What project 0654 buys
This project provides funds for the maintenance and operations of the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Aircraft Division's Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) capabilities used to conduct test and evaluation of air platforms and associated systems. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has extensive airfield, flight test ranges, aircraft systems test facilities and simulation laboratories to support aircraft Research Development Test and Evaluation. This includes 50,000 square miles of airspace, 39,375 square miles of sea space, and 7,950 acres of land space. Product areas include aircraft systems flight test and evaluation, carrier suitability certification, test article preparation, installed system test and evaluation, and modeling and simulation support of the acquisition program test requirements. The Test and Evaluation Group, Patuxent River, performs development and operational test and evaluation of manned and unmanned air vehicle systems, including mission systems, equipment, subsystems, components, and support systems. This project also provides test and evaluation facilities for air-breathing propulsion systems and extensive facilities for conducting both installed and uninstalled aircraft engine development and test and evaluation. This project funds costs that are not chargeable to customers.
Project 0654 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 | 111.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 112.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 115.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 119.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 121.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 124.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 126.6 |
6 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. 4 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue to reimburse the Command for General and Administrative support services. Continue to fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources. These resources include test article instrumentation and/or modification for Flight Test Aircraft and ground and flight test instrumentation systems, range instrumentation systems and data processing and communication systems required to meet customer test…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Electromagnetic…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support aircraft associated with aviation platform and weapon system test and evaluation. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Propulsion System Evaluation Facility operations.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Propulsion System Evaluation Facility operations.
FY2027 planned work Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources associated with airborne and seaborne target operations required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) target operations.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue to maintain and operate mission essential/core test support resources associated with airborne and seaborne target operations required to meet customer test workload. Fund civilian labor, travel, transportation, equipment, supplies, communication, equipment maintenance, purchased service contracts, annual utilities and any costs necessary to manage and sustain the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) target operations.