RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2)

PE 0305984F·U.S. Air Force·Approp. 3600 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$1.8M
Air Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Air Force funding falls 37% to a $1.8M request in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. Ogden ALC leads the industry work.

FY2027 Request
$1.8M
▼ 37% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.9M
▼ 13% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$3.3M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.8M for Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2) under RDT&E program element 0305984F, down 37% 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.

03.3FY25ACTUAL2.9FY26ENACTED1.8FY27REQUEST1.8FY281.9FY291.9FY302.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual3.3
FY2026Enacted2.9
FY2027Request1.8
FY2028Outyear1.8
FY2029Outyear1.9
FY2030Outyear1.9
FY2031Outyear2.0
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

1 project rolls up into PE 0305984F

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 -37% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 675221

Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2)

$1.8MFY2027 request ▼ 37%
FY2025 actual$3.3M
FY2026 enacted$2.9M
FY2027 request$1.8M
Product DevelopmentTest and Evaluation

This budget line funds the Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2) program, which develops and delivers tools and services for planning, collaborating and managing search and rescue efforts, as well as disseminating related information to all personnel recovery (PR) mission coordinators across the PR network. PRC2 provides an adaptive and networked system, delivering timely situational awareness information supporting personnel accountability and recovery mission management worldwide. PRC2 delivers a globally accessible, collaborative, interoperable and integrated set of capabilities to prevent, prepare for and respond to joint/coalition military personnel recovery activities, and civilian rescue missions. The Joint Personnel Recovery (JPR) Initial Capability Document (ICD) (2012) articulates capabilities needed for PRC2. Personnel Recover Mission Manager (PRMM) 3.1 continues to develop using Agile Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps). The system collects, stores and delivers personnel/identity biometric data, emergency locator beacon registrations, Isolated Personnel (IP) reports, evasion plans of action, incident reports and other information management capabilities. The information is used for predictive, preventive and personnel vulnerability analysis and assessment in support of PR across the Department of War and other national and international entities. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current program planning and execution, as well as future program planning. In FY 2027, PRMM 3.1 modifications will continue to use an Agile DevSecOps strategy to develop and test capability in two-week increments (sprints) after fielding Configuration Control Board (CCB) approval from Major Command (MAJCOM). The modifications will improve/validate IP events/alerts and enable case files for Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) and Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA). PRMM 3.1 modifications will reflect the requirements and priorities identified by Air Combat Command (ACC) as the personnel recovery environment evolves to meet the needs of the warfighter and personnel recovery efforts. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
Personnel Recovery Command & Control (PRC2) - PRMM Development▼ 38%
FY2025 actual$3.0M
FY2026 enacted$2.6M
FY2027 request$1.6M

FY2027 planned work - Will continue development of modifications to Personnel Recover Mission Manager (PRMM) 3.1 using Agile DevSecOps in two-week increments - Will continue to increase automation to shorten reporting timeline for IP events and locator device alerts - Will continue to integrate with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Map of the World to improve geospatial tracking - Will continue to increase interfaces with Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Common Distress Reporting Systems (CDRS) - Integrate with AOC Modernization initiatives to increase synchronization with Air Tasking Orders - Will continue to improve architecture to include code structure, performance, and stability - Will…

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased from FY 2026 due to funding realignment toward higher priorities.

FY2026 plans — current year PRC2 Personnel Recover Mission Manager (PRMM) development includes the following: - Modifications to PRMM 3.1 using Agile DevSecOps in two-week increments - Increase automation to shorten reporting timeline for Isolated Person (IP) events and locator device alerts - Improve architecture to include code structure, performance, and stability - Integrate with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Map of the World to improve geospatial tracking - Increase interfaces with Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) Common Distress Reporting Systems (CDRS) - Integrate with AOC Modernization initiatives to increase synchronization with Air Tasking Orders - Improve human-machine interface based…

PRC2 - PRMM Test and Evaluation▼ 33%
FY2025 actual$0.3M
FY2026 enacted$0.2M
FY2027 request$0.2M

FY2027 planned work Will continue Testing and Evaluation of Personal Recovery Mission Manager (PRMM) 3.1.X.X Versions: - Internal testing through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to comply with the Authority to Operate (ATO) - Functional Testing - Cyber Security Testing - Developmental Testing - Operational Testing

FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding decreased from FY 2026 due to funding realignment toward higher priorities.

FY2026 plans — current year Testing and Evaluation of Personnel Recovery Mission Manager (PRMM) 3.1.X.X Versions: - Internal testing through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to comply with the authorization to operate (ATO) - Functional Testing - Cyber Security Testing - Developmental Testing

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$1.8M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$1.8M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$1.8M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$1.8M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it

Where the FY2027 request goes

Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.

Ogden ALC
$1.6M · 92%
PRC2 - PRMM Agile Software Development
45th Test Squadron
$0.2M · 8.4%
PRC2 - PRMM Test and Evaluation
Where FY2027 funding flowsShare$M
Industry primes100%1.8
FY2027 request100%1.8
See Ogden ALC's full federal contract ledger members
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This budget line funds the Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2) program, which develops and delivers tools and services for planning, collaborating and managing search and rescue efforts, as well as disseminating related information to all personnel recovery (PR) mission coordinators across the PR network. PRC2 provides an adaptive and networked system, delivering timely situational awareness information supporting personnel accountability and recovery mission management worldwide.

PRC2 product support is provided to the program office by the 517th Software Engineering Squadron (517 SWES), Hill AFB, UT, in accordance with a memorandum of agreement and on a fee-for-service basis. This strategy to utilize the 517 SWES for agile product development and sustainment was approved and implemented in FY 2014 by the Air Force Program Executive Officer (PEO). The work done by the 517 SWES includes, but is not limited to, modernization development, sustainment support services, and software maintenance of the PRC2 system. Program management for the PRC2 program is under direction of PEO Electronic Systems, located at Hanscom AFB, MA.

Project 675221 — Personnel Recovery Command and Control (PRC2)
  • Product Development
  • Test and Evaluation
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0305984F (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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