# Project 088 — JMETC National Cyber Range (NCR) Complex

**Program element:** 0605100D8Z — Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC)  
**Project:** 088  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/088  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z

## Summary

Project 088 — JMETC National Cyber Range (NCR) Complex requests $71.8M in FY2027, 31% of the $234.7M requested for program element 0605100D8Z, up 13% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 64.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 63.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 71.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 73.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 74.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 76.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 77.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605100D8Z; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 088 buys

The National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC) is composed of cyber ranges and a secure distributed network infrastructure to service the cyber range user community. The NCRC currently consists of five functional cyber ranges, including the National Cyber Range in Florida as well as four Regional Service Delivery Points (RSDP) located in Hawaii, Alabama, Maryland, and Massachusetts. To enhance the Department’s cyber range test and training capability and capacity, the NCRC is being expanded with additional cyber ranges co-located with key Service organizations at Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC LANT), SC; Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River), MD; and 46th Test Wing Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), FL to support an increase of cyber testing of Blue systems as well as training of cyber warfighters. The JMETC Multiple Independent Level of Security (MILS) Network (JMN) currently links sites across the Department, industry, and academia, providing secure access between cyber ranges, laboratories, and facilities. Both the cyber ranges and the network infrastructure are accredited to support multiple levels of security classifications, specifically configured to meet particular cyber event requirements. The NCRC investments have been aligned to support the National Defense Strategy in improving cyber defense, cyber resilience, cyber lethality, and the continued integration of cyber capabilities into the full spectrum of military operations. The NCRC conducts cyberspace test and training events for the full spectrum of Department customers including research, development, acquisition, testing, training and operational Cyber Mission Forces (CMF). The NCRC executes wide variety of event types including science and technology (S&T) demonstrations, developmental test and evaluation (DT&E), operational test and evaluation (OT&E), security controls assessments, capability assessments, cyberspace operations training, development and refinement of cyberspace tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP), cyber forensics/malware analysis) and cyberspace operations mission rehearsal. The NCRC enables acquisition programs to conduct cybersecurity test and evaluation in an operationally representative cyberspace environment enabling identification, validation and mitigation of vulnerabilities.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMETC National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC) | 64.5 | 63.8 | 71.8 | +13% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/088/a0) |

> 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.

### JMETC National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC)

In FY 2027, the NCRC will continue to expand capability and capacity to address the growing demand for cybersecurity test, training, experimentation, and mission rehearsal. Highlights include: - Continue to conduct and support cyber test and training events at the cyber range located in Orlando, FL; Naval Information Warfare Center…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605100D8Z/088/a0

## 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/0605100D8Z.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605100D8Z project 088 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605100D8Z")`.

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