Project 65A001
$40.0MFY2027 request ▲ 40%Counter Satellite Communications System
FY2025 actual$31.7M
FY2026 enacted$28.6M
FY2027 request$40.0M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
FY2027 Request
$43.7M
▲ 42% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$30.8M
▼ 8.8% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$33.8M
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 $43.7M for Counterspace Systems under RDT&E program element 1206421SF, up 42% over FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 33.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 30.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 43.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 35.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 35.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 36.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 37.2 |
Where it sits
Acquisition lifecycle
This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 5 — System Development & Demonstration.
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 1206421SF
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 42% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.
Project 65A013
$3.7MFY2027 request ▲ 69%BOUNTY HUNTER
FY2025 actual$2.1M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$3.7M
Product DevelopmentSupportManagement Services
Congressional action
Congressional marks
Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.
RequestPresident's Budget
$43.7M
House NDAA (HASC)HASC
$43.7M full · +$0
Senate NDAA (SASC)SASC
$123.7M +$80.0M · +183%
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$123.7M +$80.0M · +183%
▲ $80.0M chamber gap — unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Who's building it
Where the FY2027 request goes
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit, resolved into industry, government-lab, and unspecified shares. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
Mantech
$2.5M · 5.7%
COLSA
$1.8M · 4.2%
| Where FY2027 funding flows | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 16% | 7.0 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 6.2% | 2.7 |
| Other / unspecified | 78% | 34.0 |
| FY2027 request | 100% | 43.7 |
Program detail
Mission & acquisition strategy
Space Systems Command (SSC) / Mission Delta-3 (MD-3) is developing, operating, prototyping, and executing the Counter Satellite Communications System (CCS) (Project 65A001) and the BOUNTY HUNTER program (Project 65A013) for Guardians across the combat power mission area. As a result, the Service will deter, neutralize, defeat and/or destroy counterspace threats and defend the space domain. Both of these programs fall within the Combat Power mission area which provides the systems required to protect and defend space-based capabilities and ensure space superiority by enabling and executing combat operations in space.
The Electromagnetic Warfare Threat Integration Program (EWTIP), formerly called the Counter Satellite Communications System (CCS) Emerging Threat Integration Program (CETIP), acquisition will be awarded using competitive procedures and existing contracts when applicable to upgrade existing capabilities, as well as, to acquire next-generation capabilities through incremental acquisitions.
Project 65A001, 65A013 — Counter Satellite Communications System
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services
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FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 1206421SF (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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/programs/1206421SF.md · MCP mcp.hitchintel.com → budget_get_program_element, budget_get_cong_marksFY2027 Request
$40.0M
▲ 40% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$28.6M
▼ 9.5% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$31.7M
Prior year
Counter Satellite Communications System — one RDT&E project inside PE 1206421SF. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 65A001 — Counter Satellite Communications System — requests $40.0M in FY2027, 92% of the $43.7M requested for program element 1206421SF. Year over year it grows 40% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 65A001 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 31.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 28.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 31.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 31.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 32.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 33.1 |
Inside the project
2 accomplishments / planned programs
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. Opening lines only here — the full year-by-year narrative is on the project page.
CCS Pre-planned Product Improvement (P3I) Program▲ 150%
FY2025 actual$15.2M
FY2026 enacted$4.0M
FY2027 request$10.0M
Classified effort; further information available upon request and need to know.
