What the FY2027 request buys
Verbatim from the R-2A exhibit for project 643729 of PE 1206410SF. This is the budget justification's own description of work that has not happened yet — the one thing no other level of the budget carries.
Tranche 0 - Conduct residual experimentation in support of PWSA Risk Reduction. Tranche 1 - Sustain and continue automation of ground mission management, network management, enterprise system management capabilities to support Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) operations. - Maintain Operation Centers, ground networks, and ground terminal equipment to support Tranche 1 test and operations. - Maintain development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) pipeline to support integrated Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment from the ground operations centers. - Maintain a trained workforce of space vehicle and ground system operators for PWSA Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) mission operations. - Complete PWSA system level developmental test activities and continue operational test activities. - Maintain system connectivity and continue to onboard PWSA users and tasking authorities to support continued Transport test operations. - Operate and maintain the BMC3 Ecosystem including the ground and space components. - Maintain the Application Factory for the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Layer. - Continue design and development of BMC3 Applications to provide enhanced mission services, system automation, and data fusion capabilities in support of evolving warfighter priorities. Tranche 2 - Continue to build out foundational modeling, simulation, and digital engineering tools to enable dynamic modeling for future architecture growth of the PWSA. - Continue development of the PWSA Ground Segment and deliver functional baseline to support Tranche 2 (T2) launches. - Continue implementation of extensions and additional capabilities required in SDA Operations Centers for ground command and control of T2 assets. - Continue to train operators for PWSA Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) mission operations. - Continue development and maintenance of BMC3 Application Factory expansion. - Complete site modifications, terminal installation, and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) baseline network connectivity, and test and checkout for remaining T2 PWSA ground sites. - Sustain and continue automation of ground mission management, network management, enterprise system management capabilities to support Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) operations. - Maintain Operation Centers, ground networks, and ground terminal equipment to support T2 test and operations. - Maintain development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) pipeline to support integrated Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment from the ground operations centers. - Maintain a trained workforce of space vehicle and ground system operators for PWSA Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) mission operations. - Complete PWSA system level developmental test activities and continue operational test activities. - Maintain system connectivity and continue to onboard PWSA users and tasking authorities to support continued Transport test operations. - Continue design and development of BMC3 Applications to provide enhanced mission services, system automation, and data fusion capabilities in support of evolving warfighter priorities. Tranche 3 - Continue Ground Entry Point (GEP) global footprint expansion in support of Tranche 3 (T3) launches. - Continue development of the PWSA Ground Segment and capability delivery in support of T3. - Continue PWSA ground segment evolution, enhancing PWSA framework capabilities for future Tranches. - Continue expansion of the BMC3 Application Factory, Follow-on Tranche Activity - Continue to build out foundational modeling, simulation, and digital engineering tools to enable dynamic modeling for future architecture growth of the PWSA. - Continue development of the PWSA Ground Segment and deliver functional baseline to support follow-on Tranches. - Continue implementation of extensions and additional capabilities required in SDA Operations Centers for ground command and control support to follow-on Tranches. Advanced Fire Control (AFC) - Perform integration testing between Gamma space vehicles and the Technology Acceleration Center (TAC)'s Demonstration Operations Center (DOC). - Continue AFC Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) effort to provide a common, enduring ground infrastructure and resources to minimize cost and complexity for AFC space vehicle demonstration and experimentation programs. - Expand Operation Centers capabilities to support custody related mission areas.
FY 2027 decreases from FY 2026 to support sustainment of Tranche 1 capabilities, Tranche 2 launch and sustainment, and continued ground support activities.
FY2026: the year under way
Prior-year accomplishments and current-year plans from the same exhibit. Context for the FY2027 plan, not a series — an activity partitions its project exactly in the request year, but can under-cover it in earlier years.
Tranche 0 - Continue to conduct post-Capstone demonstrations and experimentations with warfighters. Tranche 1 - Complete site modifications, terminal installation, and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) network connectivity, and test and checkout for remaining Tranche 1 PWSA ground sites. - Sustain and continue automation of ground mission management, network management, enterprise system management capabilities to support Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) operations. - Maintain Operation Centers, ground networks, and ground terminal equipment to support Tranche 1 test and operations. - Maintain development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) pipeline to support integrated Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment from the ground operations centers. - Maintain a trained workforce of space vehicle and ground system operators for PWSA Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) mission operations. - Complete PWSA system level developmental test activities and continue operational test activities. - Maintain system connectivity and continue to onboard PWSA users and tasking authorities to support continued Transport test operations. - Operate and maintain the BMC3 Ecosystem including the ground and space components. - Maintain the Application Factory for the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) Layer. - Continue design and development of BMC3 Applications to provide enhanced mission services, system automation, and data fusion capabilities in support of evolving warfighter priorities. Tranche 2 - Continue to build out foundational modeling, simulation, and digital engineering tools to enable dynamic modeling for future architecture growth of the PWSA. - Complete expansion of ground communication terminal network to support full PWSA capabilities. - Continue development of the PWSA Ground Segment and deliver functional baseline to support Tranche 2 (T2) launches. - Continue implementation of extensions and additional capabilities required in SDA Operations Centers for ground command and control of T2 assets. - Train operators for PWSA Government Owned, Contractor Operated (GOCO) mission operations. - Complete development of the Technology Acceleration Center (TAC), which includes the Satellite Support Facility (SSF), and ensure full PWSA Ground Segment integration in support of Tranche 2 launches and checkout activities. - Continue development of BMC3 Application Factory expansion. - Complete interoperability testing in support of T2 capabilities. Tranche 3 - Expand Ground Entry Point (GEP) global footprint in preparation for launch of Tranche 3 (T3) space vehicles. - Continue development of the PWSA Ground Segment in support of T3. - Initiate PWSA ground segment evolution, enhancing PWSA framework capabilities for future Tranches. - Initiate continued expansion of the BMC3 Application Factory, building upon prior development efforts. Advanced Fire Control - Complete facility and network construction for the Demonstration Operations Center (DOC) to support demonstrations. - Perform integration testing between Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) space vehicles and the DOC. - Continue AFC Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) effort to provide a common, enduring ground infrastructure and resources to minimize cost and complexity for AFC space vehicle demonstration and experimentation programs. - Finalize TAC development delivering the Operational AFC Ground Operations Center. - Expand Operation Centers capabilities to support custody related mission areas.
Three years, and no five-year plan
An R-2A activity publishes the prior year, the current year and the budget year. The FYDP outyears exist at project and program-element level and are deliberately absent here rather than inferred. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 262.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 391.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 172.3 |
This activity is 100% of project 643729's FY2027 request and 14% of PE 1206410SF's. In the request year the activities under a project sum to it exactly; in the current year they under-cover it in about 9% of cases, so an activity's delta can legitimately exceed its parent's and the two must not be compared row to row.
1 activity in project 643729
Every R-2A line of this project, largest FY2027 request first. Linked where the activity has enough of its own narrative to carry a page; the rest are shown in full on the project page.