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.
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
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.
| 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 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
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. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
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 →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.