# Project S700 — Communications Equipment and Electronics Systems

**Program element:** 1160431BB — Warrior Systems  
**Project:** S700  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S700  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB

## Summary

Project S700 — Communications Equipment and Electronics Systems requests $148.3M in FY2027, 34% of the $435.1M requested for program element 1160431BB, up 39% on FY2026. 4 R-2A activities decompose the request, 1 new this cycle.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1160431BB; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Test and Evaluation.

## Activities (R-2A) — 4

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Command System/Common Operational Picture (MCS/COP), Program Number 841 | 23.8 | 57.1 | 70.6 | +24% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S700/a1) |
| Classified Program(s) | 55.7 | 42.2 | 54.5 | +29% | — |
| Digital Common Core Capabilities (DC3) | 0.0 | — | 15.6 | new | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S700/a2) |
| Satellite Deployable Node (SDN), Program Number 757 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | +4% | — |

> 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.

### Mission Command System/Common Operational Picture (MCS/COP), Program Number 841

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S700/a1

### Classified Program(s)

**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.

### Digital Common Core Capabilities (DC3) — NEW START

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1160431BB/S700/a2

### Satellite Deployable Node (SDN), Program Number 757

**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.

## 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/1160431BB.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1160431BB project S700 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1160431BB")`.

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