RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Tactical Terminal

PE 0305158F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Air Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.1M
▲ 125% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.5M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $0.0M for Tactical Terminal under RDT&E program element 0305158F, down 100% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

00.5FY25ACTUAL1.1FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.5
FY2026Enacted1.1
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 0305158F

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

The Tactical Terminal program provides Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS)-compatible terminals (radios) that access the IBS broadcast, providing Air Force warfighters strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence and threat warning information. The Tactical Terminal family of systems provide both airborne and ground weapon systems transmit/receive and receive-only solutions. The program also performs development, testing, and support efforts for software and hardware modifications/enhancements to tactical terminals.

This effort funds necessary development, testing, and support to software and hardware modifications/enhancements to tactical terminals. Funds will be sent to DoD services, Other Government Agencies (OGAs), and agencies via Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request (MIPR) for execution.

Project 674139, 674395 — Civilian Compensation Program
  • Product Development
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305158F (President's Budget PB2027).
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FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.5M
Prior year

Civilian Compensation Program — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305158F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 674139 — Civilian Compensation Program — requests $0.0M in FY2027.

Funding trajectory

Project 674139 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.

00.5FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.5
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Tactical Terminal Modifications/Enhancements Trade Study
FY2025 actual$0.5M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request

FY2026 plans — current year In FY 2026, funding ($1.084M) will be executed in PE 0305158F, BPAC 674395 Radio.

Project detail

What project 674139 buys

The Tactical Terminal program provides Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS)-compatible terminals (radios) that access the IBS broadcast, providing Air Force warfighters strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence and threat warning information. The program also performs development, testing, and support efforts for software and hardware modifications/enhancements to tactical terminals. The Tactical Terminal family of systems provide both airborne and ground weapons systems transmit/receive and receive-only solutions. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. FY 2025 0.000M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element. In FY 2026 0.000M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. In FY2026, PE 0305158F, Tactical Terminal, Project 674139, Civilian Compensation efforts will be transferred to PE 0305158F, Tactical Terminal, Project 674395, Radio, in order to better align efforts with proper project.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$1.1M
No FY2025 funding
FY2025 Actual
$0.0M
Prior year

Radio — one RDT&E project inside PE 0305158F. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 674395 — Radio — requests $0.0M in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 674395 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.

00.0FY25ACTUAL1.1FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.0
FY2026Enacted1.1
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

2 accomplishments / planned programs

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

Tactical Terminal Modifications/ Enhancements Trade Study▼ 100%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased because the trade study will be completed in FY2026.

FY2026 plans — current year - Complete a gap analysis to ensure compatibility with the Joint Tactical Terminal-Next Generation's (JTT-NG) and existing platform IBS infrastructure - Complete a comprehensive trade study to evaluate available hardware and software solutions for hosting the user interface software on the JTT-NG

Tactical Terminal Modifications/Enhancements and Support▼ 100%
FY2025 actual
FY2026 enacted$0.7M
FY2027 request

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased to support higher Air Force priorities

FY2026 plans — current year - Integrating findings of the trade study and gap analysis to inform and initiate the development, testing, and support activities for software and hardware modifications and enhancements to the Joint Tactical Terminal - Next Generation (JTT-NG) terminal - Validating that the JTT-NG achieves full compliance with all applicable Air Force tactical terminal capability, interoperability, and security mandate requirements

Project detail

What project 674395 buys

The Tactical Terminal program provides Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS)-compatible terminals (radios) that access the IBS broadcast, providing Air Force warfighters strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence and threat warning information. The Tactical Terminal family of systems provide both airborne and ground weapons systems transmit/receive and receive-only solutions. The program also performs development, testing, and support efforts for software and hardware modifications/enhancements to tactical terminals. 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