# Advanced Radar Threat System-Variant 3 (ARTS-V3)

**R-2A activity** of project 652286 — Combat Training Range Equipment  
**Program element:** 0604735F — Combat Training Range Equipment  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604735F/652286/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604735F

## Summary

This activity requests $112.2M in FY2027, 85% of project 652286, up 1.0% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** FY2027 focuses on completing manufacture, integration, test, and delivery of the ARTS-V3 X-band in FY2027 and C-band in FY2028 in order to enable production start in FY2028. Integration efforts will focus on open air testing and achieving IOC at the Nevada Test and Training Range.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Nominal funding increase to support program office estimate.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The focus of FY2026 is building the Production Representative Article (PRA) and conducting combined developmental/operation test activities. Activities will include but are not limited to remaining hardware purchases, fabrication of radar sub-assemblies and higher level assemblies, component-level and sub-system level testing, continued development of the command & control software, integration activities with the command & control software, software-defined threat profile development/integration, and engineering activities to reduce integration risk during open-air full system testing in FY2027.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 117.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 111.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 112.2 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 652286

- [P6 Combat Training System (P6CTS)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604735F/652286/a3) — FY2027 11.5
- Live Mission Operations Capability (LMOC) — FY2027 6.5
- Advanced Radar Threat System Tech Development — FY2027 2.6

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604735F project 652286 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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