# NC3 Integration, Assessment, and Improvement

**R-2A activity** of project 674877 — NC3 Integration, Assessment, and Improvement  
**Program element:** 0606018F — NC3 Integration, Assessment, and Improvement  
**Component:** U.S. Air Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606018F/674877/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0606018F

## Summary

This activity requests $36.5M in FY2027, 100% of project 674877, down 7.8% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** NC3 weapon system integration efforts including, but not limited to: - Continue to implement test and evaluation certification program for NC3 WS - Continue to expand existing communication spectrum and cyber assessment test bed utilizing a phased approach - Continue to perform NC3 physics, communication and networking analysis - Continue to develop and evolve technical framework of the NC3 WS to meet mission threats of 2030 and beyond - Continue to conduct WS analysis, develop WS capability model, plan WS updates, and implement WS updates - Continue to evaluate options for system-of-system performance improvements within constraints of NC3 WS strategic vision and roadmap - Continue to expand capabilities related to analysis, modeling, simulation, visualization and prototyping of emerging NC3 technologies. - Continue to develop and implement AF NC3 WS program and materiel management control processes including risk management, configuration management, change management, supply chain management, maintenance data collection and reporting and NC3 WS health assessment application, integrated scheduling, change management, and budgeting and cost controls, etc. - Continue to expand capabilities supporting NC3 weapon system mission worthiness, cyber and intel health and risk assessments, reporting and issue resolution. - Continue to map out the NC3 WS supply chain and develop supply chain monitoring capability, supply chain supportability, and supply chain risk management - Continue to expand development of digital models across the NC program portfolio to measure and report capability impacts. - Continue to expand digital acquisition processes and methodologies across the NC portfolio of programs - Continue to develop and coordinate Operational Performance Criteria Document (OPCD) to support weapon system configuration element specs, test and evaluation, and assessment of weapon capabilities and limitations - Continue to establish authoritative intelligence community analysis for high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) - Continue to improve integration and interoperability of the NC3 WS - Continue to conduct WS risk, issue, and opportunity analysis, and mitigation/corrective action/pursuit plan development - Support the NC3 baseline integration into the Sentinel Weapon System Program, to include new equipment purchases and the transfer of Minuteman III (MMIII) NC3 equipment to the Sentinel Weapon System. - Complete NC3 Airborne Study to meet mission threats of 2030 and beyond.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 decrease due to re-baseline efforts. In addition Looking Glass - Next (PE 0302060F) has moved to a new PE accounting for the reduction from FY26 to FY27.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** NC3 weapon system integration efforts including, but not limited to: - Continue to implement test and evaluation certification program for NC3 WS - Continue to expand existing communication spectrum and cyber assessment test bed utilizing a phased approach - Continue to perform NC3 physics, communication and networking analysis - Continue to develop and evolve technical framework of the NC3 WS to meet mission threats of 2030 and beyond - Continue to conduct WS analysis, develop WS capability model, plan WS updates, and implement WS updates - Continue to evaluate options for system-of-system performance improvements within constraints of NC3 WS strategic vision and roadmap - Continue to expand capabilities related to analysis, modeling, simulation, visualization and prototyping of emerging NC3 technologies. - Continue to develop and implement AF NC3 WS program and materiel management control processes including risk management, configuration management, change management, supply chain management, maintenance data collection and reporting and NC3 WS health assessment application, integrated scheduling, change management, and budgeting and cost controls, etc. - Continue to expand capabilities supporting NC3 weapon system mission worthiness, cyber and intel health and risk assessments, reporting and issue resolution. - Continue to map out the NC3 WS supply chain and develop supply chain monitoring capability, supply chain supportability, and supply chain risk management - Continue to expand development of digital models across the NC program portfolio to measure and report capability impacts. - Continue to expand digital acquisition processes and methodologies across the NC portfolio of programs - Continue to develop and coordinate Operational Performance Criteria Document (OPCD) to support weapon system configuration element specs, test and evaluation, and assessment of weapon capabilities and limitations - Continue to establish authoritative intelligence community analysis for high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) - Continue to improve integration and interoperability of the NC3 WS - Continue to conduct WS risk, issue, and opportunity analysis, and mitigation/corrective action/pursuit plan development - Support the NC3 baseline integration into the Sentinel Weapon System Program, to include new equipment purchases and the transfer of Minuteman III (MMIII) NC3 equipment to the Sentinel Weapon System. - Conduct NC3 Airborne Study to meet mission threats of 2030 and beyond.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 21.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 39.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 36.5 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0606018F project 674877 (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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