# Project 65A001 — Counter Satellite Communications System

**Program element:** 1206421SF — Counterspace Systems  
**Project:** 65A001  
**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/65A001  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206421SF

## Summary

Project 65A001 — Counter Satellite Communications System requests $40.0M in FY2027, 92% of the $43.7M requested for program element 1206421SF, up 40% on FY2026. 2 R-2A activities decompose the request. Mantech is the largest named R-3 performer at $2.5M, 6.2% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1206421SF; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| Mantech | 2.5 | 6.2% |
| NGMS | 1.0 | 2.4% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 2

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electromagnetic Warfare Threat Integration Program (EWTIP) | 16.5 | 24.6 | 30.0 | +22% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206421SF/65A001/a1) |
| CCS Pre-planned Product Improvement (P3I) Program | 15.2 | 4.0 | 10.0 | +150% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Electromagnetic Warfare Threat Integration Program (EWTIP)

-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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206421SF/65A001/a1

### CCS Pre-planned Product Improvement (P3I) Program

**FY2027 planned work.** Classified effort; further information available upon request and need to know.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increased due to a classified effort.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue ICS.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206421SF.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1206421SF project 65A001 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206421SF")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*