# Hybrid Satellite Communication (SATCOM)

**R-2A activity** of project 674785 — F-22  
**Program element:** 0207138F — F-22  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a10  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F

## Summary

This activity requests $36.8M in FY2027, 3.9% of project 674785, up 139% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue design integration requirements and begin lab/developmental test activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase of $21.407 million from FY2026 to FY2027 reflects completion of EMD hardware purchases in FY2026 and beginning of development/testing activity in FY2027.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue risk reduction efforts and initiate activities for the EMD phase of the Hybrid SATCOM program. Key objectives include the continued design of group A and B to support Hybrid SATCOM Phase 1 and software development to support Hybrid SATCOM Phase 1.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 15.4 |
| FY2027 | Request | 36.8 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 674785

- [Infrastructure](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a0) — FY2027 325.3
- [Software Pathway for Enabling Expedited Deliveries (SPEED)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a11) — FY2027 243.9
- [Viability](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a8) — FY2027 109.6
- [Sensor Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a2) — FY2027 106.7
- [Cryptographic Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a9) — FY2027 49.0
- [Low Drag Tanks and Pylons (LDTP)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a7) — FY2027 34.0
- [Advanced Technology Development (ATD)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207138F/674785/a1) — FY2027 26.7
- Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe Challenge (IFFC) — FY2027 9.2
- Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) Modernization (EGI-M) — FY2027 6.8
- Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA)/Anti-Jam Global Positioning System (GPS) Antenna — FY2027 2.3
- Link 16 (L16) and Open System Architecture (OSA) Increment II Improvements — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207138F project 674785 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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