What project 0569 buys
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Aircraft Support: This continuing project funds costs associated with the preventive and corrective maintenance of fixed and rotary wing aircraft which directly support test and evaluation of aircraft and associated weapon systems and sensors. Testing aboard dedicated RDT&E aircraft reduces the number of fleet units required to support test and evaluation of aviation programs. This project unit funds airframe Standard Depot Level Maintenance (SDLM), the Integrated Maintenance Concept and Planned Depot Maintenance, major in-service repairs, emergent repairs and aircraft engine periodic maintenance and overhauls and aircraft material condition and field inspections. Also included in this project unit, are the costs of Aviation Depot Level Repairables (AVDLR), which are spare and replacement parts for components that fail during the conduct of readiness flight operations, aircrew training and proficiency flight hours, and must be replaced to support follow-on flight operations. This project unit also funds Aircraft Structure Periodic Assessments (ASPA), Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL) tools and support equipment, Aviation Climate Assessment Survey System (ACASS) and other projects and peripheral equipment associated with the maintenance of flight readiness for RDT&E aircraft. JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACTIVITY: This program is funded under RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST and EVALUATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT because it supports efforts directed toward sustaining or modernizing equipment required for general research, development, test and evaluation.
Project 0569 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 51.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 53.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 51.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 53.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 54.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 55.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 56.0 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Provide support of RDT&E Aircraft planned depot maintenance events while funding annual operating and sustainment costs associated with Aviation Depot Level Repairables (AVDLR) and Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL) items associated with test pilot proficiency flights, engine repairs and overhauls, and emergent repairs to RDT&E…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Provide planned In-Service Repair funds for emergent repair requirements to aircraft performing mission critical test and evaluation projects.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.200M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to increased cost of parts and labor in support of In-Service Repairs.
FY2026 plans — current year Provide planned In-Service Repair funds for emergent repair requirements to aircraft performing mission critical test and evaluation projects.