# Project 3182 — T-45 SLAP

**Program element:** 0702207N — Depot Maintenance (NON-IF)  
**Project:** 3182  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0702207N/3182  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0702207N

## Summary

Project 3182 — T-45 SLAP requests $0.5M in FY2027, 5.9% of the $8.1M requested for program element 0702207N, down 97% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. NAWCAD is the largest named R-3 performer at $0.5M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 14.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.5 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0702207N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3182 buys

The T-45 Service Life Assessment Program (SLAP) is assessing the structural and subsystem conditions of the T-45 fleet in order to determine what modifications are necessary to extend the aircraft designed life limits to allow it to achieve Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) inventory requirements. The goal of the T-45 SLAP program is to identify critical structures and components that can extend the aircraft designed service life to support IPP and Naval Flight Officer Training Requirements (NTR) until 2035. This initial subsystem assessment, based on the updated fleet aircraft usage spectrum and future predicted training missions of the T-45 aircraft, found 79 dispositions requiring further analysis, teardowns, age explorations, recertification and/or testing. The assessment of the subsystems that make up these 79 dispositions will address all critical subsystems required and their ability to maintain IPP/NTR until 2035, analysis and studies will be conducted to outline improvements, assess manufacturing capabilities, prototype redesign and test of subsystems for trainer aircraft. The current life limits for the T-45 is 13,000 Flight Hours (FH). The T-45 SLAP program of record states the SLAP goals is 19,800 FH. This effort is required to be conducted for these subsystems to ascertain what actions and modifications must be taken to safely operate each system beyond its designed life until the targeted end of service life.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| NAWCAD | 0.5 | 100% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-45 SLAP | 0.5 | 14.8 | 0.5 | −97% | — |

> 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.

### T-45 SLAP

**FY2027 planned work.** Continuation of labor support for development, integration, test and certification of subsystem SLAP with the expectation of extending the current service life.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease of ($14.312) is due to DON reprioritizing funds for higher priority requirements ($13.654M) and reduced government analysis and studies to outline improvements, assess manufacturing capabilities, prototype redesign and test of subsystems for trainer aircraft ($0.658M).

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continuation of labor support for development, integration, test and certification of subsystem SLAP.

## 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/0702207N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0702207N project 3182 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0702207N")`.

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