What project 672490 buys
The Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminal (CPT) program was transferred from Space Force (Program 1203001SF / Project 672490 / Appropriation 3620 / Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation) to Air Force (Program 0303131F / Project 672490 / Appropriation 3600 / Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation), Transfer Memo. The FAB-T CPT project replaces legacy Milstar (AFCPT) terminals and will provide Extremely High Frequency (EHF) protected high data rate communication for nuclear and conventional forces to include Presidential and National Voice Conferencing (PNVC). FAB-T CPT will provide this new, highly secure, state-of-the-art capability for Department of War (DoW) platforms to include strategic platforms and airborne/ground command posts via Advanced EHF (AEHF) and Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) satellite constellations. FAB-T CPTs will also support the critical command and control (C2) of the AEHF and ESS satellite constellations. The Department of the Air Force (DAF) will continue development of the FAB-T CPT, performing systems engineering, architecture studies, development and operational test efforts, terminal interoperability with the full AEHF satellite constellation activities, and other program activities to meet current and future emerging Satellite Communication (SATCOM) requirements. This program element included all necessary expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605833F, and 0605898F.
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Project 672490 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 | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 31.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 71.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 81.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 35.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.1 |
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. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work This funding is for an existing contract that has been executing since 2024 with SAOC funding: UCA/ APR Restart Contract FA8735-21-D-0001, Delivery Order FA229324FB004. The requirement is a continuation of the SAOC effort to restart the FAB-T production line. Activities will also include mitigations to address Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages associated with the production restart of terminals.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase due to FY27 Transfer from USSF to USAF
Named performers on project 672490
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.