# Project F30 — Army Test Ranges & Facilities

**Program element:** 0605601A — Army Test Ranges and Facilities  
**Project:** F30  
**Component:** U.S. Army  
**Appropriation:** 2040 — RDT&E, Army  
**Budget Activity:** 6 — RDT&E Management Support  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A

## Summary

Project F30 — Army Test Ranges & Facilities requests $462.3M in FY2027, 98% of the $469.7M requested for program element 0605601A, up 20% on FY2026. 14 R-2A activities decompose the request.

**Markets:** Test & Evaluation / Industrial Base — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 426.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 386.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 462.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 454.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 459.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 462.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 466.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0605601A; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project F30 buys

This project provides the institutional funding required to operate developmental test activities IAW Public Law 107-314 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003) Section 232 ("Objective for institutional funding of test and evaluation facilities") in support of DoW Program Executive Officers, Program and Product Managers, Research, Development, and Engineering Centers and to the AFC. Resources provided by this project operate seven elements of the DoW MRTFB: WSTC - WSMR, New Mexico; ATC - APG, Maryland; EPG -EPG, Arizona; YTC - YPG, Arizona; ARTC - Fort Greely, Alaska; TRTC at various locations; and beginning in FY27 West Desert Test Center (WDTC), DPG, Utah. This project also funds the Army's test capability at RTC - Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This project finances the overhead (institutional) test operating costs not billable to DoW test customers per DoDI 3200.18 and DoWFMR 7000.14-R, which include: recurring test infrastructure/capability sustainment requirements; replacement of test equipment; test operating procedures; test revitalization/upgrade projects to maintain $8.6 billion of testing capabilities; and improvements to the safety, environmental protection, and efficiency of test operations. The test capabilities at these ranges have been uniquely established, are considered national assets, and are in place to support T&E requirements of funded acquisition programs across all Services, and are required to assure technical performance, adherence to safety requirements, reliability, logistics supportability, Title 10 Live Fire Test and Evaluation, transportability, environmental effects, cyber, electromagnetic effects, and quality of materiel in development and in production. This project provides for the recurring costs to include routine maintenance life cycle replacement of critical T&E capabilities required to support Army Transformation as well as other Army, Joint, or Other Service systems, materiel, and technologies.

## Activities (R-2A) — 14

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T&E Civilian Pay | 177.7 | 181.6 | 221.7 | +22% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a1) |
| Mission Support | 134.7 | 91.2 | 109.0 | +19% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a0) |
| Contractor Support | 51.5 | 43.9 | 71.0 | +62% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a2) |
| Network Enterprise Center (NEC) | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.0 | +6% | — |
| Physical Security Guards and Equipment | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.3 | +9% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a4) |
| UH-60 Aircraft | 10.0 | 11.4 | 11.6 | +2% | — |
| MRTFB Organizational Logistics Activities | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | +2% | — |
| Revitalization/Upgrade | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +0% | — |
| Four Dimensional Weather System (4DWX) | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2% | — |
| ARCYBER - ArCTIC | — | 2.1 | 2.0 | −7% | — |
| Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +2% | — |
| AFC / T2COM Physical Security Officer Civ Pay | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +3% | — |
| ARCYBER- C4IM Services Support to WSMR | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | −7% | — |
| Military Construction (MILCON) Mission Unique Equipment (MUE) | 9.1 | 0.0 | — | −100% | — |

> 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.

### T&E Civilian Pay

Funds will continue to support the overhead costs of the civilian labor for PBG authorizations. The balance will be customer funded. The test customer will pay all direct costs directly attributable to the use of a test facility or resource for testing of a particular program. Funding will be essential to maintain core T&E skills as part…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a1

### Mission Support

Funds will support T&E capability sustainment, which includes life cycle replacement, maintenance of equipment, test facility maintenance, calibration requirements, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, transportation, postage, administrative supplies, tools, software, spare parts, test support vehicle maintenance, mission unique…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a0

### Contractor Support

Funds will support contractor labor costs not billable to the customer. Functions performed will include range operations, automotive test support, radar maintenance, warehousing support, project management, maintenance of support fleet aircraft, recurring/ general maintenance to test facilities and data acquisition support.

