What project 657106 buys
The program office is developing the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Ground (Project 657106) for Guardians across Missile Warning and Missile Tracking (MW/MT) mission area. As a result, the Service will advance space-based technology associated with Golden Dome, and deter, neutralize, defeat and/or destroy counterspace threats and defend the homeland. Next-Gen OPIR Ground, also known as Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE), consists of a modern Command and Control (C2) capability, modernization of Mission Data Processing (MDP) to implement an open framework and develop mission applications, required development and upgrades to Relay Ground Stations (RGS), to provide a modern survivable and endurable architecture to meet USSF current and future space domain needs. FORGE will provide the flexibility and scalability to integrate new satellites, sensors and capabilities more rapidly and efficiently in order to meet evolving threats and warfighter needs. The Next-Gen OPIR Ground efforts enable cyber enhancements for both space and ground systems. FORGE C2 will introduce infrastructure and common platform services, mission unique software such as Telemetry, Tracking, and Commanding (TT&C), and mission management to support initial Next-Gen OPIR Space satellite launches without driving risk into the FORGE development schedule. The program has established a risk reduction ground capability, Next-Gen OPIR Interim Operations (NIO), based on a limited Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Block 20 solution. The FORGE program was designated as a Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP) on 30 July 2025. The total cost of the FORGE SWP effort is 2,930.62 million. The RGS development and fielding is not contained in the SWP effort, as it consists of stand-alone Acquisition Category (ACAT). The FORGE SWP is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Next-Gen OPIR Ground system capability.
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- Management Services
Project 657106 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.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 500.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 348.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 651.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 490.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 375.6 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 225.7 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 90.0 |
5 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describe FY2027 work in enough detail to have their own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Complete integration of FORGE Applications onto the FORGE Framework for SBIRS ITW/AA Strategic Missile Warning data processing. Complete final system level integration and testing of mission data processing thrust area (EOS, MDPAP, and SSP) for SBIRS and NGG transition to operations on FORGE. Further develop the DevSecOps pipeline to be…
Read the FY2027 plan →Integrate the mission unique software needed for C2, and sensor specific processing for NGG. Continue integration of multiple mission data processing applications onto the FORGE framework to support NGG-1 operations, NGG-2 launch.
Read the FY2027 plan →Finalize work on the FORGE Command and Control (FC2) prototype to integrate Mission Management, Ground Resource Control Management, and user interface software. Develop and integrate Next Generation GEO (NGG) and legacy SBIRS Mission Unique Software (MUS) and Mission Unique Applications (MUA) in FY 2027.
Read the FY2027 plan →Complete RGS-S and RGS-UK antenna procurement and communication equipment testing. Ship antennas, communication and cryptological equipment to Schriever SFB and RAF Croughton. Finish RGS-S and RGS-UK design for support facilities and infrastructure construction of communication shelters and ring walls.
Read the FY2027 plan →Complete Integration of communication and cryptological equipment at Camp Blaz, Guam. Deliver and Integrate mission unique hardware for Next Generation Consolidated Relay Ground Station (CRGS) and complete integration testing. Complete of Facilities and Infrastructure build, completion of Antenna build and installation at RGS-A, and…
Read the FY2027 plan →Named performers on project 657106
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.