# Software Development & Integration

**R-2A activity** of project EQ8 — Mobile/Handheld Computing Environment (M/HHCE)  
**Program element:** 0604818A — Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software  
**Component:** U.S. Army · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604818A/EQ8/a2  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604818A/EQ8

## Summary

This activity requests $15.0M in FY2027, 35% of project EQ8, up 22% 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.** Update NW Software Development Kit (SDK) with new functionality. Continue software upgrades in accordance with HQDA priority efforts to include updates to security and operational requirements. FY 2027 funding provides for integration/ automated tools and risk reduction events such as funding to initiate Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML)-based analytics into the Nett Warrior ecosystem. FY 2027 funding also covers increased WatchTower automation processes and Human Machine Interface (HMI) efforts as well as integration with Windows Tactical Assault Kit with RaptorX (TAK-X). Funding aligns to ensure Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) integration and interoperability with existing capabilities as the program approaches convergence in FY 2028. Funding also includes further development of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM). Continue Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) software integration and development of TAK plugins to support unit operations. Continue network architecture transition to division-level management and conversion to standardized common operational picture across all echelons.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to cyber security costs and operational requirements in support of Army Transformation Initiatives.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Update NW Software Development Kit (SDK) with new functionality. Continue software upgrades to Next Gen C2 component software based on security and operational requirements. FY 2026 funding provides for integration/ automated tools and risk reduction events such as well as funding to initiate of Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML)-based analytics into the Nett Warrior ecosystem. FY 2026 funding also covers increased WatchTower automation processes and Human Machine Interface (HMI) efforts as well as integration with Windows Tactical Assault Kit with RaptorX (TAK-X) and Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC). Funding also includes further development of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM). Begin Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) software integration and development of TAK plugins to support unit operations. Begin network architecture transition to division-level management and conversion to standardized common operational picture across all echelons.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Evaluate next generation NW / Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) map engines and Operating System (OS) trade studies software development efforts with NW. Update NW Software Development Kit (SDK) with new functionality. Continue software upgrades to Next Gen C2 component software based on security and operational requirements. FY2025 funding provides for integration/ test equipment and risk reduction events such as Project Convergence FY25, as well as funding to initiate of Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML)-based analytics into the Nett Warrior ecosystem.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 5.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.0 |

> 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 EQ8

- [Hardware and Software Integration and Evaluation for Capability Improvements](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604818A/EQ8/a1) — FY2027 20.4
- Test and Evaluation — FY2027 5.2
- Conduct SEPM Support to NW — FY2027 1.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0604818A project EQ8 (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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