# FAAD C2 Software Development and Modernization

**R-2A activity** of project 146 — Air & Msl Defense Planning Control Sys  
**Program element:** 0604741A — Air Defense Command, Control and Intelligence - Eng Dev  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604741A/146/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604741A

## Summary

This activity requests $10.0M in FY2027, 70% of project 146, up 2.1% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2025–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue FAAD software integration, development, and tests in support to maintain net ready AMDPCS Family-of-Systems and future program platform requirements in support of IBCS convergence.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase due to economic assumptions.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue FAAD software integration, development, and tests in support to maintain net ready AMDPCS Family-of-Systems and future program platform requirements in support of IBCS convergence.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Continue FAAD C2 software integration, development, and tests in support to maintain net ready AMDPCS Family-of-Systems and future program platform requirements in support of IBCS convergence.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.9 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.0 |

> 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 146

- Engineering, Development, Test and Evaluation — FY2027 4.0
- Software System Certification Testing, Accreditation, and Approval of Authority-to-Operate (ATO) — FY2027 0.3
- AMDWS Software Development — FY2027 —
- IBCS/FAAD C2 Convergence; Ada to C++ Refactoring and Modernization — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604741A project 146 (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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