# Project 666157 — Development Planning

**Program element:** 0606017F — Requirements Analysis and Maturation  
**Project:** 666157  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666157  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F

## Summary

Project 666157 — Development Planning requests $10.8M in FY2027, 50% of the $21.7M requested for program element 0606017F, down 63% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 29.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 11.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 11.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 11.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0606017F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 666157 buys

Development Planning (DP) funds activities to analyze the Force Design in support of the Capability Development Enterprise. DP conducts coordinated Mission Engineering and Analysis to identify and refine key capability trades, technology needs, and cost and schedule implications. Emphasis is placed on developing options that address force design gaps by analyzing multi-domain capabilities and evaluating Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities-Planning (DOTMLPF-P) concepts. This analysis informs trade space of candidate concepts, ensuring required attributes are met. The outcome of this effort will be trade space attributes and mission engineering artifacts which will underpin Capability Development decisions. Program management support costs including, but not limited to, hardware, software, travel, contractor support services, civilian pay, supplies, facilities, and infrastructure. This program may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Requirements Analysis and Maturation capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Capability and Concept Analyses | 13.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 | −2% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666157/a0) |

> 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.

### Future Capability and Concept Analyses

- Maintain current and future force design and threat in scenarios that are used for analysis - Conduct analysis aligned to demand signal, capability-based gap identification, and the scope of DOTMLPF-P in candidate design development to support acquisition decision development - Continue efforts prioritized based on force design…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666157/a0

## 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/0606017F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0606017F project 666157 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0606017F")`.

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