# Project 0486 — Tactical Support Center

**Program element:** 0604231N — Command AND Control  
**Project:** 0486  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604231N/0486  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604231N

## Summary

Project 0486 — Tactical Support Center requests $10.3M in FY2027, 14% of the $73.5M requested for program element 0604231N, down 24% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. OPTEVFOR; NIWC LANT; SRC is the largest named R-3 performer at $0.7M, 6.9% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 12.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 10.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 10.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 11.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604231N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0486 buys

TacMobile is the Ground Station that brings Enterprise Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) to the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF) community. TacMobile is a long-running, multi-year acquisition program that provides Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) for Navy's MPRF. From within Tactical Operations Centers (TOC) at well-supported airfields, TacMobile provides theater Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) commanders a common tactical picture while providing pre-flight and post-flight support to manned and unmanned MPRF aircraft. From within Mobile Tactical Operations Centers (MTOC), TacMobile supports manned MPRF aircraft at the tactical edge of operations. TacMobile Fly-Away Kits (FAK) support manned MPRF aircraft in short-duration expeditionary settings. Services provided include analysis and correlation of diverse sensor information; data management support; command decision aids; rapid data communication; mission planning, evaluation and reach-back dissemination of surveillance data and threat alerts to operational users ashore and afloat, and to the Maritime Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Environment. The TacMobile program uses an evolutionary development strategy consisting of Capability Packages to meet new and emergent Fleet requirements, while retaining current capabilities. These capability packages consist of a three-phase approach: Capability Package One (CP-1) which addresses SECRET domain only (planned fielding in FY 2026); Capability Package Two (CP-2) meets the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) (Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in FY 2028); and Capability Package Three (CP-3) will meet full Capability Production Document (CPD) requirements. These Capability Packages are planned and resourced to support the MPRF Family of Systems aircraft: P-8A Poseidon aircraft modernization and upgrades; and Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS). In FY 2027, Navy Tactical Data Network (NTDN) Expeditionary work will be completed, providing CP-2 with TS/SCI network connectivity not reliant on a Point of Presence (PoP), but rather able to leverage existing SATCOM paths to disseminate P-8A sensor data.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| OPTEVFOR; NIWC LANT; SRC | 0.7 | 6.9% |
| SRC; BAH; Deloitt | 0.2 | 2.3% |
| NIWC LANT; SRC | 0.2 | 2.0% |
| NIWC LANT | 0.2 | 1.9% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TacMobile Increment 3.0 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 10.3 | −24% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604231N/0486/a0) |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### TacMobile Increment 3.0

Installation of the CP-2 engineering development model (EDM) to meet fleet requirements to support Higher Than Secret (HTS) operations with expeditionary HTS shelters. EDM hardware includes: -Unclassified/Secret GENSER C4I hardware and software for burning and extracting P-8A Mission Systems and Combat Systems media, sensor data, and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604231N/0486/a0

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604231N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604231N project 0486 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604231N")`.

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