# Project EX6 — Waveforms

**Program element:** 0605031A — Joint Tactical Network (JTN)  
**Project:** EX6  
**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/0605031A/EX6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605031A

## Summary

Project EX6 — Waveforms requests $29.3M in FY2027, 58% of the $50.4M requested for program element 0605031A, up 19% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request. C5ISR Center is the largest named R-3 performer at $9.2M, 32% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 20.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 24.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 29.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 28.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 30.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 30.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 30.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605031A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project EX6 buys

This funding supports the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative to modernize Command and Control (C2) systems, Transport Layer. This project provides the transport technologies necessary to support the overall connectivity of the Unified Network. Waveforms technology assessments, integration, and configuration management enable seamless updates and fluid communication between echelons of the Unified Network. Waveforms delivers, maintains, and upgrades portable, interoperable, Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) waveforms, Advanced Networking Waveforms (ANWf), network management and monitoring protocols and standards, and network enterprise services in support of the ARMY network modernization strategy. These waveforms and services are deployed by technical insertion into production of, and field upgrades to, existing tactical radios. Waveforms will remain agile to accommodate emerging warfighter needs by addressing the following: 1) Waveform (WF) analysis and system engineering activities for DoW as Lead Service Activity for Ground/Line of Sight (LoS) Waveforms (currently TSM), Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN), and Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)) in accordance with (IAW) Deputy Secretary of War memo for Enhancing DoW's Joint Tactical Networks and Datalink Modernization, 29 March 2019 2) Development and/or integration efforts of Broadcast Waveforms (i.e. SINCGARS, WREN, ANWf) and Radio Services (i.e. enterprise Over The Air Management (eOTAM)) in support of Army Network modernization, and agile mission support initiatives 3) Viability assessments of ANWf in support of the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) and future capability sets to ensure waveform performance in advance of formal ITN experimentation and fielding activities FY 2027 funding will continue development, integration, and testing of new capabilities and waveform enhancements for SINCGARS, WREN, TSM, and ANWf. Additionally, funding supports the next generation Government developed waveforms and Radio Service applications, system and architectural engineering for ANWf radio communications technologies, post deployment software support for fielded versions of the waveforms and radio services, program management support, and examine modular and open system architectures (MOSA) to make future integration and waveform porting more efficient.

**R-3 lines of work:** Management Services; Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| C5ISR Center | 9.2 | 32% |
| Advanced | 4.5 | 15% |
| Sigmatech | 2.2 | 7.6% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waveforms Software Development | 14.9 | 14.7 | 17.1 | +17% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605031A/EX6/a1) |
| Waveforms Test and Evaluation | 0.9 | 3.9 | 6.0 | +55% | — |
| Program Management Office Support | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | −0% | — |
| Waveforms Software Support and System Engineering | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | +7% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Waveforms Software Development

Funding will support the modernization of the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) waveform to develop a more robust Electronic Warfare (EW) resiliency to include initial Frequency Hopping 4 (FH4) development and hardening of Patriot data mode to increase EW performance and range; Warrior Robust Enhanced Network…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605031A/EX6/a1

### Waveforms Test and Evaluation

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding will validate continued design and system engineering activities of SINCGARS TRANSEC enhancements and evaluations of FH4 development. Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN) developmental Release B Lab and Field based risk reductions in support of 1QFY27 full Release B. Validate and test the enhancements and problem fixes of the WREN waveforms in support of full Release B. Functional Qualification Testing (FQT) and NSA certification of eOTAM 3.0 in support of full release. Validate implementation of fielded eOTAM versions and provide performance characterization and analysis of waveforms to meet current and future warfighter's requirements. Conduct analysis of Advanced Networking Waveforms (ANWf) / Non-Developmental Items (NDI).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase in funding is a direct result of increased testing requirements. Additional testing is required to ensure waveform development performs in a contested environment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding will validate continued design and system engineering activities of SINCGARS TRANSEC enhancements and evaluations of FH4 development. Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN) developmental Release B Lab and Field based risk reductions in support of 1QFY27 full Release B. Validate and test the enhancements and problem fixes of the WREN waveforms in support of full Release B. Functional Qualification Testing (FQT) and NSA certification of eOTAM 2.2.1 in support of full release. Validate implementation of fielded eOTAM versions and provide performance characterization and analysis of waveforms to meet current and future warfighter's requirements. Conduct analysis of Advanced Networking Waveforms (ANWf) / Non-Developmental Items (NDI).

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funding will validate continued design and system engineering activities of SINCGARS Frequency Hopping (FH) 3. Validate and test the enhancements and problem fixes of the WREN waveforms in support of future releases. Validate implementation of fielded eOTAM versions and provide performance characterization and analysis of waveforms to meet current and future warfighter's requirements. Conduct analysis of Advanced Networking Waveforms (ANWf) / Non-Developmental Items (NDI).

### Program Management Office Support

**FY2027 planned work.** Program Management support for PdM Waveforms. Funding will provide for matrix and contractor support for Waveforms development and program oversight.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Decrease in Program Management Office Support is due to the reduction in SETA support required following a consolidation of program offices.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Program Management support for PdM Waveforms. Funding will provide for matrix and contractor support for Waveforms development and program oversight.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Program Management support for PdM Waveforms. Funding will provide for matrix and contractor support for Waveforms development and program oversight.

### Waveforms Software Support and System Engineering

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding will support radio services software, product enhancement, and systems engineering & integration (SE&I) as described above in support of PdM Waveforms. Support will include Lead Service activities for the integration of existing and emerging waveforms in the DoW; analysis of emerging needs and integration of new capabilities for Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN) to Army tactical radios, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for new WREN capabilities, and release to DoW, NATO and ABCANZ ensuring interoperability between the U.S. and Coalition partners, including Lead Service activities.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to revised economic assumptions.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding will support radio services software, product enhancement, and systems engineering & integration (SE&I) as described above in support of PdM Waveforms. Support will include Lead Service activities for the integration of existing and emerging waveforms in the DoW; analysis of TSM capabilities for Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN) integration to Manpack and Leader Radios, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for new WREN capabilities, and release to DoW, NATO and ABCANZ ensuring interoperability between the US and Coalition partners, including Lead Service activities.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funding will support radio services software, product enhancement, and systems engineering & integration (SE&I) as described above in support of PdM Waveforms. Support will include: release of enterprise Over The Air Management (eOTAM) and integration into Integrated Network Battalion and Below (INB2) and Unified Network Operations (UNO); Lead Service activities for the integration of existing and emerging waveforms in the DoD; analysis of TSM capabilities for Warrior Robust Enhanced Network (WREN) integration to Manpack and Leader Radios, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for new WREN capabilities, and release to DoD, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand (ABCANZ) ensuring interoperability between the US and Coalition partners, including Lead Service activities.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605031A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605031A project EX6 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605031A")`.

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