# Expeditionary Live Virtual Constructive Command Center (XLCC)

**R-2A activity** of project 986 — Major Operational Test Instrumentation  
**Program element:** 0604759A — Major T&E Investment  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759A/986/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604759A/986

## Summary

This activity requests $14.0M in FY2027, 100% of project 986, up 7.4% 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 to expand and enhance the baseline for an operationally realistic test environment and integrate with other systems and tools; refine Real Time Causality Assessment (RTCA) to include non-kinetic effects and centralized battle damage assessments (BDAs); establish technology refresh plan to maintain current hardware; integration with existing and future blue instrumentation at MDO Test and Training Ranges; establish operations across two security domains, continue improving data reduction and collection tools. Additionally, it will extend interoperability with current and future Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) range requirements to include cross domain solutions, provide continuous software updates to allow flexibility and modularity in system capabilities to deploy to test and training ranges; and continue integration of the high-fidelity virtual threat models.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding increase supports critical advancements in operationally realistic test environments, including enhanced integration with MDO ranges, refines Real Time Causality Assessment (RTCA) capabilities, and improves cross-domain solutions ensuring continuous software and hardware updates for flexibility and modularity; expands mapping capabilities, and integration of high-fidelity virtual threat models to maintain technological superiority and operational readiness. These investments are essential to address evolving requirements in the Operation Test Command (OTC) roadmap, sustain interoperability across diverse test and training environments, and directly enable the modernization of our forces with next-generation capabilities that align with strategic priorities for future combat effectiveness.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds in the amount of $13.038 Million will expand and enhance the baseline for an operationally realistic test environment and integrate with other systems and tools; refine Real Time Causality Assessment (RTCA) to include non-kinetic effects and centralized battle damage assessments (BDAs); establish technology refresh plan to maintain current hardware; integration with existing and future blue instrumentation at MDO Test and Training Ranges; establish operations across two security domains, continue improving data reduction and collection tools; extend interoperability with current and future Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) range to include Synthetic Training Environment (STE); provide continuous Software/hardware updates to allow flexibility and modularity in system capabilities in order to deploy XLCC to a multitude of ranges and test sites; increase the mapping ability to include more locations; begin integration of the high-fidelity virtual threat models.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds in the amount of $7.611 Million will build upon and enhance, expand and improve an operationally realistic test environment and integrate with other systems and tools; update Real Time Casualty Assessment to include non-kinetic effects and centralized battle damage assessments (BDAs); increased data reduction and collection tools; provide enhanced interoperability with current and future Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) range threats (e.g. Threat Battle Command Force and Intelligence Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer); provide continuous Software/hardware updates to allow flexibility and modularity in system capabilities in order to deploy XLCC to a multitude of ranges and test sites; increase the mapping ability to include 3D tilting and movement and maps for more test locations; begin integration of the high-fidelity virtual threat models.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 7.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 13.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 14.0 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604759A project 986 (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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