# Project 674609 — Minuteman MEECN Program - Service Life Extension Program (MMP-SLEP)

**Program element:** 0303131F — Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)  
**Project:** 674609  
**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/674609  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F

## Summary

Project 674609 — Minuteman MEECN Program - Service Life Extension Program (MMP-SLEP) requests $11.4M in FY2027, 4.5% 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 $8.0M, 70% 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 | 11.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 24.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 25.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 18.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> 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 674609 buys

The Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communication Network (MEECN) Program (MMP) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) will enable the legacy MMP System that is beyond end-of-life to continue to provide Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Forces with a survivable link for reception of Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) from the President and Secretary of War (SECWAR). MMP is a Command and Control (C2) system directly supporting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the National Command Center and the Strategic Nuclear Command Centers. MMP provides super high-frequency (SHF) down-link/extremely high-frequency (EHF) up-link and very low-frequency (VLF)/low-frequency (LF) messaging support for Minuteman III ICBM Launch Control Centers (LCCs). The MMP SLEP is needed to support the Minuteman III weapon system, beyond its expected service life of 2030. The significant delay to the Sentinel requires life extension program of the current Minuteman III system, and subsystems that include MMP. Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) have resulted in spare parts being in short supply. Without a SLEP, access to MMP spare parts will become increasing difficult, resulting in extended system downtime and high repair costs. The MMP operational availability will continue to decrease, and future modifications will not be addressed creating a significant gap in capability, further reducing our nation's nuclear deterrence. 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; Support.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RTX / Raytheon | 8.0 | 70% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMP SLEP | — | 0.0 | 11.4 | new | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F/674609/a0) |

> 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.

### MMP SLEP — NEW START

Continue further development with Prime Contractor - Hold System Requirements Review (SRR) and System Functional Review (SFR) - Conduct Preliminary Design Review (PDR) - Conduct analysis to design VLF receiver for new waveform - Conduct analysis to integrate new VLF receiver waveform with existing hardware/software - Conduct prototyping…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F/674609/a0

## 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 674609 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0303131F")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*