# ICADS 7

**R-2A activity** of project 672808 — Nuc Detonation Det Sys (sensors)  
**Program element:** 1203913SF — Nuc Detonation Det Sys (sensors)  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203913SF/672808/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203913SF

## Summary

This activity requests $84.5M in FY2027, 74% of project 672808, up 14% on FY2026. 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.** Continue software development work for ICADS 7, finalize test planning, and start formal test campaign. The development activities are a continuation of planned contractor iteration reviews and deliveries of hardware and software. Additional system integration and checkout is also planned during this time in order to support testing and ensure final system delivery is operationally ready. This period includes any remaining test planning work needed to support upcoming activities. Formal Government test will also start in FY 2027 for Developmental Test (DT).

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increased due to required development, incremental delivery of hardware and software, defensive cyber integration, and commencement of test campaign.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue ICADS 7 development during the EMD phase, including closeout of CDR action items. Maintain development of new cryptographic NDU along with preparation for certification of the devices. Program will focus on completing software development and begin efforts towards integration and preliminary system level testing. Deliver hardware to support the USNDS payloads on GPS IIIF SVs, continued systems engineering and test planning for GPS IIIF Mission Readiness Campaign, GPS IIIF Early Integration to include signal verification/data processing, on-orbit USNDS sensor integration, and Functional Configuration Audit/Physical Configuration Audit. Ensure commonality across ICADS testbeds and planned ICADS 7 operational systems, ground modifications to USNDS sensor payload command plans for GPS IIIF. Rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, prototyping, and activities that may leverage commercial and international opportunities.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 82.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 73.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 84.5 |

> 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 672808

- [Integration with SBIRS S2E2 Mobile Ground Terminals (SMGTs)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203913SF/672808/a0) — FY2027 29.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1203913SF project 672808 (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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