Project 655052
$4.8MFY2027 request NEWSATURN
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$4.8M
Product DevelopmentSupport
FY2027 Request
$4.8M
▼ 3.0% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.9M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
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 $4.8M for Saturn under RDT&E program element 0303008F, down 3.0% from FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.9 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.
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 0303008F
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. This PE moves -3% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 655050
$0.0MFY2027 request ▼ 100%TDL System Integration
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$4.9M
FY2027 request$0.0M
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
$4.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$4.8M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$4.8M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$4.8M 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.
ARS
$1.4M · 29%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 29% | 1.4 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 71% | 3.4 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 4.8 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) Lead Service activities support Headquarters Air Force in its Lead Service role for SATURN. Each role consists of several distinct engineering and fielding responsibilities, to include, but not limited to leading and overseeing the engineering and analysis activities, fielding strategy, cost and schedule data, resolving cross-service disconnects, and training operators on the use of SATURN. DoD Instruction 4630.09, "Communications Waveform Management and Standardization” outlines the roles of a Lead Service that will be pursued via the funds in the program element.
The Headquarters Air Force, as the Lead Service for SATURN, employs a multi-faceted acquisition strategy to secure required services and contracts. This approach leverages a combination of competitive contracts, sole-source awards where appropriate, and Other Transaction Authorities (OTAs) to foster innovation and accelerate development. Emphasis is placed on utilizing existing government contracts and agreements whenever feasible to streamline the acquisition process and reduce administrative overhead. The Air Force collaborates closely with industry partners, academic institutions, and other government agencies to identify and leverage cutting edge technologies and expertise.
Project 655052, 655050 — SATURN
- Product Development
- Support
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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 0303008F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/0303008F.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$4.8M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
SATURN — one RDT&E project inside PE 0303008F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 655052 — SATURN — requests $4.8M in FY2027, 100% of the $4.8M requested for program element 0303008F. It is a new start — no prior-year or current-year money.
Funding trajectory
Project 655052 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 4.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.9 |
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.
Second Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) Lead ServiceNEW
FY2025 actual$0.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$4.8M
FY2027 planned work -Will update and release revised reference implementations based on FY25 testing and feedback -Will begin development of automated tools to monitor compliance with specifications -Will expand technical advisory support to include direct commercial sales -Will conduct system of systems engineering analysis -Will compile joint strategies for fielding and terminal development -Will collect cost and schedule data from the Joint services -Will document mission threads and information exchange requirements -Will resolve cross-service disconnects -Will make policy recommendations and developing roadmaps -Will advocate for SATURN waveform and terminal developments within the DoD budget process…
FY2026 plans — current year -Update and release revised reference implementations based on FY25 testing and feedback -Begin development of automated tools to monitor compliance with specifications -Expand technical advisory support to include direct commercial sales -Conduct system of systems engineering analysis -Compile joint strategies for fielding and terminal development -Collect cost and schedule data from the Joint services -Document mission threads and information exchange requirements -Resolve cross-service disconnects -Make policy recommendations and developing roadmaps -Advocate for SATURN waveform and terminal developments within the DoD budget process -Ensure appropriate technology protection measures are…
Who's building it
Named performers on project 655052
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.
