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 Air Force, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and International Partners countries. There are three variants: the F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL), F-35B Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL), and the F-35C Carrier Variant (CV). 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 on 21 March 2017. Modernization activities in FY2023 and FY2024 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. FY24 PE 0604840 F-35 C2D2 Project 675346 is submitting a Technical Adjustment to realign $1.038 million to PE 0604840F Project 673508 for, civilian pay funding. FY24 PE 0604840 F-35 C2D2 Project 673502 is submitting a Technical Adjustment to realign $5.000 million to PE 0604281F for, Software Programmable OMS Compliant (SPoC) 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 FY2022, $54.5M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this project element, and in FY2023, $58.7M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this project 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, 2024
Source ID
0604840F_7_3600_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
FY22 reduction of -$29.494 million for SBIR; +$9.999 millions AFDW reprogramming FY23 funding decreased by Congress for a program decrease and a Congressional increase of $37.500 million for F135 engine enhancements. FY24 funding increased for Block 4 Planning and Test & Evaluation efforts.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Reductions
  • Cross Domain
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • 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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