What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project EX2 of PE 0604114A. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
Management Services: Funding in FY 2027 provides continued mission essential office operations, programmatic analysis, and functional services in direct support of the LTAMDS Product Office. Funding also supports continued development of formal acquisition documentation in support of acquisition milestones and objectives, management of ongoing contract actions, and LTAMDS operations and reporting. Product Development: Funding in FY 2027 continues critical LTAMDS CI/CD of capability. This includes development efforts in support of software, modeling and simulation, Combat Identification (CID) / Discrimination updates, advanced threat defeat development and integration through continued software integration, delivery, and testing required to support radar enhancements. Funding will also support development and implementation of new signal processing techniques and waveforms to enhance Electronic Attack and Electronic Protect (EA/EP) techniques based on the evolving threat, further enhancing radar survival and effectiveness in contested complex environments. Support: Funding in FY 2027 supports the development, modifications, and integration of the LTAMDS support equipment. Test and Evaluation: Funding in FY 2027 includes the completion of LTAMDS IOT&E informing operational effectiveness of the LTAMDS RS. Additional activities include component contractor verification and developmental testing. Funds provide for Continuous Transformation and Experimentation in Combatant Commands. Funding also supports test and evaluation to support program assessments and progress toward closure of identified performance gaps.
The decrease in FY 2027 from FY 2026 reflects the completion of IOT&E and the program's transition to procurement-related activities.
FY2025–FY2026: what came before
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
Management Services: Funding in FY 2026 provides continued mission essential office operations, programmatic analysis, and functional services in direct support of the LTAMDS Product Office. Funding also supports continued development of formal acquisition documentation in support of acquisition milestones and objectives, management of ongoing contract actions, and LTAMDS operations and reporting. Product Development: Funding in FY 2026 continues critical LTAMDS Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) of capability. This includes development efforts in support of software, modeling and simulation, Combat Identification (CID) / Discrimination updates, advanced threat defeat development and integration through continued software integration, delivery, and testing required to support radar enhancements. Support: Funding in FY 2026 supports the development, modifications, and integration of the LTAMDS support equipment. Test and Evaluation: Funding in FY 2026 includes initiation of the LTAMDS IOT&E informing operational effectiveness of the LTAMDS RS. Additional activities include component contractor verification and developmental testing leading to participation in IFTC 26. Funds provide for Continuous Transformation and Experimentation in Combatant Commands. Funding also supports test and evaluation to support program assessments and progress toward closure of identified performance gaps.
Program Activities: - Continue Government Development, Testing and Evaluation - Complete Full Sector Operational Assessment - Complete Large Tactical Power System (LTPS) development and Government Testing - Continue development of critical Program capabilities - Continue P3I sensor enhancements for inclusion into Full Rate Production Configuration - Support AMD Survivability efforts - Continue MS C walk-up activities. - Complete Qualification Testing - Begin P3I DT/OT Integration: - Conduct an Operational Assessment as part of the Integrated Fires FY2025 Test Campaign - Continue integration with IBCS - Continue integration with PATRIOT family of interceptors (PAC-2 GEM-T, PAC-3, PAC-3 MSE) - Continue digital modeling and simulation activities Early Operational Capability - Continue support of Guam Defense Systems (GDS) activities.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 122.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 192.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 162.1 |
This activity is 100% of project EX2's FY2027 request and 100% of PE 0604114A's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project EX2
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the program-element page.