# Project 3772 — Information Related Capabilities (IRC)

**Program element:** 0206313M — Marine Corps Comms Systems  
**Project:** 3772  
**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/0206313M/3772  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206313M

## Summary

Project 3772 — Information Related Capabilities (IRC) requests $44.0M in FY2027, 16% of the $269.0M requested for program element 0206313M, up 68% on FY2026. 6 R-2A activities decompose the request. SCO is the largest named R-3 performer at $9.6M, 22% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 13.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 26.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 44.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 45.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 33.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 34.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 36.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0206313M; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 3772 buys

Signature Management (SIGMAN) - This is a Force Design (FD) program. SIGMAN will be utilized by the Marine Corps Information Operations Center (MCIOC) SIGMAN platoon to provide commanders with the ability to understand their own forces' electromagnetic signatures and the ability to disrupt adversary units. SIGMAN supports the goals of Force Design (FD). SIGMAN provides tools enabling the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) to conduct distributed operations (DO) and mass effects while minimizing electromagnetic signatures that put forces at risk for detection and targeting. SIGMAN Increment I is the SIGMAN Visualization and Planning Tool (SVPT) that provides commanders a display of their own force's electromagnetic signatures and the ability to implement measures to limit those signatures when possible. This includes funding in support of YETI, Electromagnetic Reconnaissance System (ERS), CANCUN, Golding and Smoke Screen for which details are held at a higher classification level. Digital Media Systems (DMS) are world-wide deployable, sustainable, hardware and software solutions to enable visual information (VI) and communication capabilities in the global competitive space. DMS provides Marine Corps' communication strategy (COMMSTRAT) professionals the ability to acquire, produce and disseminate VI and reprographic products in support of operational requirements and communication objectives. To reinforce the Marine Corps reputational narrative and Force resiliency, DMS provides a capability to research, understand, assess and shape the environment while engaging key domestic and foreign publics whose trust, confidence, and understanding are mission critical. DMS enables expedient, 24/7, global access to the information environment and to high-quality information products, which are crucial to planning, battlespace awareness, decision-making processes and engaging key publics. Through DMS, COMMSTRAT Marines are the Commanders' vision into the media environment and social media sphere enabling the commander's ability to sense and make sense of the operating environment enabling the information advantage. Military Information Support Operations (MISO) - Consists of the Fly Away Broadcast System (FABS) Marine Corps Variant (MCV) Family of Systems (FoS).

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| SCO | 9.6 | 22% |
| USAF | 6.2 | 14% |
| NIWC PAC | 5.4 | 12% |
| MCSC | 4.2 | 9.5% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 6

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature Management (SIGMAN): Product Development | 6.0 | 17.5 | 43.0 | +146% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206313M/3772/a0) |
| Military Information Support Operations (MISO): Product Development | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | −8% | — |
| Digital Media Systems (DMS): Test and Evaluation | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −20% | — |
| Military Information Support Operations (MISO): Support | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +7% | — |
| Signature Management (SIGMAN): Test and Evaluation | 4.8 | 6.0 | 0.0 | −100% | — |
| Signature management (SIGMAN): Support | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Signature Management (SIGMAN): Product Development

- Continue development of YETI - details are held at a higher classification. - Continue development of Smoke Screen - details are held at a higher classification. - Continue development of ERS and Golding, realigned from Proj 2275 - details are held at a higher classification. - Initiate research and development activities for planned…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0206313M/3772/a0

### Military Information Support Operations (MISO): Product Development

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue Product Development activities for engineering changes required for 3G, 4G cellular broadcast. - Initiate Product Development activities for Fly-Away Broadcast Systems (FABS) optimization efforts.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant change from FY 2026 to FY 2027.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Initiated Product Development activities for engineering changes required for cellular broadcast.

### Digital Media Systems (DMS): Test and Evaluation

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue configuration management in support of DMS family of systems modernization. - Initiate research, development, test, and evaluation of media monitoring software.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant change from FY 2026 to FY 2027.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continued configuration management in support of DMS family of systems modernization. - Completed research and development in support of the VIAS technology refresh planned for FY26. - Completed test and evaluation activities in support of the VIAS technology refresh.

### Military Information Support Operations (MISO): Support

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue engineering change proposal (ECP) support for the development of software and cyber upgrades for ongoing technology modernizations for post-fielding efforts. - Continue Software Integration Support to compile and deploy software on the systems, create user accounts, system calibration and other activities as required. - Continue technical assistance and support for Developmental and Integration Testing in proving out use cases for security components, mission planning and capability deployment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No significant change from FY 2026 to FY 2027.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continued engineering change proposal (ECP) support for the development of software and cyber upgrades for ongoing technology modernizations for post-fielding efforts. - Continued Software Integration Support to compile and deploy software on the systems, create user accounts, system calibration and other activities as required. - Continued technical assistance and support for Developmental and Integration Testing in proving out use cases for security component, mission planning and capability deployment. - Completed ECP support for FABS MCV 3G upgrade from 2G to meet updated threshold requirements

### Signature Management (SIGMAN): Test and Evaluation

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY26 to FY27 corrects alignment of funding to Product Development to align with Financial Management Regulations for RDTE contract reporting. SIGMAN, YETI, and Smoke Screen test and evaluation activities are included within product development contracts or government efforts.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Initiated T&E to keep the SIGMAN software baseline updated. - Continued T&E for YETI future prototyping. Details held at a higher classification.

### Signature management (SIGMAN): Support

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease from FY26 to FY27 corrects alignment of funding to Product Development to align with Financial Management Regulations for RDTE contract reporting. All SIGMAN, YETI, and Smoke Screen RDTE support is directly associated with the delivery of the primary product.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continued program office support for YETI including system engineering and test personnel. Details held at higher classification.

## 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/0206313M.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0206313M project 3772 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0206313M")`.

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