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a2

### Network Enterprise Center (NEC)

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds support all labor, support equipment, and training required for the NEC operations at WSMR and YPG.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to economic adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds support all labor, support equipment, and training required for the NEC operations at WSMR and YPG.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds support all labor, support equipment, and training required for the NEC operations at WSMR and YPG.

### Physical Security Guards and Equipment

Funds will support physical security guard operations, mandatory training, qualifications and for maintenance and sustainment of weapons, GSA leased vehicles, communications, and ESS equipment at the FBR at WSTC located at WSMR and Chemical/Biological facilities at WDTC located at DPG. Funding supports Army priorities shift to…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605601A/F30/a4

### UH-60 Aircraft

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds will continue to support UH-60 helicopter maintenance, aircrew labor, mandatory training and aircraft flying hours.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to economic adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will continue to support UH-60 helicopter maintenance, aircrew labor, mandatory training and aircraft flying hours.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will support UH-60 helicopter maintenance, aircrew labor, mandatory training and aircraft flying hours.

### MRTFB Organizational Logistics Activities

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds will support logistics activities providing support to WSTC located at WSMR, YTC located at YPG and WDTC located at DPG. These activities provide a wide range of logistics support services including but not limited to asset management/property book support; equipment maintenance/repair of ATEC owned maintenance significant items; small arms gaging and repair, dispatch of Army Owned/GSA vehicles and equipment; forward fuel support for vehicles and ground power generation equipment; 41 CFR Part 102-34 Subpart J - Federal Fleet Report performance data collected through the Federal Automotive Statistical Tool.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to an economic adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will support logistics activities providing support to WSTC located at WSMR, YTC located at YPG and WDTC located at DPG. These activities provide a wide range of logistics support services including but not limited to asset management/property book support; equipment maintenance/repair of ATEC owned maintenance significant items; small arms gaging and repair, dispatch of Army Owned/GSA vehicles and equipment; forward fuel support for vehicles and ground power generation equipment; 41 CFR Part 102-34 Subpart J - Federal Fleet Report performance data collected through the Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST); ammunition quality assurance and surveillance; equipment authorization and utilization reporting; and transportation support for inbound and outbound equipment, freight and cargo.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will support logistics activities providing support to WSTC located at WSMR, YTC located at YPG and WDTC located at DPG. These LRC activities provide a wide range of logistics support services including but not limited to asset management/ property book support; equipment maintenance/repair of ATEC owned maintenance significant items; small arms gaging and repair, dispatch of Army Owned/GSA vehicles and equipment; forward fuel support for vehicles and ground power generation equipment; 41 CFR Part 102-34 Subpart J - Federal Fleet Report performance data collected through the Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST); ammunition quality assurance and surveillance; equipment authorization and utilization reporting; and transportation support for inbound and outbound equipment, freight and cargo.

### Revitalization/Upgrade

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds will continue to support the revitalization/upgrade of critical test infrastructure and capabilities. MRTFB elements will be required to use institutional funding to sustain or upgrade capabilities that support multiple customers. Funding will be focused on improving T&E capabilities for the highest priority Army transformation efforts such as the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Environment, Air and Missile Defense (AMD), and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will continue to support the revitalization/upgrade of critical test infrastructure and capabilities. MRTFB elements will be required to use institutional funding to sustain or upgrade capabilities that support multiple customers. Funding will be focused on improving T&E capabilities for the highest priority Army transformation efforts such as the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) Environment, Air and Missile Defense (AMD), and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will continue to support the revitalization/upgrade of critical test infrastructure and capabilities. MRTFB elements will be required to use institutional funding to sustain or upgrade capabilities that support multiple customers. Funding will be focused on improving T&E capabilities for the highest priority Army modernization efforts such as Air and Missile Defense (AMD), Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF), Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (APNT), Future Vertical Lift (FVL), and Unified Network.

