# Counterspace Systems — Program Element 1206421SF

**Program element:** 1206421SF  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force  
**Appropriation:** 3620F — RDT&E, Space Force  
**Budget Activity:** 5 — System Development & Demonstration  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206421SF

## Summary

U.S. Space Force funding ramps 42% to a $43.7M request in FY2027 — the program's peak. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate added 183% (to $123.7M); House appropriators added 183% (to $123.7M). Mantech leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 43.7 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 43.7 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 123.7 | +80.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 123.7 | +80.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65A001 | Counter Satellite Communications System | 31.7 | 28.6 | 40.0 | +40% |
| 65A013 | BOUNTY HUNTER | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 | +69% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 65A001 — Counter Satellite Communications System

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.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** Mantech (2.5, 6.2%), NGMS (1.0, 2.4%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCS Pre-planned Product Improvement (P3I) Program | 15.2 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| Electromagnetic Warfare Threat Integration Program (EWTIP) | 16.5 | 24.6 | 30.0 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 65A013 — BOUNTY HUNTER

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.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** COLSA (1.8, 49%), USSF (1.4, 38%), AFLCMC/HNCP (0.3, 8.6%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bounty Hunter (BH) | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 16% | 7.0 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 6.2% | 2.7 |
| Other / unspecified | 78% | 34.0 |

**Top named industry performers:** Mantech ($2.5M, 5.7%), COLSA ($1.8M, 4.2%), USSF ($1.4M, 3.3%), NGMS ($1.0M, 2.2%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## 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.

## Related program elements

- [1203182SF — Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) Modernization](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1203182SF) (Space Force)
- [1206438SF — Space Control Technology](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206438SF) (Space Force)
- [0605512N — MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (MUSVs)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605512N) (Navy)
- [0605513N — Unmanned Surface Vehicle Enabling Capabilities](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605513N) (Navy)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 1206421SF (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206421SF")`.

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