# Project 0654 — NAWC Acft Division

**Program element:** 0605864N — Test & Evaluation Support  
**Project:** 0654  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N

## Summary

Project 0654 — NAWC Acft Division requests $115.4M in FY2027, 25% of the $470.5M requested for program element 0605864N, up 2.3% on FY2026. 6 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605864N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Activities (R-2A) — 6

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Command | 26.6 | 27.7 | 30.6 | +10% | [a5](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a5) |
| Atlantic Ranges | 28.7 | 28.6 | 30.2 | +6% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a0) |
| Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility | 25.4 | 25.7 | 23.6 | −8% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a1) |
| Naval Test Wing Atlantic | 23.0 | 23.3 | 23.5 | +1% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a4) |
| Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1% | — |
| Threat/Target Systems | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +2% | — |

> 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.

### Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Command

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a5

### Atlantic Ranges

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a0

### Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a1

### Naval Test Wing Atlantic

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a4

### Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility

**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.

### Threat/Target Systems

**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.

## 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/0605864N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605864N project 0654 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605864N")`.

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