# Project 676029 — Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal

**Program element:** 0303131F — Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)  
**Project:** 676029  
**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/676029  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303131F

## Summary

Project 676029 — Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal requests $18.0M in FY2027, 7.1% 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 $12.1M, 67% 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 | 18.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 16.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| 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 676029 buys

Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal Increment 1 (Global ASNT Inc 1) system replaces inadequate, unsustainable strategic communications equipment at bomber and tanker Wing Command Posts (WCPs), Munitions Support Squadrons (MUNSS), and Mobile Support Teams (MSTs). The system supports Nuclear Response CONOPS to produce operational outcomes supporting Global Force Management, Global Defense, Information Transport, Information Assurance, and Space Force operations. Global ASNT Inc 1 systems provide 24 hours, 7 days per week survivable, redundant communication links for the Command and Control of Nuclear Task Forces (NTF) by the President through the National Military Command System, with advice from the Secretary of War, Combatant Commanders, and associated senior leadership. To ensure interoperability with the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communication system, the Global ASNT Inc 1 system needs to modernize its hardware and software suite to enable continued protected survivable communications services with high availability receipt and relay of Emergency Action Messages at United States Air Force NTF, WCPs, MUNSS, and MST. Additionally, the Global ASNT Inc 1 system must continue to operate and survive during all phases of chemical, biological, and radiological conflicts or incidents. 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; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RTX / Raytheon | 12.1 | 67% |
| NSA, Maryland | 0.2 | 1.1% |

> 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global ASNT Inc 1 Modernization | 0.0 | — | 18.0 | 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.

### Global ASNT Inc 1 Modernization — NEW START

**FY2027 planned work.** - Release ESS Software Development, Integration & Test Request for Proposal (RFP) - Begin NSA Certification efforts - Award ESS Software Development, Integration & Test Contract

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase for Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) Integration efforts

## 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 676029 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0303131F")`.

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