What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 671820 of PE 0101316F. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
- Continue development on NOC/SOC black side monitoring and management - Begin development on NOC/SOC red side monitoring and management - Software Application work with quarterly iterative deliveries planned to begin Q3 FY2027 (development to capability drops) - Complete Source Selection and Contract Award for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract - Begin Development of program Digital Engineering Environment to integrate with greater Air Force modeling and Digital engineering goals - Continue development of network architecture will be established to prevent against cyber vulnerabilities in our strategic messaging system (modernize network nodes) - Define relevant interfaces with external mission partners (i.e. Sentinel) - Continue design efforts to facilitate Sentinel implementation - Continue ATO development and updates to support and implement Risk Management Framework policies and procedures - Identify and procure Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) hardware to support software needs. - Work to integrate 595th organic design solutions and development work with new IDIQ contractor, transfer to GFE/GFI, and work with AFGSC to ensure prioritized requirements are in work
A funding level increase from FY26 to FY2027 is supporting critical advancements in strategic communications capabilities vital to national security. This funding enables a comprehensive acquisition, design, and development effort encompassing accelerated quarterly incremental capability deliveries, fulfilling prioritized Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) requirements as outlined in Requirement Definition Packages (RDPs) while incorporating robust cyber resiliency measures. A significant portion supports the critical acquisition of a replacement system for the legacy Worldwide Joint Strategic Communications (SACCS) program, a mandatory measure ensuring continued secure and reliable strategic communications capabilities prior to the integration of the Sentinel system. This replacement will be achieved through an efficient IDIQ contract vehicle, awarded in Q2 FY2027, enabling flexible procurement and competitive pricing. Furthermore, the funding supports robust lifecycle management planning, ensuring long-term sustainability, and provides essential engineering and project management services for successful program execution.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
Continue development of on-going capabilities and begin development of additional modernization capabilities. Each capability may result in competitive industry contract. - Completed Acquisition Strategy Panel (ASP) and received signed Acquisition Decision Memo (ADM). - Continue to develop and deliver connectivity via Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) networks and interfacing tools. - Continue to develop and perform circuit verifications to modernize network management. - Continue development of the SACCS Network Operations Center/Security Operations Center (NOC/SOC). - Continue development of modernized design of mainframes. - Continue design efforts to facilitate Sentinel implementation. - Begin design efforts to modernize network nodes. - Continue support and implementation of Risk Management Framework (RMF) policies and procedures. - Release Request for Proposal and begin evaluation of proposals
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 44.4 |
This activity is 100% of project 671820's FY2027 request and 100% of PE 0101316F's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 671820
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.