What project 628809 buys
This project is a pervasive portfolio pursuing a broad range of emerging technologies targeted for application and insertion in the future national space architecture. The project focuses on spacecraft components including: structures; power; thermal management; electronics; guidance, navigation and control, and robotics/logistics modules for rendezvous and proximity operations and docking activities. Leap-ahead capability is provided utilizing in-house expertise and laboratories, and by leveraging the creativity and innovation of the Nation's industry, universities, and national laboratories to conduct applied research. The project maintains core competencies in astrodynamics, controls, electronics, materials, power, structures, and thermal, and provides foundational technologies supporting all space mission areas.
Project 628809 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 48.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 78.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 46.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 47.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 48.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 49.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 50.0 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
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