# Project 6606TS — Test and Evaluation Support

**Program element:** 0605807F — Test and Evaluation Support  
**Project:** 6606TS  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605807F/6606TS  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605807F

## Summary

Project 6606TS — Test and Evaluation Support requests $1.45B in FY2027, 80% of the $1.80B requested for program element 0605807F, up 37% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

**Markets:** Test & Evaluation / Industrial Base — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605807F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non Pay | 412.8 | 654.5 | 1,024.0 | +56% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605807F/6606TS/a1) |
| Civ Pay | 477.1 | 400.7 | 424.4 | +6% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Non Pay

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605807F/6606TS/a1

### Civ Pay

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue funding civilian pay to support testing at AEDC, the 412TW and USAF TPS at Edwards AFB, and the 96TW at Eglin AFB.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increased $23.707 million due to a combination of several increases and reductions to civilian pay, benefits, and performance award funding

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue funding civilian pay to support testing at AEDC, the 412TW and USAF TPS at Edwards AFB, and the 96TW at Eglin AFB.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605807F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605807F project 6606TS (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605807F")`.

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