# TACP Mission Software

**R-2A activity** of project 676013 — Equipment Modernization  
**Program element:** 0207457F — Air Force Special Warfare (SPECWAR)  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207457F/676013/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207457F/676013

## Summary

This activity requests $12.5M in FY2027, 100% of project 676013, up 7.6% 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.** -Will continue agile software development with at least quarterly software releases across TACP systems -Will continue testing software releases, as applicable -Will continue to support development/fielding of Joint Personal Edge Computing Device - Tactical Android (JPECD-TA)/Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) and other Dismounted Special Warfare software -Will continue TACP common software architecture for further development to meet other Special Warfare airman operational needs -Will continue to integrate WARHAWK with ASOC/TOC (TACP C2) software acquisition -Will continue to purchase and support software licenses needed by TACP and TACP Mission Software -Will conduct investigations, studies and assessments to provide additional features (capabilities) for the software. -Will conduct investigations, studies, assessments, and development/integration to provide additional features (capabilities) for the software, EMS, BLOS BB/BH, sUAS, and WAIS.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in funding due to inflationary adjustments and to perform additional WARHAWK software sprint releases

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Continue agile software development with at least quarterly software releases across TACP systems. -Continue testing software releases, as applicable -Continue to support development/fielding of Joint Personal Edge Computing Device - Tactical Android (JPECD-TA (JPECD-TA)/Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) and other Dismounted Special Warfare software -Continue TACP common software architecture for further development to meet other Special Warfare airman operational needs -Continue to integrate WARHAWK with ASOC/TOC (TACP C2) software acquisition -Continue to integrate and test software data communications interfaces with C2 Nodes, Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft, Army Tactical Network (ATN), Soldier Radios Waveform (SRW) networks, Theater Battle Management Core Systems (TBMCS), and Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Satellite communications (SATCOM) networks to enhance interoperability between TACPs and other joint warfighters -Conduct investigations, studies, assessments, and development/integration to provide additional features (capabilities) for the software, EMS and BLOS BB/BH -Continue to develop the Portable Optical Communication Terminal prototype -Continue to develop, install, and integrate the Tactical Laser Comms, Tactical Grid Boundary network

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 11.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.5 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0207457F project 676013 (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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