# Project BT5 — Integrated Tactical Network/Enterprise Network

**Program element:** 0604541A — Unified Network Transport  
**Project:** BT5  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604541A/BT5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604541A

## Summary

Project BT5 — Integrated Tactical Network/Enterprise Network requests — in FY2027, down 100% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 25.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 19.5 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0604541A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project BT5 buys

Project BT5: Integrated Tactical Network/Enterprise Network in FY 2027 and beyond was realigned to PE 0605330A/C2 Transport, Project C2B, Radio Modernization as part of a new funding structure for the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) investment to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems for the Transport Layer. This line supports advanced component development activities that enable a Unified Network that operates seamlessly worldwide and in any environment. It includes the development of a standards-based network architecture that unifies enterprise and deployed network capabilities, and features a unified transport layer, network operations and other enabling functions that allows integration of disparate networks. The Army network will provide resiliency through path diversity and dynamic routing to ensure tactical units can communicate in hostile environments. It will provide multiple ways to communicate and give commanders the ability to have a network that delivers the right information and data at the right time during operations. It fully incorporates cyber and electronic warfare capabilities that support the employment of the network as a weapon system.

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project BT5: Integrated Tactical Network/Integrated Enterprise Network | 25.0 | 18.4 | — | −100% | — |
| Program Management | 0.9 | 1.1 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Project BT5: Integrated Tactical Network/Integrated Enterprise Network

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 and beyond was realigned to PE 0605330A/C2 Transport, Project C2B, Radio Modernization as part of a new funding structure for the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) investment to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems for the Transport Layer.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will be used to continue science and technology evaluation and prototyping solutions to support approved requirements documents and critical network modernization efforts to accelerate/integrate Next Generation Tactical radios, automated cyber defense tools, a modern security architecture, non-traditional waveforms, narrowband waveforms, and Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications . Funding will allow the Army to identify and prototype solutions to mature the implementation of Automated Primary Alternate Contingency and Emergency (PACE) communications, network transport and gateway components of the Mission Partner Environment (MPE) and share network operations information through warfighting assessments and evaluations that will inform future capabilities. Funds will also be used for advanced component development and for innovative industry prototyping and evaluation efforts associated with Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM) and other forums (e.g. operational engagements) to assess, demonstrate, prototype, and integrate emerging industry solutions to mature unified network capabilities to include, but not limited to, development of an open standards systems architecture. Requirements for Integrated Tactical Network/Integrated Enterprise Network will align with prioritization of science & technology and industry innovation efforts in support of the Army's Command Control (C2) Transport strategy.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will be used to continue science and technology evaluation and prototyping solutions to support approved requirements documents and critical network modernization efforts to accelerate/integrate Next Generation Tactical radios, automated cyber defense tools, non-traditional waveforms, narrowband waveforms, and Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications. Funding will allow the Army to identify and prototype solutions to mature the implementation of Automated Primary Alternate Contingency and Emergency (PACE) communications, network transport and gateway components of the Mission Partner Environment (MPE) and share network operations information through warfighting assessments and evaluations that will inform future capabilities. Funds will also be used for advanced component development and for innovative industry prototyping and evaluation efforts associated with Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM) and other forums to assess, demonstrate, prototype, and integrate emerging industry solutions to mature unified network capabilities to include, but not limited to, development of an open standards systems architecture. Requirements for Integrated Tactical Network/Integrated Enterprise Network will align with prioritization of science & technology and industry innovation efforts in support of the Army's modernized network of 2030/2040

### Program Management

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 and beyond was realigned to PE 0605330A/C2 Transport, Project C2B, Radio Modernization as part of a new funding structure for the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) investment to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems for the Transport Layer.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will be used to provide overall management in support of Unified Network Transport efforts, including contractor personnel and contract management support via Army Contracting Command.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will be used to provide overall management in support of Unified Network Transport efforts, including contractor personnel and contract management support via Army Contracting Command.

## 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/0604541A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0604541A project BT5 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0604541A")`.

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