# EM Data as a Service

**R-2A activity** of project 643730 — EO/IR Weather System Dev  
**Program element:** 1203710SF — EO/IR Weather System Dev  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203710SF/643730/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203710SF

> **NEW START.** $37.5M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $37.5M in FY2027, 26% of project 643730 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. 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.** The EM DaaS effort continues the Muon SBEM variant contract, which transferred from the EWS Major Thrust in FY 2026. The FY 2027 Muon SBEM variant satellite effort will launch two satellites for DoW weather center suitability assessment. The EM DaaS program will mature technologies through commercially funded on-orbit demonstrations, modify ground processing algorithms for DoW Weather Center models and assess on-orbit data for operational suitability.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increase reflects the transfer of the Muon SBEM variant demonstration effort previously executed from the EWS FY26 Major Thrust of this program element. Includes maturing and integrating commercial EM capabilities, including on-orbit demonstrations and integration with DoW Weather Center models.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The efforts described in the description are funded in the 'Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS)' major thrust within this program element in FY 2026, and will transfer to 'EM Data as a Service' in FY 2027.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 37.5 |

> 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 643730

- [Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203710SF/643730/a0) — FY2027 69.0
- [Commercial GEO EO/IR](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203710SF/643730/a2) — FY2027 37.9

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1203710SF project 643730 (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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