RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Family of Advanced BLoS Terminals (FAB-T)

PE 1203001SF·U.S. Space Force·Approp. 3620F — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
Space Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Space Force funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027.

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$0.3M
▼ 88% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.6M
Prior year

Roll-up of 2 projects. Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it.

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Space Force is requesting $0.0M for Family of Advanced BLoS Terminals (FAB-T) under RDT&E program element 1203001SF, down 100% from FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, 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.

02.6FY25ACTUAL0.3FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual2.6
FY2026Enacted0.3
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

2 projects roll up into PE 1203001SF

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

Activities funded in this program element continue to pay for AN/USQ-225 integration into multiple legacy systems, other ongoing NC3 acquisition programs, and future capabilities for the overall AF NC3 WS. The Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) - Command Post Terminal (CPT), Presidential and National Voice Conferencing (PNVC) Integrator, and Force Element Terminal (FET) programs - transitioned from AFPEO/SP to AFPEO/NC3 effective December 2018.

FAB-T FET Acquisition Strategy: Per the Acquisition Strategy Panel briefed to SAF/AQ on February 7, 2019, FAB-T FET pursued a Rapid Prototyping development Middle Tier Acquisition approach of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016. This Rapid Prototyping program enabled FAB-T FET to accelerate the nominal program development timeline in support of an accelerated USSTRATCOM-requested Initial Operating Capability. FAB-T FET awarded a development effort on January 16, 2020 to develop, build, and test prototypes and test terminals. This Rapid Prototyping effort enabled FAB-T FET to develop, install, and obtain test data from early B-52 FAB-T FET prototypes which will also have residual operations capability.

Project 673035, 673040 — Presidential and National Voice Conferencing
  • Product Development
  • Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 1203001SF (President's Budget PB2027).
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FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$0.3M
▼ 85% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.0M
Prior year

Presidential and National Voice Conferencing — one RDT&E project inside PE 1203001SF. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 673035 — Presidential and National Voice Conferencing — requests $0.0M in FY2027. Year over year it falls 100% against FY2026.

Funding trajectory

Project 673035 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.

02.0FY25ACTUAL0.3FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual2.0
FY2026Enacted0.3
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

PNVC Integrator▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$2.0M
FY2026 enacted$0.3M
FY2027 request$0.0M

FY2027 planned work In FY 2027 the PNVC Integrator transfers to the Air Force (PE 0303131F, Project 673035, Appropriation 3600), refer to it FY2027 Plans.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease due to FY 2027 transfer to the Air Force (PE 0303131F, Project 673035, Appropriation 3600).

FY2026 plans — current year The PNVC Integrator will continue to conduct integration and checkout activities and training at remaining operational sites world-wide and continue to work closely with the applicable sustainment organizations, as they make their preparations for becoming responsible for PNVC sustainment, engineering, and maintenance. PNVC Integrator activities will include, but are not limited, to program office support, test execution, deficiency resolution, logistics and sustainment support planning, component product support, risk reduction activities, technical analysis and studies, platform integration and support at final locations, and integration of laboratory support. PNVC will continue to…

Project detail

What project 673035 buys

The Presidential and National Voice Conferencing (PNVC) Integrator project is a critical element of the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) System. PNVC integrator replaces the Survivable Emergency Conferencing Network (SECN) capability, and will provide anti-jam, anti-scintillation, survivable, and enduring voice communications via Milstar, Advanced EHF, and ESS satellite constellations for national and strategic users. There are several components being developed, procured and updated by other organizations that must be synchronized to expeditiously field this capability. The PNVC Integrator is responsible for end-to-end integration of these components, to include requirements traceability, end-to-end system testing, configuration and checkout activities, training and technical manuals, network transition support, identification of deficiencies in overall PNVC system capability, enterprise, and life cycle support for PNVC components. The AFPEO/SP approved entry into the acquisition life-cycle as a post MS-A Acquisition Category (ACAT) III Program of Record in January 2016. In March 2019 the AFPEO/NC3 declared the PNVC Integrator an ACAT II Program based on updated approved budget request. Starting in December 2018 PNVC Integrator became responsible for the funding requests of all program elements related to the Defense Information Systems and Agency (DISA) components of the PNVC System in accordance with FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Sec. 1661. In October 2021, PNVC completed Milestone B/C.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Management Services
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
No FY2026 funding
FY2026 Enacted
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$0.6M
Prior year

Force Element Terminal — one RDT&E project inside PE 1203001SF. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.

Project 673040 — Force Element Terminal — requests $0.0M in FY2027.

Funding trajectory

Project 673040 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.

00.6FY25ACTUAL0.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual0.6
FY2026Enacted0.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Inside the project

1 accomplishment / planned program

The R-2A exhibit. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan — and they are descriptive: coverage is partial and they do not always add back to the project, so count them, never total them.

FAB-T FET
FY2025 actual$0.6M
FY2026 enacted$0.0M
FY2027 request$0.0M
Project detail

What project 673040 buys

The FAB-T - Force Element Terminal (FAB-T FET) program replaces the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Milstar terminal and provides secure, protected, and survivable communications for the strategic warfighter through airborne-based Military Satellite Communication (MILSATCOM) terminals. The FAB-T FET will provide worldwide nuclear and non-nuclear, survivable, anti-jam Low Probability of Detect (LPD)/ Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) data and voice communications. The FAB-T FET will be interoperable with Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), Enhanced Polar Systems - Recapitalization (EPS-R), and satellite constellations utilizing waveforms and will be installed on the B-52 aircraft (threshold). FAB-T FET was designated as a Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) in February 2019 and is expected to be designated as Major Capability Acquisition at Milestone C.

R-3 lines of work
  • Product Development
  • Test and Evaluation