# Project 0728 — Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT)

**Program element:** 0604280N — JT Tactical RADIO System (JTRS)  
**Project:** 0728  
**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/0604280N/0728  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604280N

## Summary

Project 0728 — Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) requests $95.9M in FY2027, 23% of the $409.3M requested for program element 0604280N, up 125% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Advanced is the largest named R-3 performer at $15.8M, 16% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 27.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 42.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 95.9 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 72.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 47.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 44.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 19.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604280N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0728 buys

The details of Program Element 0604280N, Project 0728 for NMT are classified SECRET//NOFORN and are submitted to Congress in the classified budget justification books. Technology Insertion, studies and implementation is necessary for military satellite communications systems development to support emerging technologies for Satellite Communications (SATCOM) programs. This project funds the testing and integration of the modem and processing equipment enabling a Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) system to operate on Navy submarines. The project awarded a contract to a Prime Mission Product (PMP) vendor to develop and test hardware and software to produce an Engineering Development Model (EDM). Increase of $43.479M from FY 2026 to FY 2027 will support major development milestones in FY 2027. FY 2027 funding will support mandated Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) software and hardware system upgrades required for interoperability with the Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) constellation. In addition, FY 2027 funding will support Wideband Anti-Jam Modem System (WAMS) development, testing, integration, and certification efforts. This provides Resilient Command, Control, and Communications (RC3) and Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) capability. FY 2027 funding also supports the SATCOM NGSO Technology Insertion Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), and Engineering Development Model (EDM) vendor design testing, preparing for Production Representative Asset (PRA) delivery in FY 2028.

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

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced | 15.8 | 16% |
| COTF | 0.2 | 0.2% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMT Resilient C3 Development | 27.2 | 29.6 | 78.7 | +166% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604280N/0728/a0) |
| Technology Insertion | 0.2 | 13.0 | 17.2 | +32% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604280N/0728/a1) |

> 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.

### NMT Resilient C3 Development

The details of Program Element 0604280N, Project 0728 for NMT are classified SECRET//NOFORN and are submitted to Congress in the classified budget justification books.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604280N/0728/a0

### Technology Insertion

Complete maturation of the design and proceed to a Critical Design Review (CDR). As a result of the CDR, the vendor will deliver an Engineering Development Model (EDM) which will support testing to show performance and finalize production details. Test Readiness Review (TRR) is planned 30 days after delivery of an EDM to begin the design…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604280N/0728/a1

## 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/0604280N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604280N project 0728 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604280N")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*