# Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E)

**R-2A activity** of project SF100 — Aviation Systems Advanced Development  
**Program element:** 1160403BB — Aviation Systems  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160403BB/SF100/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160403BB/SF100

> **RESTART.** Funded in FY2025 ($46.0M), zeroed in FY2026, $63.1M requested again in FY2027.

## Summary

This activity requests $63.1M in FY2027, 50% of project SF100 — a restart, funded in FY2025 and zeroed in FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continues developing foundational open system Human Autonomy Common Control Architecture (HACCAr) for phase three delivery providing initial operational capability for a new human-machine interface (HMI) to enable simultaneous, multi-platform control. Continues integration efforts for A2E autonomy to enable small UAS (sUAS) behaviors without direct command and control inputs allowing operations in contested and denied environments. Continues development and integration of platforms (Air Launched Effects (ALE), Swarm Carrier (SC), and Signature Managed (SM)). Continues payload development and integration into sUAS platforms to provide extended ISR/Kinetic/NKE capabilities from SOF crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $63.145 million supports development and integration efforts in each of the three A2E lines of effort (LOE) including: Platforms - $25.221 million increase supports development, integration and test efforts for Group 2 Air Launched Effects (ALE), Group 3 Swarm Carrier (SC), and Group 3 Signature Managed (SM) capabilities required to enable layered airborne effects (ISR/Kinetic/Non-Kinetic) in contested and denied battlespace; HMI - $20.348 million increase is required to transition from Initial Operational Capability (IOC) to Full Operating Capability (FOC) for HMI development of phase III capabilities to include integration efforts into ALE, SC, and SM. Autonomy - $7.250 million increase for software development and integration efforts into ALE, SC, SM; and SO-p pods; and $3.226 million increase in engineering and analysis support and a $7.100 million increase in engineering test and evaluation activities.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 46.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 63.1 |

> 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 SF100

- [MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Program Number 839](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160403BB/SF100/a5) — FY2027 29.5
- [Precision Strike Package (PSP) for SOF, Program Number 843](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160403BB/SF100/a1) — FY2027 11.7
- (EW)-Radio Frequency Countermeasures (RFCM), Program Number 768 — FY2027 9.5
- Aviation Engineering Analysis (AEA) — FY2027 9.0
- MH-47/MH-60 SOF Common Terrain Following/Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) Silent Knight Radar (SKR), Program Number 778 — FY2027 2.3

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1160403BB project SF100 (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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