# CEC SYSTEM HARDWARE MODERNIZATION

**R-2A activity** of project 3240 — CEC Increment II  
**Program element:** 0607658N — Cooperative Engagement Capability  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607658N/3240/a6  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607658N/3240

## Summary

This activity requests $18.9M in FY2027, 30% of project 3240, up 55% 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.** Develop and mature prototype CEC system antenna waveform and communications technologies and architectures to be incorporated into future CEC system hardware including the Signal Data Processor and antenna. CEC system hardware modernization is required to provide increased waveform and communications technologies that support data rates necessary to meet CEC Increment 2 requirements in the CDD for CEC BLK III and beyond.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase is due to end of CEC BLK II efforts and transition from CEC BLK II to BLK III efforts. CEC Hardware Modernization efforts are required to support continued CEC Increment II capability development outlined in the CEC Increment II CDD as well as continued CEC system production and sustainment. In FY27 this includes completion and qualification of Engineering Development Models (EDM) and data packages for CEC Signal Data Processor (SDP)-008 and Planar Array Antenna Assembly (PAAA)-Advanced.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Develop and mature prototype CEC system antenna waveform and communications technologies and architectures to be incorporated into future CEC system hardware including the Signal Data Processor and antenna. CEC system hardware modernization is required to provide increased waveform and communications technologies that support data rates necessary to meet CEC Increment 2 requirements in the CDD for CEC BLK III and beyond.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.9 |

> 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.

## Other activities in project 3240

- [CEC INC II HW & SW INTEGRATION](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0607658N/3240/a7) — FY2027 15.0
- BLK III SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT — FY2027 14.9
- CRYPTO MODERNIZATION — FY2027 5.4
- NIFC Passive — FY2027 4.8
- NIFC HYPERSONIC — FY2027 3.1
- FIRECAPE — FY2027 0.0
- ELEKTRA — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0607658N project 3240 (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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