# Project 654522 — CSAR EMD

**Program element:** 0207279F — Isolated Personnel Survivability and Recovery  
**Project:** 654522  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207279F/654522  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207279F

## Summary

Project 654522 — CSAR EMD requests $16.0M in FY2027, 100% of the $16.0M requested for program element 0207279F, down 69% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. General Dynamics is the largest named R-3 performer at $3.1M, 19% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 9.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 51.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 16.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 14.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 8.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 6.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 6.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0207279F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 654522 buys

The Next Generation Survivor Radio (NGSR) program is an Air Force led effort to replace the aging Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Radio supporting the entire Joint force. The Department of Defense (DoD) plans for the NGSR Handheld Radio (HHR) system and support equipment to serve as the primary communications link for all DoD aircrew who become isolated personnel (IP). NGSR will replace legacy satellite communication and encryption methods to deliver communication capability in support of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission to locate, authenticate, and communicate with Joint forces who become IPs. NGSR provides secure, over-the-horizon, two-way data communications and precise geo-positioning information to rescue forces. Additionally, NGSR is able to operate in anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) environments by providing a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) approved low probability of intercept/low probability of detection communication pathway for IPs. NGSR is one node of an overall personnel recovery network which includes multiple on-orbit satellite constellations, geographically dispersed satellite ground stations, joint service CSAR communication devices, and a Joint Personnel Recovery Center (JPRC) cloud-based web application. NGSR plans to incorporate modern encryption technology to comply with current National Security Agency (NSA) cryptographic standards. The Air Force will meet system objectives by executing a competitive Rapid Prototyping effort to design and build a production-ready NGSR artifact. Once prototyped, the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps will field the NGSR prototype to their respective services via a follow-on sole-source Rapid Fielding production contract. FY 2027 efforts include completing testing and integration for the Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) and Hand Held radio hardware, as well as, completing integration of cloud-based data processing, web application and national encryption assets. The program will also complete the National Security Agency (NSA) certification of the hand held radio. Finally the program will complete development of all support equipment.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| General Dynamics | 3.1 | 19% |
| GDMS | 1.3 | 8.3% |
| AFLCMC/HBZ | 1.0 | 6.0% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Generation Survival Radio (NGSR) | 9.8 | 51.7 | 16.0 | −69% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207279F/654522/a0) |

> 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.

### Next Generation Survival Radio (NGSR)

-Complete test and integration of Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) capability -Complete test and Integration of Hand Held Radio -Complete the integration of Cloud-based data processing -Complete the integration of Web Application -Complete the integration of National encryption assets -Complete the NSA Certification of Hand Held Radio…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207279F/654522/a0

## 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/0207279F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0207279F project 654522 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0207279F")`.

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