F-35B 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 and pre-development systems engineering for Block 4 continues as Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is met for each variant during System Development and Demonstration (SDD). 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 FY 2014. These analyses serve as the basis for the Block 4 (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 FY 2017 and FY 2018 include systems engineering, risk reduction, and infrastructure required to deliver full air system Block 4 capabilities to support initial fleet availability of Block 4 upgrades in FY 2020 with the fielding of Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System (AGAS). Modernization activities in FY2021 and FY2022 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 Marine Corps funding. Total funding for all Service and International Partners is reported at the accomplishment/planned program level since activities support all aircraft variants. Foreign Military Sales are ongoing separately. PE 0604840M/N replacing PE 0604810M/N beginning in FY2019 due to budget being moved from BA05 to BA07.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0604840M_7_1319_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
The FY2022 USMC funding request was increased by $192.149 million to meet warfighter requirements development and delivery timeline aligned to the May 2020 cost estimate. Specifically, the funding increase expands test capacity in order to fully support testing of Block 4 capabilities, supports the increase in development of Block 4 hardware upgrades, procures spare engines in support of the Flight Test Fleet, and invests in multiple training systems initiatives. Without the increased funding requested, needed warfighter capabilities will be delayed. The FY2022 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. FY2020 and FY2021 values have been updated based on actuals to date. PE 0604840M/N replacing PE 0604810M/N beginning in FY2019 due to budget being moved from BA05 to BA07. Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cross Domain
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Software Prototyping
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training Devices
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).

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