What project S710 buys
This project provides for development, testing, and integration of specialized automation equipment to meet the unique requirements of Special Operations Forces (SOF). Specialized automation equipment will permit small, highly trained forces to conduct required operations across the entire spectrum of conflict. These operations are generally conducted in harsh environments, for unspecified periods and in locations requiring small unit autonomy. SOF must infiltrate by land, sea, and air to conduct unconventional warfare, direct action, or deep reconnaissance operations in denied areas against insurgent units, terrorists, or highly sophisticated threat forces. The requirement to operate in denied areas controlled by a sophisticated threat mandates that SOF systems remain technologically superior to threat forces to ensure mission success. The project also supports SOF mission planning and execution capabilities as well as initiatives to assure the interoperability and commonality of these capabilities across diverse air, ground and maritime systems.
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
Project S710 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 | 55.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 52.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 51.3 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 55.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 56.5 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 57.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 58.7 |
3 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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
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.
Continues investments in agile software developments to deliver quarterly software updates of Nyx, the next generation of aviation mission planning software, to SOF aviators. Delivers Nyx capability to support all aircraft within USSOCOM. Continues development and delivery of SOF-peculiar Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) software plug-ins to…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Continues development, evaluation, and integration of capabilities on TACLAN tactical edge platforms.
FY2026 to FY2027 change Increase of $0.120 million is due to increase in cross domain test article quantity.
FY2026 plans — current year Continue integration and testing of TACLAN FCD and Computing and Network Suite ETI. Integrate and test small form factor and low power GPU technology improvements and capability enhancements into the TACLAN suites.
FY2025 accomplishments Continue integration and testing of TACLAN Field Computing Device (FCD) Evolutionary Technology Insertion (ETI). Continue the development of Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) computing capabilities for integration and assessment of TACLAN suites.