### Four Dimensional Weather System (4DWX)

**FY2027 planned work.** Provides funding for sustainment and enhancement of the 4DWX system, an advanced meteorological support system that provides high-resolution weather forecasts and analyzes. The 4DWX analyzes and forecasts the 3-dimensional structure of the atmosphere over time (4th dimension) and is used in test planning, conduct, and forensic analyses. The funding is used to improve forecast accuracy in support of Army RDTE mission requirements, including the development of a full grid climatography using 4DWX analysis and further development of probabilistic modeling, data assimilation procedures, and configuration of 4DWX to optimize test range specific requirements.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding Increase is due to lifecycle replacement of outdated hardware required to meet Cyber and STIG requirements.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Provides funding for sustainment and enhancement of the 4DWX system, an advanced meteorological support system that provides high-resolution weather forecasts and analyzes. The 4DWX analyzes and forecasts the 3-dimensional structure of the atmosphere over time (4th dimension) and is used in test planning, conduct, and forensic analyses. The funding is used to improve forecast accuracy in support of Army RDTE mission requirements, including the development of a full grid climatography using 4DWX analysis and further development of probabilistic modeling, data assimilation procedures, and configuration of 4DWX to optimize test range specific requirements.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Provides funding for sustainment and enhancement of the 4DWX system, an advanced meteorological support system that provides high-resolution weather forecasts and analyzes. The 4DWX analyzes and forecasts the 3-dimensional structure of the atmosphere over time (4th dimension) and is used in test planning, conduct, and forensic analyses. The funding is used to improve forecast accuracy in support of Army RDTE mission requirements, including the development of a full grid climatography using 4DWX analysis and further development of probabilistic modeling, data assimilation procedures, and configuration of 4DWX to optimize test range specific requirements.

### ARCYBER - ArCTIC

**FY2027 planned work.** Funding supports continuous ARCYBER rapid cyber prototyping efforts on identifying and assessing novel non-program-of-record solutions for automated vulnerability and anomaly detection, network monitoring and visualization, and advanced modeling and predictive analytics.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decrease in DOW initiative investments.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funding supports continuous ARCYBER rapid cyber prototyping efforts on identifying and assessing novel non-program-of-record solutions for automated vulnerability and anomaly detection, network monitoring and visualization, and advanced modeling and predictive analytics.

### Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP)

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds will support cyber defense oversight and continuous monitoring of information security.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase due to economic adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will support cyber defense oversight and continuous monitoring of information security.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds support cyber defense oversight and continuous monitoring of information security.

### AFC / T2COM Physical Security Officer Civ Pay

**FY2027 planned work.** Will continue to provide DEVCOM CBC Physical Security Officer support to the BSAT Mission at BTD-CBC.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase is an economic adjustment.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Provides DEVCOM CBC Physical Security Officer support to the BSAT Mission at BTD-CBC.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** AFC / DEVCOM CBC Physical Security Officer Civ Pay

### ARCYBER- C4IM Services Support to WSMR

**FY2027 planned work.** Funds the WSMR IT Support contract which provides Tier II contractor support for Information Technology (IT) Systems, Network Maintenance and Administration, Systems Administration, E-mail, Help Desk Assistance, VoIP/VoSIP O&M, and Network Engineering.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY27 funding decrease to streamline WSMR IT Support contract.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds the WSMR IT Support contract which provides Tier II contractor support for Information Technology (IT) Systems, Network Maintenance and Administration, Systems Administration, E-mail, Help Desk Assistance, VoIP/VoSIP O&M, and Network Engineering.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** The Fort Bliss Network Enterprise Center (NEC) shall migrate users and services from the White Sands network to the Fort Bliss Network. Fort Bliss does not have enough storage and computing capacity to migrate all the Servers and User Data to Fort Bliss. The NEC requires additional storage and computing capacity to support these requirements. The system must integrate into the existing VMware platform, IFN architecture, and GFN architecture.

### Military Construction (MILCON) Mission Unique Equipment (MUE)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** No MUE funding needed for MILCON projects in FY27.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Funds will be used to procure and install mission essential equipment to support newly constructed projects in the MILCON program. Funding is essential to ensure new facilities have full operational capability to meet their intended purpose.

**FY2025 accomplishments.** Funds will be used to procure and install mission essential equipment to support newly constructed projects in the MILCON program. Funding is essential to ensure new facilities have full operational capability to meet their intended purpose.

## 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/0605601A.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0605601A project F30 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0605601A")`.

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