# Strategic Radiation Hardened Electronics

**R-2A activity** of project 621010 — Space Survivability & Surveillance  
**Program element:** 1206601SF — Space Technology  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/621010/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/621010

## Summary

This activity requests $11.8M in FY2027, 40% of project 621010, down 6.3% 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: -Development of Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) to address the electrical and radiation performance requirements gap identified in Strategic Radiation Hardened Electronics Council's (SRHEC) Program Needs Report #4. -Technology development to ensure durability of a domestic source of Readout Integrated Circuits (ROIC) and Focal Plane Array (FPA) technologies. -Technology development to enable maturation of large format, high- dynamic range FPAs. -Feasibility assessment to port radiation hardened ROIC technology from current State-of-the-Art to a more advanced processing node. Complete: -Fabrication of sub-scale test articles and evaluation of test chips to reduce program risk and ensure the full-scale prototype is on track to meet radiation and performance requirements. Commence: - Qualified Manufactures List (QML) flight qualification testing of prototype SRH NVM - Design, prototype and manufacturing of radiation-hardened high-performance SRH NVM architecture and fabrication of a high- density variant.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 decreased compared to FY 2026 by $0.795 million due to program maturation and flow of deliverables.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue: -Development of Strategic Radiation Hardened (SRH) Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) to address the electrical and radiation performance requirements gap identified in Strategic Radiation Hardened Electronics Council's (SRHEC) Program Needs Report #4. -Technology development to ensure durability of a domestic source of readout integrated circuits (ROIC) and focal plane array (FPA) technologies. -Technology development to enable maturation of large format, high- dynamic range FPAs. -Feasibility assessment to port radiation hardened ROIC technology from current State-of-the-Art to a more advanced processing node. -Fabrication of sub-scale test articles and evaluation of test chips to reduce program risk and ensure the full-scale prototype is on track to meet radiation and performance requirements. Complete: -SRH NVM Critical Design Review (CDR) and begin hardware prototyping. -Reporting of alternative science and technology approach and development of a risk feasibility report.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.8 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 621010

- [Space Environment Research](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/621010/a0) — FY2027 17.6

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1206601SF project 621010 (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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