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>Why does budget authority more than double in FY27 and FY28 when procurement drops? It almost looks like a sports contract where the out years are just for show, and the team plans to re-negotiate the contract or cut the player before those bills come due. Is the "50" just a placeholder, and they're actually planning to increase production at that point?

I have heard multiple people who follow missile procurement much more closely than I do suggest that the final AUR inventory could easily double from the current program numbers. The increase for FY27-28 could be guarding the program funds for the time being, like you've mentioned.

Another complication: ground launched AARM-ER is seemingly still forging on ahead, as Advanced Reactive Strike (AReS). That was still a USN program, last I checked, but development costs could be reflected in the SiAW accounting that we're looking at.

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