FY2025 actual$16.5M
FY2026 enacted$24.6M
FY2027 request$30.0M
-Continue studies for up to three mission techniques with options for development and start studies for new mission techniques as directed. -Begin development of selected mission techniques following successful studies. -Increase Space EW capabilities through increased EW effects, integration of cognitive EW techniques, increased mission…
Read the FY2027 plan →Who's building it
Named performers on project 65A001
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
Mantech
$2.5M · 6.2%
NGMS
$1.0M · 2.4%
Project detail
What project 65A001 buys
Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM), April 24th 2009, directed all capabilities identified in the Oct 4th 2006 Counter Satellite Communications System (CCS) Block 20, Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved Capability Development Document (CDD) shall be accomplished as Pre-planned Product Improvement Program (P3I) upgrades to the CCS Block 10. On April 11th 2016, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) signed and updated the ADM adding additional responsibility for CCS Block 10.3 Meadowlands.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services
FY2027 Request
$3.7M
▲ 69% vs FY2026
FY2026 Enacted
$2.2M
▲ 3.1% vs FY2025
FY2025 Actual
$2.1M
Prior year
BOUNTY HUNTER — one RDT&E project inside PE 1206421SF. Congressional marks are recorded on the program element, not on a project.
Project 65A013 — BOUNTY HUNTER — requests $3.7M in FY2027, 8.5% of the $43.7M requested for program element 1206421SF. Year over year it grows 69% against FY2026.
Funding trajectory
Project 65A013 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 2.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 3.7 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 3.8 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 3.9 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.1 |
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.
Bounty Hunter (BH)▲ 69%
FY2025 actual$2.1M
FY2026 enacted$2.2M
FY2027 request$3.7M
FY2027 planned work Execute the program Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) plan for system upgrades and smaller form factor systems can be forward deployed to develop a mesh network by means of remote operations across all BH systems within the fleet. Development activities/efforts include, but are not limited to, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, and prototyping. Further, FY 2027 development focuses on continued effort to automate BH capabilities through machine learning to reduce the operational manning of the deployed systems, as well as, exploring an operational concept to expand over the horizon capacities. Rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness…
FY2026 to FY2027 change FY2027 increased due to increase for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) supports integration and utilization of Machine Learning as the primary technique to conduct signal processing within the Bounty Hunter (BH) system and ultimately the BH fleet. This technique is anticipated to reduce manning requirements and accelerate the response time in mission execution taskings for the forward and remotely deployed BH systems.
FY2026 plans — current year -Continue to execute the programs RDT&E plan for system upgrades by focusing efforts towards: -Establishing a potentially unmanned system and/or reducing crew -Establishing a small form factor system that can be remotely deployed -Establishing a mesh network to integrate all remote operations across the BH systems fleet -Continuing automation of BH system processing utilizing machine learning -Other development efforts will be including, but are not limited to, program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, and prototyping.
Who's building it
Named performers on project 65A013
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.
COLSA
$1.8M · 49%
USSF
$1.4M · 38%
AFLCMC/HNCP
$0.3M · 8.6%
Project detail
What project 65A013 buys
BOUNTY HUNTER (BH) is a ground-based, deployable, tactical space Electromagnetic Warfare System (EWS) that provides satellite communication (SATCOM), geolocation and interference detection capabilities to support the Defensive Space Control of United States (US) systems in a specific Area of Responsibility (AOR). BH provides the capability to monitor, detect, characterize and geolocate friendly and unfriendly electromagnetic interference (EMI) across multiple radio frequency bands in support of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems by US Joint Forces. Continuing annual agile development is needed to meet new user needs in an ever-changing threat environment. In FY2025, the program management office of BOUNTY HUNTER began the realignment from the United States Air Force to the United States Space Force. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver BOUNTY HUNTER for emergent or unanticipated weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program 0605829F. In PY 2025 0.061 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program, and in CY 2026 0.00 forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program. FY2027 funding is to integrate Defensive Cyber Operations - Space (DCO-S) into BOUNTY HUNTER. DCO-S is a coordinated act of resistance that guards information, systems, and networks from cyber - attacks by implementing protective procedures such as firewalls, network detection and response (NDR), endpoint detection and response (EDR) to identify, analyze, and report incidents that occur within a network, as apart of DCO-S which protects space-based systems and supports the Cyber Flag-Full Spectrum (CF-FS) process enabling the integration of cyber defense operations to defend against cyber threats and protect critical space-based infrastructure.
R-3 lines of work
- Product Development
- Support
- Management Services