What project 2273 buys
Composite Tracking Network (CTN) - The Composite Tracking Network (CTN) is a Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Force Design (FD) program which distributes composite tracking data to Command and Control (C2) and weapon systems participating in the US Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) network, which is a sensor network with integrated fire control capability that improves battle force air and missile defense capabilities by combining data from multiple battle force air search sensors on CEC-equipped units into a single, real-time, composite track picture. CTN greatly enhances fleet air defense working in concert with CEC by significantly contributing to real-time situational awareness. The program received ACAT III designation in Nov 2001 and is an instantiation of the USN CEC Program. The program is USMC led with US Navy and US Army cooperation. The 12 April 1995 Mission Need Statement (MNS) No. AAS 48 for the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) established the Marine Corps' need to upgrade its existing air defense architecture with capabilities to support improved situational awareness (SA) and advanced engagement concepts. The Composite Tracking Network (CTN) program was initiated to address this capability gap. The CTN system (AN/MSQ-143A(V)1) is an integration effort consisting of an AN/USG-4B (the USMC CEC CTN platform) and other US Marine-unique components. The CTN system interfaces with the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) and the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) to provide the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) and Joint Task Force Commanders a real-time, line of sight, high data-rate sensor and engagement data distribution network that combines all distributed sensor data, including G/ATOR measurements, into a fire control quality track picture which is the same for all CEC network nodes. CEC data combined with G/ATOR contributions, will effectively increase Situational Awareness by providing accurate, composite, and real-time surveillance tracks, reduce ground-to-air and air-to-air fratricide, enable air and surface Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA), and extend the air defensive capability of forces in the littorals.
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Project 2273 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 20.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 16.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 15.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 15.9 |
10 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work - Continue software certification to maintain interoperability with CEC Network to include associated engineering support. - Continue the development, integration, test, and certification activities required for insertion of new capabilities into CTN that interfaces to CAC2S & G/ATOR TPS-80. - Continue the development of interfaces to integrate NIFC - From the Sea within the CTN system. - Continue integration and SW modifications to support CEC Block 2 capabilities as required by the CEC Increment II CDD. - Complete the development of a CTN interface designed for interoperability with the Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR) passive sensors.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease reflects reduced level of effort for the development of interfaces for MRADR passive sensors to CTN.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued software certification to maintain interoperability with CEC Network to include associated engineering support. - Continued the development, integration, test, and certification activities required for insertion of new capabilities into CTN that interfaces to CAC2S & G/ATOR TPS-80. - Continued the development of interfaces to integrate NIFC - From the Sea within the CTN system. - Continued integration and SW modifications to support CEC Block 2 capabilities as required by the CEC Increment II CDD. - Initiated the development of a CTN interface designed for interoperability with the Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR) passive sensors.
FY2027 planned work -Continue interface development of sensor netting capabilities with Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), MINOTAUR Family of Services (MFoS), Composite Tracking Network (CTN), and Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR) to support integration of Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). - Continue the engineering development to integrate the AN/TSQ-297 and AN/MRQ-13 Communications Subsystems into a vehicle-agnostic transport solution. - Complete the development of the AN/TSQ-297 Air Command & Control (AC2S) Small Form Factor (SFF) variant.
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease reflects the completion of interface development for the Naval Integrated Fire Control (NIFC) and Net-Enabled Weapons capabilities, as they transition to capability sustainment. Prior to FY 2027, the CAC2S budget profile is aligned under PE 0206335M, Project 3373.
FY2027 planned work - Continue software support for Tactical Data Link (TDL) Enhancement and CAC2S Sensor and Sensor Netting Interface Modernization. - Continue yearly Cyber Compliance Tests required with each of the CAC2S quarterly software releases and conduct the Annual Security Review testing to support the maintenance of the CAC2S ATO/ATC. - Continue development and integration of Tactical Data Link (TDL) and enhanced software to enable CAC2S to upgrade to MIL-STD-6016 and MIL-STD-6020 and remain aligned with current standards for interoperability across Services as well as Variable Message Format (VMF). - Continue software sustainment for fielded AC2S systems. - Continue the development required to…
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change. Project 3373 transition from LI/PE 0206335M to Project 2273, LI/PE 0206313M.
FY2027 planned work - Continue to develop test plans associated with the functions and/or new capability of each ECP supporting Tech Refresh, Small Form Factor, a vehicle-agnostic transport solution, and provide the traceability during test, demonstration, inspection or analysis. - Continue to fund collaborative Data Analysis Team (DAT) for Tech Refresh events, CAC2S Software Build, Small Form Factor (SFF), Naval Integrated Fire Control (NIFC), and CAC2S vehicle-agnostic transport integration testing. - Continue to conduct JITC testing of new ECPs and support of system platform certification, and the execution of a Joint Interoperability Testing (JIT). - Continue the testing of the AN/TSQ-297 Air Command &…
FY2026 to FY2027 change No change. Project 3373 transition from LI/PE 0206335M to Project 2273, LI/PE 0206313M.
FY2027 planned work - Continue the development of next generation equipment and application development to support the replacement of TBMCS-MC.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease reflects reduced level of effort supporting replacement of TBMCS-MC.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued the development of next generation equipment and application development to support the replacement of TBMCS-MC.
FY2027 planned work - Continue IA testing on developmental software to meet cyber security posture and conduct risk reduction testing to identify potential software vulnerabilities. - Continue transition software & hosting environment development and testing.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued IA testing on developmental software to meet cyber security posture and conduct risk reduction testing to identify potential software vulnerabilities. - Continued transition software & hosting environment development and testing.
FY2027 planned work - Continue NIFC system developmental testing with the Navy's CEC Network. - Continue systems engineering efforts and updates to the software baseline to support annual CEC FQT and IV&V, maintain cybersecurity updates and its Authority to Operate. - Continue CEC Increment II development, integration and software modifications to support CEC Block 2 capabilities.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase reflects increased testing of MRADR and multiple Radar interfaces.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued NIFC system developmental testing with the Navy's CEC Network. - Continued systems engineering efforts and updates to the software baseline to support annual CEC FQT and IV&V, maintain cybersecurity updates and its Authority to Operate. - Continued CEC Increment II development, integration and software modifications to support CEC Block 2 capabilities.
FY2027 planned work - Continue Engineering support to sustain USMC alignment with the USAF and Navy in the transition to the next suite of TBMCS-MC. - Continue engineering support for further system integration development of the TBMCS-MC and its tech refresh. This is a continuation of the effort to upgrade the TBMCS-MC until the replacement system is fielded.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued Engineering support to sustain USMC alignment with the USAF and Navy in the transition to the next suite of TBMCS-MC. - Continued engineering support for further system integration development of the TBMCS-MC and its tech refresh. This is a continuation of the effort to upgrade the TBMCS-MC until the replacement system is fielded.
FY2027 planned work - Continue travel, engineering support, and test support for CEC Block 2 (increment II) development.
FY2026 to FY2027 change No significant change.
FY2026 plans — current year - Continued travel, engineering support, and test support for CEC Block 2 (increment II) development.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease due to completed development and test video metadata interoperability with target handoff systems and planned product improvement for the intel configuration's standalone video player.
FY2026 plans — current year - Developed and tested video metadata interoperability with target handoff systems and planned product improvement for the intel configuration's standalone video player.
Named performers on project 2273
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.