Project 674804
$40.9MFY2027 request RESTARTCompass Call
FY2025 actual$116.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$40.9M
Product DevelopmentTest and EvaluationManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$66.5M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$116.0M
Prior year
Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.
For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $66.5M for Compass Call under RDT&E program element 0207253F, against nothing enacted in FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 116.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 66.5 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 67.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 73.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 85.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 84.7 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.
Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element
2 projects roll up into PE 0207253F
Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year.
Project 674807
$25.6MFY2027 request NEWEC-37B Compass Call
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$25.6M
Product DevelopmentSupport
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$66.5M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$66.5M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$66.5M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$66.5M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
BAE Systems
$26.9M · 40%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 41% | 27.5 |
| Other / unspecified | 59% | 39.0 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 66.5 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Compass Call is the Air Force's wide-area, standoff, Airborne Electromagnetic Attack (AEA) Command and Control Warfare/Information Operations (C2W/IO) weapon system. The employment of this weapon system interrupts the adversary's use of the electromagnetic battlespace and is a key active component in the information battlespace and prosecution of current ground and airborne threats. Compass Call's sophisticated electromagnetic attack system is capable of surgical denial and/or disruption of adversary Radio Frequency (RF) communications, radar and sensor systems.
Due to rapid advances in Electromagnetic Attack (EA) techniques and technology, Compass Call was designed to be adaptable, making it well-suited to a continuous modernization strategy. Such a strategy ensures Compass Call techniques evolve at a pace capable of addressing adversary tactics and emerging technologies. The Compass Call weapon system is continuously improved using a rapid development and acquisition process supporting a spiral baseline upgrade strategy. User needs and technology insertion opportunities are continuously revised.
Project 674804, 674807 — Compass Call
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
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Provenance
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Sources
FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0207253F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0207253F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$40.9M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$116.0M
Prior year
Compass Call — one RDT&E project inside PE 0207253F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 674804 — Compass Call — requests $40.9M in FY2027, 61% of the $66.5M requested for program element 0207253F.
Funding trajectory
Project 674804 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 116.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 16.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 11.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 3.0 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual$116.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$40.9M
Will continue PME development, integration, and test on platform upgrades and associated simulators/trainers, address PME discrepancies as required, and future analysis/ maturation of baseline and capability development activities. Specific efforts include, but are not limited to, the following: • Will continue platform and PME…
Read the FY2027 plan →Who's building it
Named performers on project 674804
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.
BAE Systems
$1.7M · 4.2%
AFLCMC
$0.6M · 1.5%
Project detail
What project 674804 buys
Compass Call is the Air Force's wide-area, standoff, Airborne Electromagnetic Attack (AEA) Command and Control Warfare/Information Operations (C2W/IO) weapon system. The employment of this weapon system interrupts the adversary's use of the electromagnetic battlespace and is a key active component in the information battlespace and prosecution of current ground and airborne threats. Compass Call's sophisticated electromagnetic attack system is capable of surgical denial and/or disruption of adversary Radio Frequency (RF) communications, radar and sensor systems. Due to rapid advances in Electromagnetic Attack (EA) techniques and technology, Compass Call is designed to be adaptable, making it well-suited for a continuous modernization strategy. Such a strategy ensures Compass Call techniques evolve at a pace capable of addressing adversary tactics and emerging technologies. The Compass Call weapon system is continuously improved using a rapid development and acquisition process supporting a spiral baseline upgrade strategy. User needs and technology insertion opportunities are continuously reviewed. As a result of technology refresh initiatives, including incorporation of open architectures, "plug and play” systems, software defined radios, and modular software development, Compass Call is implementing agile processes to support weapon system development activities. In FY 2017, the Compass Call re-host program was initiated prompting transition of mission capabilities from the legacy EC-130H airframe to an EA-37B airframe. The re-hosted Compass Call platform is based on a commercial derivative G550 aircraft holding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for airworthiness. The platform will undergo modifications to host Compass Call's Prime Mission Equipment (PME) and antenna arrays and will receive additional STCs and Military Type Certificates (MTCs). The EA-37B aircraft will re-use PME from the EC-130H aircraft that will be upgraded to the latest Baseline. Due to the age of the EC-130H fleet, re-hosting of the PME is crucial to ensuring the longevity of this critical capability. In an effort to put capability into the warfighter's hands as soon as possible, the EA-37B program pursues concurrent developmental and production activities.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$25.6M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
EC-37B Compass Call — one RDT&E project inside PE 0207253F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 674807 — EC-37B Compass Call — requests $25.6M in FY2027, 39% of the $66.5M requested for program element 0207253F. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 674807 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 25.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 51.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 57.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 74.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 81.7 |
Inside the project
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request$25.6M
Will continue PME development, integration, and test on platform upgrades and associated simulators/trainers, address PME discrepancies as required, and future analysis/maturation of baseline and capability development activities. Specific efforts include, but are not limited to, the following: • Will develop platform and PME…
Read the FY2027 plan →Who's building it
Named performers on project 674807
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.
BAE Systems
$25.2M · 98%
Project detail
What project 674807 buys
Compass Call is the Air Force's wide-area, standoff, Airborne Electromagnetic Attack (AEA) Command and Control Warfare/Information Operations (C2W/IO) weapon system. The employment of this weapon system interrupts the adversary's use of the electromagnetic battlespace and is a key active component in the information battlespace and prosecution of current ground and airborne threats. Compass Call's sophisticated electromagnetic attack system is capable of surgical denial and/or disruption of adversary Radio Frequency (RF) communications, radar and sensor systems. Due to rapid advances in Electromagnetic Attack (EA) techniques and technology, Compass Call is designed to be adaptable, making it well-suited for a continuous modernization strategy. Such a strategy ensures Compass Call techniques evolve at a pace capable of addressing adversary tactics and emerging technologies. The Compass Call weapon system is continuously improved using a rapid development and acquisition process supporting a spiral baseline upgrade strategy. User needs and technology insertion opportunities are continuously reviewed. As a result of technology refresh initiatives, including incorporation of open architectures, "plug and play” systems, software defined radios, and modular software development, Compass Call is implementing agile processes to support weapon system development activities. In FY 2017, the Compass Call re-host program was initiated prompting transition of mission capabilities from the legacy EC-130H airframe to an EA-37B airframe. The re-hosted Compass Call platform is based on a commercial derivative G550 aircraft holding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for airworthiness. The platform will undergo modifications to host Compass Call's Prime Mission Equipment (PME) and antenna arrays and will receive additional STCs and Military Type Certificates (MTCs). The EA-37B aircraft will re-use PME from the EC-130H aircraft that will be upgraded to the latest Baseline. Due to the age of the EC-130H fleet, re-hosting of the PME is crucial to ensuring the longevity of this critical capability. In an effort to put capability into the warfighter's hands as soon as possible, the EA-37B program pursues concurrent developmental and production activities.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support