# Future Capability and Concept Analyses

**R-2A activity** of project 666157 — Development Planning  
**Program element:** 0606017F — Requirements Analysis and Maturation  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666157/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606017F/666157

## Summary

This activity requests $10.8M in FY2027, 100% of project 666157, down 1.8% 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.** - 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 Examples include Autonomous Collaborative Platform Strategy, Weapons Portfolio Mix, and Counter C-C5ISRT - Collaborate across the joint force, Services and agencies in the analysis of candidate concepts and align candidate concepts into the larger force through mission integration and mission engineering - Identify and develop priority mission engineering threads for refinement and new builds for the next FY. Further develop and refine future concepts of employment and associated candidate concepts to address minimum attribute sets identified through time or driven by threat updates for concept evaluation - Continue market evaluation of flexible, digital instantiations for CONOP/CONEMP evaluation for new concepts - Continue building infrastructure necessary for mission engineering thread development and use: software tool implementation, validation and verification methods for models, thread information application for industry - Continue to partner with FFRDC, UARC, industry and non-traditional vendors to document state of the practice, state of the art, technically possible/feasible, promising emerging technologies for investment for various problem statements and solution sets. Examples include Electronic Warfare analyses. - Continue the formation of a competition strategy across technology development organizations internal and external to the Air Force.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** - FY 2027 funding decreased compared to FY 2026 by $0.195 million due other higher Air Force priorities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue to maintain current and future force design and threat in scenarios that are used for analysis - Develop new mission engineering threads for decomposition and analysis and expand upon existing threads to capture force design trends and trade space - Continue analysis aligned to demand signal, capability-based gap identification and the scope of DOTMLPF-P in candidate design development to support acquisition decision development - Derive capability gaps from operational mission definitions, CONOPS and CONEMPs, estimates inventory, then assess commercial and developmental technical solution sets in a multi-level security environment across domains - Continue collaboration across the joint force, Services and agencies in the analysis of candidate concepts - Continue collaboration with FFRDC, UARC, industry and non-traditional vendors to document state of the practice, state of the art, and the technically possible/feasible for various problem statements and solution sets. Examples include Electronic Warfare analyses - Continue efforts prioritized on force design. Examples include Autonomous Collaborative Platform Strategy, Weapons Portfolio Mix, and Counter C-C5ISRT - Continue to develop and refine future concepts of employment and associated candidate concepts to address minimum attribute sets identified through time or driven by threat updates for concept evaluation - Leverage market research and industry engagement aligned to demand signal and force design guidance - Continue to develop relationships with the joint force, Services and agencies to understand how candidate concepts fit into the larger force through mission integration and mission engineering

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.8 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0606017F project 666157 (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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