RDT&E Project · President's Budget PB2027

Special Programs (Airborne SIGINT Development - Special Platforms)

Project 675186·PE 0304260F — Airborne SIGINT Enterprise·U.S. Air Force·BA7
FY2027 Request
$5.8M
▼ 65% vs FY2026
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Project 675186 — Special Programs (Airborne SIGINT Development - Special Platforms) requests $5.8M in FY2027, 5.9% of the $98.3M requested for program element 0304260F, down 65% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

FY2027 Request
$5.8M
▼ 65% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$16.5M
▲ 60% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$10.3M
Prior year
Project detail

What project 675186 buys

This project supports special SIGINT studies as well as the development and integration of advanced SIGINT capabilities for special programs including, but not limited to: quick reaction capability sensors, processing, exploitation, and dissemination associated with these systems, and other efforts approved by the USAF SIGINT Capabilities Working Group (SCWG). Development efforts will include, but are not limited to: new signal sets, antenna improvements, sensitivity upgrades, data distribution upgrades, and new/advanced deployment capabilities. This project provides the warfighter near term combat capabilities with increased capability improvements, accomplished as technologies and risks achieve satisfactory levels. Sensors will be integrated and tested on various platforms including the MQ-9A Unmanned Aerial System.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Test and Evaluation
Funding trajectory

Project 675186 funding, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.

010.3FY25ACTUAL16.5FY26ENACTED5.8FY27REQUEST6.1FY286.3FY296.4FY306.6FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual10.3
FY2026Enacted16.5
FY2027Request5.8
FY2028Outyear6.1
FY2029Outyear6.3
FY2030Outyear6.4
FY2031Outyear6.6
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.

SIGINT Development▼ 32%
FY2025 actual$10.3M
FY2026 enacted$8.5M
FY2027 request$5.8M

FY2027 planned work - Will continue to modernize SIGINT systems used by the MQ-9A and other platforms. Additional details are classified.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased due to a database error. $2.882M will be realigned from COMPASS BRIGHT [675185] for a total of $8.664M. Once corrected, funding increased due to inflation.

FY2026 plans — current year - Continue to modernize SIGINT systems used by the MQ-9A and other platforms. Additional details are classified.