# NC3 Systems Engineering and Assessments

**R-2A activity** of project 664620 — NC3 Enterprise Center  
**Program element:** 0303255F — NC3 Enterprise Center  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303255F/664620/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303255F

## Summary

This activity requests $12.9M in FY2027, 72% of project 664620, up 23% 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.** Cost Savings are reflected based on USSTRATCOM's impact from the PDM I reductions in OSD Service Contracts and FFRDC reductions. Reductions will continue to adversely affect the NC3 efforts identified in the below FY27 Base Plan. -Continue to update the NC3 Roadmap, capture and develop NC3 Operational and Implementation baseline architecture in a Systems Modeling Language (SYSML) model, and expand physics-based models to support analysis, studies, and development of future NC3 systems. -Continue to conduct mission engineering and trade space analysis to inform enterprise-level investments and assist with modernization of NC3 systems to include command centers. -Continue NC3 Enterprise Operational Assessment Program; examine assets and procedures to provide end-to-end connectivity.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Operational costs reflect a slight increase from FY26 to FY27 to maintain necessary NC3 engineering and assessments support. However, overall cost savings are reflected based on historic execution due to USSTRATCOM's reductions in OSD Service Contracts and FFRDC reductions.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Cost Savings are reflected based on USSTRATCOM's impact from the PDM I reductions in OSD Service Contracts and FFRDC reductions. Reductions may adversely affect the NC3 efforts identified in the below FY26 Base Plan. -Continue to update the NC3 Roadmap, capture and develop NC3 Operational and Implementation baseline architecture in a Systems Modeling Language (SYSML) model, and expand physics-based models to support analysis, studies, and development of future NC3 systems. -Continue to conduct mission engineering and trade space analysis to inform enterprise-level investments and assist with modernization of NC3 systems to include command centers. -Continue NC3 Enterprise Operational Assessment Program; examine assets and procedures to provide end-to-end connectivity from warning sensors to national decision makers to executing forces through the National Military Command System (NMCS).

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 17.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 12.9 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 664620

- Classified — FY2027 4.0
- Strategic Mission Research and Development Effort — FY2027 1.1

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0303255F project 664620 (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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