What project 642001 buys
The NGS-RR project is a platform-agile suite of sensor and software development and demonstration technologies designed to maximize flexibility and capability for an ever-changing scale of ISR missions. NGS-RR furthers maturation and risk reduction of select technologies initiated under I&TS and other low TRL maturation efforts culminating in operational prototype demonstrations. The power behind the NGS-RR project is an open architecture system design that enables rapid third-party software and line replaceable unit insertion/replacement. NGS-RR implements foundational sensor development technologies including the MEDUSA flight demonstration platform, and the AURORA software environment and repository. NGS-RR incorporates all of the metrics learned through the flight demonstrations into the Whole-system Analysis & Simulation Portal (WASP), a web-based digital engineering catalog and analysis tool launching on JWICS in FY26. In FY 2027, NGS-RR will continue flight testing maturing ATRs and fully integrated podded payloads, integration of maturation of NAVAIR algorithms, and other maritime automated target recognition algorithms and support collaborative teaming demonstrations. Demonstrations include, but are not limited to, capabilities developed with funding in the I&TS project, Airborne SIGINT Enterprise PE (0304260F), and Airborne Reconnaissance Systems (ARS) PE (0305296F). Additionally, Resolute Sentry transitioned from the AF Research Laboratory to NGS-RR for technical maturation and integration into the first operational platform in FY 2026. Resolute Sentry is an AI-driven, multi-platform, sense-making tool for predictive analytics and orchestration at the tactical edge. It provides real-time, high-quality detection, identification and tracking to close kill chains and predict adversary activity. The effort delivers a platform-agnostic, edge-hostable software solution to ingest and fuse multi-INT data across multiple platforms at the tactical edge. The data will then be used to generate actionable information on the highly contested environment for Blue Force commanders and national decision making. Resolute Sentry will execute in ATS from FY 2026 to FY 2027, then will transition to ARS PE (0305206F) in FY 2028.
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- Management Services
Project 642001 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 29.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 38.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 8.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 8.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 8.6 |
2 accomplishments / planned programs
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. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
- Will continue DevSecOps and Digital Engineering environment. - Will continue operating government software integration lab. - Will continue update software design materials and technical data package for transition partners. - Will develop and deliver Minimum Viable Capability Release (MVCR).
Read the FY2027 plan →- Will demonstrate inoperability with Sensing for Asset Protection using Integrated Electronic Network Technology (SAPIENT), a "FIVE EYES" and NATO sense-making standard. - Will complete a hybrid transition of Birdbox with AFRL. - Will demonstrate completed integration of initial NAVAIR ATRs into Birdbox. - Will demonstrate Collaborative…
Read the FY2027 plan →