# Project 672490 — FAB-T CPT

**Program element:** 0303131F — Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)  
**Project:** 672490  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force  
**Appropriation:** 3600 — RDT&E, Air Force  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F/672490  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F

## Summary

Project 672490 — FAB-T CPT requests $31.0M in FY2027, 12% of the $254.8M requested for program element 0303131F — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle. RTX / Raytheon is the largest named R-3 performer at $31.0M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0303131F; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RTX / Raytheon | 31.0 | 100% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAB-T CPT Production Restart and Modification | — | 0.0 | 31.0 | new | — |

> 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.

### FAB-T CPT Production Restart and Modification — NEW START

**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

## 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/0303131F.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0303131F project 672490 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0303131F")`.

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