# Hybrid SATCOM

**R-2A activity** of project 670131 — F-15EX  
**Program element:** 0207146F — F-15EX  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207146F/670131/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207146F

## Summary

This activity requests $45.2M in FY2027, 34% of project 670131, up 231% 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 non-recurring engineering (NRE) and integration development efforts on multiple contracts to develop and integrate multi-band apertures and terminals with aircraft systems. Modify aircraft software (Operational Flight Program) to enable integration and data sharing in accordance with DAF Battle Network architecture leveraging other Long Range Kill Chain (LRKC) demos. Continue software integration allowing for adjunct processor capability while beginning install for test jets.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Additional funding for continued non-recurring engineering and beginning of test jet installs

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Begin non-recurring engineering (NRE) and integration development efforts on multiple contracts to develop and integrate multi-band apertures and terminals with aircraft systems. Modify aircraft software (Operational Flight Program) to enable integration and data sharing in accordance with DAF Battle Network architecture leveraging other Long Range Kill Chain (LRKC) demos.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 45.2 |

> 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 670131

- [F-15EX Development & Test](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207146F/670131/a1) — FY2027 74.0
- [Open Mission Systems](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207146F/670131/a2) — FY2027 14.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207146F project 670131 (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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