# Common Aircraft Portable Reprogramming Equipment (CAPRE) Secure Memory Loader Verifier (SMLV)

**R-2A activity** of project 6506TE — Test And Evaluation Support Budget Authority  
**Program element:** 0701212F — Test And Evaluation Support Budget Authority  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0701212F/6506TE/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0701212F

## Summary

This activity requests $12.2M in FY2027, 77% of project 6506TE, down 22% 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 of developing air adapter groups (AAG) that will allow the 18 platforms currently utilizing CAPRE legacy to transition over to utilizing CAPRE SMLV system. Block 2 Porting Continued (F-15) Block 5 Porting (CV-22) Award of contract for complex F-16 AAGs via the Automatic Test Systems Acquisition (ATSA) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multi-Award Contract (MAC) June 2026. To accelerate our modernization efforts, we've launched the ATSA-I contract. This is a 10-year, 980 million IDIQ vehicle designed to be rapid and flexible. Its key benefits are reducing award timelines by at least three months, increasing competition, and lowering the administrative burden. This is our primary tool for getting modern test capabilities into the hands of the warfighter, faster.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY26 to FY27 decrease is due to the completion of the porting of the most complex air adapter groups (AAGs) for the F-16 platform via ATS's 10-year $980M Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracting vehicle.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue of developing air adapter groups (AAG) that will allow the 18 platforms currently utilizing CAPRE legacy to transition over to utilizing CAPRE SMLV system. Block 3 Porting (HH-60, MH-139) Block 4 Porting (B-1,B-2, KC-46) Contract for F-16 AAGs (Year 1)

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 14.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.2 |

> 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 6506TE

- Automatic Test Systems Innovation/Digital Transformation / Common Armament Tester - Fighter — FY2027 2.5
- ATS Modernization and Digital Transformation — FY2027 1.2

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0701212F project 6506TE (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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