RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

SMC Civilian Pay

PE 1206398SF·U.S. Space Force·Approp. 3620F — RDT&E·BA6 — RDT&E Management Support
FY2027 Request
$13.7M
Space Force · RDT&E
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U.S. Space Force requests $13.7M in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

FY2027 Request
$13.7M
▼ 11% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$15.4M
▲ 19% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$12.9M
Prior year

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Space Force is requesting $13.7M for SMC Civilian Pay under RDT&E program element 1206398SF, down 11% 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.

012.9FY25ACTUAL15.4FY26ENACTED13.7FY27REQUEST14.0FY2814.3FY2914.4FY3014.7FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual12.9
FY2026Enacted15.4
FY2027Request13.7
FY2028Outyear14.0
FY2029Outyear14.3
FY2030Outyear14.4
FY2031Outyear14.7
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 6 — RDT&E Management Support.

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

1 project rolls up into PE 1206398SF

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 -11% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project 664280

SMC Civilian Pay

$13.7MFY2027 request ▼ 11%
FY2025 actual$12.9M
FY2026 enacted$15.4M
FY2027 request$13.7M

The Space Systems Command (SSC) equips US and allied forces with operational space and missile systems, launch systems, and command and control infrastructure in support of global military and national security operations. SSC operates with over 6,300 people and an annual budget exceeding 6.4B providing joint warfighters navigation, communication, weather, warning, force application, and space control capabilities. Program Element 1206398SF, Project: 664280 Space Systems Command - Major Headquarters Activities (MHA) was established to improve overall performance, strengthen business operations, and achieve efficiencies, effectives and cost savings that can be transferred to higher priority needs. PE adds approximately 80 acquisition professionals. In FY 2027 13.717 is forecasted to expense for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program falls within the Enterprise Management & Information Technology mission area. Enterprise Management provides the personnel and infrastructure required to manage USSF headquarters functions at the service and field command levels, including the Space Service Acquisition Executive for Space Systems and Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration, the Office of the Chief of Space Operations (OCSO), the Space Staff, and Secretariat. Information Technology includes the IT infrastructure required for the USSF to acquire, sustain, and operate its assets. Space Force investment program interdependencies include: RDT&E Budget Line Items: Acq Workforce - Space & Missile Sys (1206392SF);Space & Missile Systems Center - MHA (1206398SF); Space Security and Defense Program (1206730SF); Space Warfighting Analysis (1203622SF); Service Wide Support (1201212SF); 1206399SF (SSC Enterprise & Integration; Commercial Services (1206771SF); and elements of Procurement Budget Line Items: USSF Vehicles (SFV000); General Information Tech - Space (GNRLIT) This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
SSC - Major Headquarters Activities▼ 11%
FY2025 actual$12.9M
FY2026 enacted$15.4M
FY2027 request$13.7M

FY2027 planned work Provide professional government civilian acquisition workforce in support of all Space Systems Command Management Headquarters Activities.

FY2026 to FY2027 change Decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 due to Civ Pay reprice.

FY2026 plans — current year Provide professional government civilian acquisition workforce in support of all Space Systems Command Management Headquarters Activities.

Congressional action

Congressional marks

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$13.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$13.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$13.7M full · +$0
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$13.7M full · +$0
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 1206398SF (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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