# Project 1982 — Adversary Mission Systems

**Program element:** 0204571N — Consolidated Trng Sys Dev  
**Project:** 1982  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0204571N/1982  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0204571N

## Summary

Project 1982 — Adversary Mission Systems requests $10.4M in FY2027, 9.0% of the $115.8M requested for program element 0204571N, down 32% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. ATR is the largest named R-3 performer at $1.0M, 9.7% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 17.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 16.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 16.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 16.4 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0204571N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 1982 buys

Airborne Adversary Mission Systems builds upon existing RedNet architecture to enable classified software development and classified hardware integration such as electronic attack, infrared search, Radio Frequency (RF) emulation with encrypted range training data links, such as Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) and Link 16. This project will enable the aircrew to accurately emulate peer threat capabilities and provide a standalone Adversary Operational Flight Program (OFP)', that can be deployed on any aircraft with RedNet Multi-Layered Obstructed Brokered Bus-Controller & Routing for Advanced Integrated Networks (MOBBrain) avionics architecture and an encrypted range training pod. Primary platforms for development include the F-5, F-16 and F-18 within existing Naval Adversary Squadrons. These systems combined with a classified electronic kneeboard, allows for the development, integration and deployment of adversary mission hardware and software systems without modification of aircraft's existing OFP software. This program will provide for the future ability to participate fully in the Live Virtual Constructive (LVC) environment as well as provide physics and effects-based threat replications for the mission essential training of deploying Fleet aircrews.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| ATR | 1.0 | 9.7% |
| NAWCAD | 1.0 | 9.6% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airborne Adversary Mission Systems | 5.2 | 15.3 | 10.4 | −32% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0204571N/1982/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Airborne Adversary Mission Systems

Continue hardware and software research and development activities for peer threat representative models, hardware development activities for Infrared Search and Track (IRST), as well as integration of existing onboard combat systems into the RedNet architecture. Development and integration testing of continuous software solutions and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0204571N/1982/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0204571N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0204571N project 1982 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0204571N")`.

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