F-35 - EMD

Abstract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program will develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next generation strike aircraft for the United States Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and allies. The three variants are the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL); F-35B Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL); and the F-35C Aircraft Carrier suitable Variant (CV). The CTOL will be a stealthy multi-role, primary air-to-ground aircraft for the Air Force to replace the F-16 and A-10 and complement the F-22. The STOVL variant will be a multi-role strike fighter aircraft to replace the AV-8B and F/A-18A/C/D for the Marine Corps, replace the Sea Harrier and GR 7 for the United Kingdom, and replace the AV-8 currently employed by the Italian Navy. The CV will provide the DoN a multi-role, stealthy strike fighter aircraft to complement the F/A-18E/F. The United Kingdom, other International Partner nations, and Foreign Military Sales customers are also participants in the JSF program. The program shown here reflects USN, USMC, USAF, and International Partner funding. Funding at the accomplishment/planned program level is reported as the total of all services and partners as these activities support all aircraft variants. The SDD budget funds a total quantity of 20 RDT&E test articles to include 6 ground test articles and 14 flight test articles for Navy and Air Force use. FY07: 1 CTOL flight test article FY08: 1 STOVL flight test article; 1 STOVL ground test article FY09: 1 STOVL flight test article; 2 CTOL ground test articles FY10: 6 flight test articles: 3 CTOL, 2 STOVL, 1 CV; 3 ground test articles: 1 STOVL, 2 CV FY11: 4 flight test articles: 1 CTOL, 1 STOVL, 2 CV FY13: 1 CV flight test article BA5 - This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full-rate production.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
0604800F_5_3600_PB_2016
Change Summary Explanation
FY2015 increase: +$4.976M was transferred from BA04 to BA05. -$0.124M was transferred to higher AF priorities. FY2016 increase: +$42.188M was for Deployability & Suitability (D&S).
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flight Testing
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Procurement
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

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