# FAB-T FET

**R-2A activity** of project 673040 — Force Element Terminal  
**Program element:** 0303131F — Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F/673040/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F/673040

## Summary

This activity requests $81.3M in FY2027, 100% of project 673040, up 22% 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.** Funding is for the continued development of FETs and ESS Development. FAB-T FET integration and testing activities will include reliability growth testing and fabrication of test assets; test terminals will support terminal security, environmental, and functional testing, to include flight testing, and early integration efforts. Planning and support activities will continue, including qualification test planning, logistics support planning, risk reduction activities for development and follow-on production, technical analysis and studies, platform integration support, program office support, and mitigations for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages in preparation for terminal production.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase is based upon the planned increase of material purchases and testing as FET nears completion of development and test asset configuration activities supporting subsequent production and B-52 integration along with pulling Evolved Strategic SATCOM Activities into FY27.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding is for the continued development of FETs. FAB-T FET integration and testing activities will include reliability growth testing and fabrication of test assets; prototype and test terminals will support terminal security, environmental, and functional testing, to include flight testing, and early integration efforts. Planning and support activities will continue, including qualification test planning, logistics support planning, risk reduction activities for development and follow-on production, technical analysis and studies, platform integration support, program office support, and mitigations for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages in preparation for terminal production.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 66.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 81.3 |

> 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 0303131F project 673040 (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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