Budget Year Plans include beginning test capability development for: Advanced Turbine Engines, Aerodynamic and Weapon Integration, and Advanced Landing Gear.
Project detail
What project 6606MR buys
This project's mission is not performed under this program.
FY2027 Request
$142.7M
▲ 145% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$58.2M
▲ 25% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$46.6M
Prior year
704th Test Group — one RDT&E project inside PE 0605807F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 6606TG — 704th Test Group — requests $142.7M in FY2027, 7.9% of the $1.80B requested for program element 0605807F. Year over year it grows 145% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 6606TG funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 46.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 58.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 142.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 167.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 200.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 248.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 67.7 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
Civ Pay▲ 2%
FY2025 actual$31.7M
FY2026 enacted$29.9M
FY2027 request$30.4M
Fund civilian pay for the 704th Test Group's (TG) consistent mission of testing of DoW, other Government Agencies, foreign military sales, and commercial weapon systems.
Non Pay▲ 296%
FY2025 actual$14.9M
FY2026 enacted$28.3M
FY2027 request$112.3M
Continue funding operational support for AFTC test activities. Efforts include aircraft operations, Flying Hour Program (FHP), contracted services, test equipment and supplies, general operations and maintenance, and utilities (list not all inclusive).
Read the FY2027 plan →Project detail
What project 6606TG buys
Project infrastructure support is provided for the unique capabilities of the 704th Test Group (TG) facilities: Central Inertial and Global Positioning System (GPS) Test Facility (CIGTF/746th Test Squadron), the Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT/846th Test Squadron) and the National Radar Cross Section (RCS) Test Facility (NRTF/704 TG Det 2), the 586th Flight Test Squadron including Detachment 1 (Det 1), 704 TG Operating Location (704 TG OL-AA) at Kirtland AFB, and 704 TG Operation Location (704 TG OL-AC) at Wright-Patterson AFB. CIGTF provides independent test and evaluation of inertial, Global Positioning System, and integrated systems used for aircraft navigation and missile guidance systems, including vulnerability to electronic interference. HHSTT capabilities include full-scale testing in flight representative environments, realistic live-fire simulations, test item and target fragment recovery, precision trajectory analysis and high speed photography. NRTF provides radar cross section (RCS) monostatic and bistatic amplitude and phase measurements, antenna pattern measurements, glint and near field measurements for low observable targets. The 586th Flight Test Squadron executes flight test and test support for advanced avionics and weapons development of joint, international and commercial test programs. Det 1 provides the liaison function for coordinating and scheduling all US Air Force test and training operations at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). OL-AA provides test support for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Directed Energy Division. The 704 TG OL-AC includes the Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF) with capabilities such as variable and fixed inertia dynamometers, compression/tension load applicators, 4 drop towers, a burst pit and a dynamic load simulator. The 704 TG OL-AC also includes the Air Vehicle Survivability Office that provides support for Air Force aircraft acquisition programs. The 704th TG support services contracts are awarded on the basis of full and open competition.