# Joint Tactical Network Center (JTNC) — Program Element 0605030A

**Program element:** 0605030A  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605030A

## Summary

U.S. Army requests $21.6M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full. New SETA leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 19.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 21.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 21.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 22.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 22.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 21.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 22.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 21.6 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 21.6 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 21.6 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 21.6 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA8 | Joint Tactical Networking Center | 19.5 | 21.0 | 21.6 | +3% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project EA8 — Joint Tactical Networking Center

The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) is chartered to enable the Department of War (DoW)'s rapid identification, characterization, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of modular, innovative tactical communications products that ensure secure, interoperable, and resilient Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. The JTNC provides technical expertise to facilitate tactical communications management, innovation, and standardization. The JTNC: (1) maintains a cyber-hardened DoW Information Repository (IR), (2) provides Technical Analyses/Capability Characterizations on tactical communications products, (3) provides Open Systems Architecture Standards, (4) provides exportability analysis and licensing reviews, and (5) serves as Technical Advisor to the Communications, Command, and Control Leadership Board (C3LB) and Tactical Communications Senior Steering Group (TCSSG). JTNC mission is executed in coordination with key government stakeholders to include: C3LB, TCSSG, Communications Technologies and Waveforms Working Group (CTWWG), Resiliency Sub-Working Group (RSWG), the Department of War (DoW) Chief Information Officer (CIO), Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S)), Joint Staff J6 (JS J6), the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, USW(R&E), and the Services. Particular attention is paid to ensuring that interagency work is collaborative and eliminates duplicative capability. The JTNC enables a common software baseline that is hardware agnostic leading to increased competition for Software Defined Radios (SDR). Current JTNC directed requirements, outlined by the C3LB, consist of the CTWWG, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) support, development/maturation of the DoW IR framework & Cloud migration, and development of the Joint Communications Marketplace (JCM) to meet DoW and Industry requirements in conjunction with DoW Instruction 4630.09. Through collaboration with USW R&E (INSS) and industry partners, JTNC is in the process of capturing information on resilient waveform technologies and portfolio products. The ultimate goal is to expedite market research activities by collecting, analyzing, and making data available in support of emerging Government waveform acquisitions.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** New SETA (10.9, 50%), NIWC PACIFIC (6.1, 28%), NIWC ATLANTIC JCM (SRC) (2.1, 9.9%), NIWC ATLANTIC (1.4, 6.4%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoW Waveform IR Support, Waveform Standards Evolution and Compliance & Certification Analysis | 19.5 | 21.0 | 21.6 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 95% | 20.4 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 4.0% | 0.9 |
| Other / unspecified | 1.2% | 0.3 |

**Top named industry performers:** New SETA ($10.9M, 50%), NIWC PACIFIC ($6.1M, 28%), NIWC ATLANTIC JCM (SRC) ($2.1M, 9.9%), NIWC ATLANTIC ($1.4M, 6.4%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

This funding supports Joint and Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiatives to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems. The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) is chartered to enable the Department of War (DoW)'s rapid identification, characterization, procurement, fielding, and sustainment of modular, innovative tactical communications products that ensure secure, interoperable, and resilient Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. The JTNC provides technical expertise to facilitate tactical communications management, innovation, and standardization.

The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) is a Joint support program to the Services, the DoW Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (USW(A&S)), and USW Research and Engineering (USW(R&E)). JTNC core functions as defined in the JTNC Acquisition Decision Memorandum and Charter signed on 20 January 2014 and revalidated on 13 September 2019 include execution in the following areas: Information Repository, Technical Analysis, Open Systems Architecture Standards, Exportability Analysis and Licensing Review, and Technical Advisor to the C3LB.

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## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0605030A (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605030A")`.

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