F-35 C2D2

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, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps and International Partners countries. There are three variants the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant; F-35B Short Take Off and Vertical Landing; and the F-35C Aircraft Carrier suitable variant. Maximum commonality among the variants, consistent with National Disclosure Policy, will minimize total air system life cycle costs. Planning, systems engineering, development, and testing for Block 4 continues across the F-35 Air System to include the air vehicle, propulsion system, combat data systems, maintenance systems, and training systems as Initial Operational Capability (IOC) has been met for each variant. The JSF Continuous Capability Development & Delivery (C2D2) efforts provide incremental warfighting capability improvements to maintain joint air dominance against evolving threats. Block 4 capability requirements were initiated through ongoing Service-led operational analysis of warfighting gaps identified in the Fifth Generation Fighter Modernization Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), and through F-35 JSF Block 4 Mission Decomposition analysis completed in FY2014. These analyses served as the basis for the Block 4 Capability Development Document (CDD), staffed through the Air Force Requirements Oversight Council (AFROC) and signed by the USAF Chief of Staff in January 2015. Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved the CDD 21 March 2017. Modernization activities in FY2022 and FY2023 continue with the incremental releases of Block 4 capabilities. Block 4 efforts include a robust weapons integration portfolio and provide new opportunities for International Partners to assess, integrate, and field unique capabilities based on global sovereign requirements. The United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway are participants in F-35 modernization. The program shown here reflects United States Air Force funding. Foreign Military Sales are ongoing separately. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY21 $47.9M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY22 $46.9M is forecasted 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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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0604840F_7_3600_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
The FY2023 budget submission accomplishments/planned programs (R-2A) has been updated to mirror the Joint Strike Fighters Program Management Office organizational structure in order to provide more transparency and visibility to development efforts across the F-35 enterprise. Also, the Project Cost Analysis (R-3) exhibit has been updated to include additional cost categories to better display executing efforts. Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. --- The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY 2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Reductions
  • Cross Domain
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Prototyping
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

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