# Atlantic Ranges

**R-2A activity** of project 0654 — NAWC Acft Division  
**Program element:** 0605864N — Test & Evaluation Support  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654

## Summary

This activity requests $30.2M in FY2027, 26% of project 0654, up 5.5% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** 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 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 operations. Continue maintenance for two new control rooms that operate at the Special Access Program (SAP) level, including the IT equipment required to perform test and evaluation operations from the control rooms.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $1.574M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 provided for increase in sustainment cost associated with newly fielded test capabilities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** 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 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 operations. Continue maintenance for two new control rooms that operate at the Special Access Program (SAP) level, including the IT equipment required to perform test and evaluation operations from the control rooms.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 30.2 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 0654

- [Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Command](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a5) — FY2027 30.6
- [Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a1) — FY2027 23.6
- [Naval Test Wing Atlantic](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605864N/0654/a4) — FY2027 23.5
- Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility — FY2027 5.0
- Threat/Target Systems — FY2027 2.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605864N project 0654 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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