What project S700 buys
This project provides for communication systems to meet emergent requirements to support SOF. Communications Equipment and Electronics Systems is a continuing effort to develop smaller, lighter, more efficient and more robust SOF command, control, communications, and computer (C4) capabilities. The USSOCOM C4 systems comprise an integrated network of systems providing positive command and control and the timely exchange of information to all organizational echelons. The C4 systems that support this new architecture employ the latest standards and technology by transitioning from separate systems to full integration within the Global Information Grid (GIG). The GIG is a multitude of existing and projected national assets that allows SOF elements to operate with any force combination in multiple environments.
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
Project S700 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 84.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 106.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 148.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 161.9 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 142.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 146.2 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 154.3 |
4 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. 2 of them describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Heavy focus will be in scaling and stabilizing MCS/COP capabilities at the edge, enhancing data connections to strategic echelons, and increasing the SOF value proposition to the Joint Force through generation of data insights only available through SOF's unique placement and access in priority geographic locations with mission partner…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Details provided under separate cover.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Details provided under separate cover.
FY2026 plans — current year Details provided under separate cover.
FY2025 accomplishments Details provided under separate cover.
Scales the cloud-based, DevSecOps Platform to the SOF Enterprise to support technologists rapidly developing, securing, and operating software applications on unclassified and classified echelons. Enhances data pipeline and architecture development for the SOF Data Fabric, to connect siloed data sources on disparate networks, enabling…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continues all major FY 2026 program efforts with a continued focus on LEO satellite services and next-gen terminals capable of operating on multi-orbits.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.283 million supports next-gen multi-orbit test articles.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue all major FY 2025 program efforts with a heavy focus on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services and next-gen terminals capable of operating on multi-orbits, as well as development of a low-cost baseband providing a significant decrease in Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) as well as increase in modularity.
FY2025 accomplishments Continued assessments, tests, and evaluations for wide-band COTM maritime, ground mobile, and airborne technologies. Continued assessments in SWAP reduction across all SDN systems. Continued evaluation of HTS constellations and terminals. Continued evaluation of resilience of systems in a degraded communications environment.