# Facility sustainment at the AEDC

**R-2A activity** of project 6606MR — Facility Sustainment-T&E Support  
**Program element:** 0605978F — Facilities Sustainment - Test and Evaluation Support  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605978F/6606MR/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605978F

## Summary

This activity requests $213.0M in FY2027, 71% of project 6606MR, up 297% 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.** AEDC FY 2027 Budget Year plans include mechanical asset sustainment for 16T/4T, 16S, and HPA test facilities; tunnel 9 preventative maintenance; turbine mechanical and electrical maintenance; bus duct system repair; and B-Exhaust Plant Discharge Duct Asbestos Abatement and Leak Repair. Begin infrastructure projects to support Long Range Kill Web capability development.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increased $159.400 million due to real property appropriation corrections, internal reprioritization, and funding adds to develop Long Range Kill Chain test capabilities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** For FY 2026 Current Year, AEDC is performing calendar-based scheduled preventative maintenance on Engine Test Facilities and associated engine test cells, Propulsion Wind Tunnel (PWT) and associated wind tunnels, Von Karman Facility (VKF) Plant Core and associated test cells, arc heaters, rocket test facility, space chambers, and hypersonic engine test facilities, along with associated infrastructure that supports all test operations.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 39.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 53.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 213.0 |

> 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 6606MR

- [Facility sustainment at the 412TW](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605978F/6606MR/a2) — FY2027 71.3
- [Facility sustainment at the 96TW](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605978F/6606MR/a0) — FY2027 14.6

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0605978F project 6606MR (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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