CV-22

Mission — CV-22 RDT&E POST PRODUCTION source

The CV-22 is the Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) variant of the joint multi-mission V-22 tilt rotor aircraft. The CV-22 provides long-range, high-speed infiltration, exfiltration, personnel recovery, and resupply to Special Forces teams in hostile, denied, and politically sensitive areas. The Navy is the lead service for the Joint V-22 program. The Joint Program Manager is responsible for managing all variants of the V-22. Department of the Navy (DoN) funds the development of the MV-22 and CMV-22. The Air Force funds the service common portion of the CV-22 while United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) funds the development and procurement of SOF peculiar systems. CV-22 RDT&E funding provides for the development, integration, and testing of service-common, mission critical aircraft modifications to improve operational effectiveness, platform survivability, and aircraft availability. Airframe Enhancements: RDT&E funds the design, development, and testing of improvements to airframe structures, aircraft electro-mechanical and hydraulic hardware, and dynamic components to counteract the effects of structural fatigue and improve the durability and readiness of V-22 aircraft. Refinement of aircraft system's components to improve longevity and/or maintainability while protecting their performance are meant to allow continued CV-22 operation as the aircraft ages. Enhanced Self-Deployment: RDT&E funding provides for the design, development, and testing of aircraft modifications to improve aircraft self-deployment capabilities (e.g. operating range, global response time) to mitigate emerging threats to the aircraft and mission accomplishment, and to identify and assess emerging air vehicle, propulsion system, avionics architecture, electronic warfare, situational awareness, and other weapon system solutions to meet CV-22 Block 20 operational requirements. CV-22 funding also supports innovation activities to include studies, analyses, requirements definition, and quick-reaction capability prototypes/demonstrations to accelerate planning for technology transition, technology insertion and future acquisition programs. This funding may include emerging requirements to support Program Support Costs (PSC), Advisory and Assistant Service (A&AS), system integration lab, trainers, equipment and other government costs. The FY 2026 request for CV-22 includes $653 thousand of discretionary and $30,857 thousand of mandatory (reconciliation) for a total of $31,510 thousand. The mandatory funds both airframe enhancements and enhanced self-deployment efforts. Further information for this reconciliation request is provided in Section 20007 (Air Superiority) of the Reconciliation Exhibit. The FY 2026 request was reduced by $0.655 million for Advisory and Assistance Services to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative." This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program's funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2024, $0.000 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2025 $0.000 million is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

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