ARS
$1.4M · 29%
Project detail
What project 655052 buys
Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) Lead Service activities support Headquarters Air Force in its Lead Service role for SATURN. Each role consists of several distinct engineering and fielding responsibilities, to include, but not limited to leading and overseeing the engineering and analysis activities, fielding strategy, cost and schedule data, resolving cross-service disconnects, and training operators on the use of SATURN. DoD Instruction 4630.09, "Communications Waveform Management and Standardization” outlines the roles of a Lead Service that will be pursued via the funds in the program element. To note, DoDI 4630.09 identifies specific roles for a "Lead Service” and a "Waveform Sponsor”. "Waveform Sponsor” activities are unique and provided for in a separate program element 0604281F. "Lead Service” activities, which differ from "Waveform Sponsor” activities, will be utilized to: - Foster development of joint capability needs; - Expedite adoption across the Services, NATO and other Coalition partners of the SATURN and affiliate (e.g. SATURN Enhanced Data Rate (SEDR) and others) waveform(s) - Foster adoption of terminals capable of operating SATURN - Resolve Joint/NATO/Coalition issues which are slowing adoption of the SATURN waveform - Developing, centralizing, and/or providing training, coordinating exercises or demonstrations to foster Lead Service objectives. As the Lead Service for the Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN), Headquarters Air Force is responsible for overseeing the development, refinement, updating, and U.S. interoperability of this fast frequency hopping waveform, designed to replace Have Quick and provide improved radio resistance to jamming. This encompasses a wide range of activities, including joint enterprise-level system engineering and analysis, development of joint fielding and terminal development strategies, monitoring compliance with reference implementations, establishing policies for common interfaces, collecting cost and schedule data, documenting mission threads, maintaining network management tools, resolving cross-Service disconnects, and providing technical advice for foreign military sales and export controls.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$4.9M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year
TDL System Integration — one RDT&E project inside PE 0303008F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 655050 — TDL System Integration — requests $0.0M in FY2027, 0.0% of the $4.8M requested for program element 0303008F. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 655050 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 4.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |
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.
Second Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) Lead Service▼ 100%
FY2025 actual—
FY2026 enacted$4.9M
FY2027 request$0.0M
FY2027 planned work Budget Year FY 2027 Base Plans are listed under SATURN PE 0303008F BPAC 655052.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to transferring all funds for FY 2027 and beyond from current BPAC 655050 to BPAC 655052.
FY2026 plans — current year -Update and release revised reference implementations based on FY25 testing and feedback -Begin development of automated tools to monitor compliance with specifications -Expand technical advisory support to include direct commercial sales -Conduct system of systems engineering analysis -Compile joint strategies for fielding and terminal development -Collect cost and schedule data from the Joint services -Document mission threads and information exchange requirements -Resolve cross-service disconnects -Make policy recommendations and developing roadmaps -Advocate for SATURN waveform and terminal developments within the DoD budget process -Ensure appropriate technology protection measures are…
Project detail
What project 655050 buys
Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) Lead Service activities support Headquarters Air Force in its Lead Service role for SATURN. Each role consists of several distinct engineering and fielding responsibilities, to include, but not limited to leading and overseeing the engineering and analysis activities, fielding strategy, cost and schedule data, resolving cross-service disconnects, and training operators on the use of SATURN. DoD Instruction 4630.09, "Communications Waveform Management and Standardization” outlines the roles of a Lead Service that will be pursued via the funds in the program element. To note, DoDI 4630.09 identifies specific roles for a "Lead Service” and a "Waveform Sponsor”. "Waveform Sponsor” activities are unique and provided for in a separate program element 0604281F. "Lead Service” activities, which differ from "Waveform Sponsor” activities, will be utilized to: - Foster development of joint capability needs; - Expedite adoption across the Services, NATO and other Coalition partners of the SATURN and affiliate (e.g. SATURN Enhanced Data Rate (SEDR) and others) waveform(s) - Foster adoption of terminals capable of operating SATURN - Resolve Joint/NATO/Coalition issues which are slowing adoption of the SATURN waveform - Developing, centralizing, and/or providing training, coordinating exercises or demonstrations to foster Lead Service objectives. As the Lead Service for the Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN), Headquarters Air Force is responsible for overseeing the development, refinement, updating, and U.S. interoperability of this fast frequency hopping waveform, designed to replace Have Quick and provide improved radio resistance to jamming. This encompasses a wide range of activities, including joint enterprise-level system engineering and analysis, development of joint fielding and terminal development strategies, monitoring compliance with reference implementations, establishing policies for common interfaces, collecting cost and schedule data, documenting mission threads, maintaining network management tools, resolving cross-Service disconnects, and providing technical advice for foreign military sales and export controls.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support