# Mission Modeling and Simulation / Analytical Framework for Simulation Integration and Modeling (AFSIM)

**R-2A activity** of project 676009 — M & S DEVELOPMENT  
**Program element:** 0901226F — M & S Development  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F

## Summary

This activity requests $17.0M in FY2027, 21% of project 676009, up 92% 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.** Enhance priorities identified by the Joint AFSIM governance structure. Continue agile development and deployment of Golden Dome common model box-sets. Bolster modeling of electromagnetic spectrum interactions and address compute resource scaling challenges. Optimize AFSIM resource management and deployment on cloud compute resources through software containerization, single thread to multi-thread parallelization, computational efficiency schema, and optimization human-machine graphical user interface with low-code functionality. Continue to enhance AFSIM utility for logistics and agile combat support capabilities based on Air Mobility Command's Modeling and Simulation Modernization Strategy.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to OSW FY27 activities and inflation factor. FY27 funding increase integrates OSW R&E's Mission Engineering Integration Activity with AFSIM capabilities, adding multiple additional domains of warfare to the simulation environment and improving the real-world resolution of the model sets.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Enhance priorities identified by the Joint AFSIM governance structure. Continue development of Golden Dome/ Homeland Defense box-set of common models, scenarios, and data. Enhance space satellite Electro-Optical/ Infra-Red multi-fidelity sensors, command and control capabilities, and other space-orbital warfare related capabilities. Transition Artificial Intelligence model/scenario assistance tool from USSF to Enterprise level. Continue support in collaboration with DARPA and AFRL on one-way attack / autonomous UAV, collaborative combat aircraft, and advanced munitions. Continue FY25 effort AFSIM with the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE). Initiate development of AFSIM logistics and agile combat support capabilities based on FY25 Air Mobility Command's Modeling and Simulation Modernization Strategy.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 8.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.0 |

> 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 676009

- [Advanced Wargaming Modeling and Simulation - WarMatrix](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a5) — FY2027 40.0
- [Next-Generation Campaign Modeling Tool Suite Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0901226F/676009/a4) — FY2027 10.0
- Joint M&S Information Technology Platforms / Joint Modeling, Simulation and Analytics Gateway — FY2027 7.3
- Campaign Modeling and Simulation / Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM) — FY2027 5.0
- Airfield Damage-Assessment and Resiliency Model (AD-ARM) — FY2027 2.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0901226F project 676009 (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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