# Project 650140 — COMSATCOM

**Program element:** 1206445SF — Commercial SATCOM (COMSATCOM) Integration  
**Project:** 650140  
**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/1206445SF/650140  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206445SF

## Summary

Project 650140 — COMSATCOM requests $68.6M in FY2027, 100% of the $68.6M requested for program element 1206445SF, down 46% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. RKF is the largest named R-3 performer at $16.0M, 23% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Space & Missile Warning/Tracking — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 119.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 127.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 68.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 71.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 72.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 73.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 75.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1206445SF; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 650140 buys

The backbone of Fighting SATCOM is a SATCOM EM&C capability for an Integrated SATCOM Enterprise. This is the foundation for SATCOM integration into an operational level Command and Control (C2) system that enables the end-to-end sensor-to-shooter execution serving to protect and defend, as well as theatre support missions for United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) and the Theater Combatant Commands. SATCOM EM&C applications will provide critical services to warfighters to facilitate timely, quality driven battlespace decisions for SATCOM allocation and use. The effort leverages a Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) platform to rapidly prototype and deliver EM&C mission applications enabling responsive, resilient SATCOM as prioritized by Space Operations Command (SpOC), Delta 8, SATCOM Integrated Operations Division (SIOD), and four Consolidated SATCOM Systems Experts (CSSEs). The four CSSEs cover Wideband, Narrowband, Protected, and Commercial SATCOM bands. SATCOM EM&C applications are delivered in capability categories identified in the DoW Chief Information Officer's (CIO) Enterprise SATCOM Management and Control (ESC-MC) Implementation Plan. Capabilities are incrementally developed using agile methodology and delivered into subsets identified in the DoW CIO's Implementation Plan, which will support the three imperatives (integrate data management, automate resource allocation, fuse situational awareness) and seven core capabilities (mobility and continuous communications, management common operating environment, enterprise SATCOM situational awareness/common operating picture, automated resource allocation, electromagnetic interference mitigation, continuity of operations, element/enterprise network interface) across the four SATCOM bands. In addition to USSF developed EM&C capabilities, USSF will demonstrate the onboarding of MEO commercial SATCOM services into the SATCOM architecture and Space Data Transport Force Design. The LUX MEO activity is an initial effort for the USSF to partner, explore, prototype, and integrate an international commercial SATCOM service into the DoW SATCOM enterprise. Demonstrations will include utilizing EM&C for provisioning and planning, usage of PTW over MEO Commercial SATCOM, and integration of PTES hubs into commercial satellite capable gateways.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Management Services.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| RKF | 16.0 | 23% |
| RIse8 | 9.2 | 13% |
| Linquest | 9.1 | 13% |
| FedTec | 8.7 | 13% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Integration of Fighting SATCOM (EM&C) | 58.9 | 64.7 | 68.6 | +6% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206445SF/650140/a0) |
| Commercial Integration Cell | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | −100% | — |
| International Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) SATCOM | 55.2 | 57.5 | 0.0 | −100% | — |

> 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.

### Enterprise Integration of Fighting SATCOM (EM&C)

Continues delivering software capabilities that align with the DoW CIO's Implementation Plan. EM&C's new Integrator continues integrating EM&C applications with JMT, WGS, and other ESC-MC applications. The AFWERX IDIQ vendor continues developing the remaining two software capability areas, in alignment with the SW-ICD, through FY27. The…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206445SF/650140/a0

### Commercial Integration Cell

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** In FY 2027, PE 1206445SF, COMSATCOM Integration, Project 650140 efforts will be transferred to PE 1203940SF, Space Situation Awareness Operations, in order to put the funds in the correct PE and Project.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Complete test and evaluation phase and begin implementation with a set of directed decision briefings and an implementation plan finalizing the way in which SpOC, S4S, COMSO and fielded forces will operate with respect to operational environment and threat sharing with Allies, partners, and private sector. Rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, risk reduction, prototyping, and activities that may leverage commercial, U.S. Government partnership, and international opportunities to respond to existing and emerging adversarial threats with speed and agility.

### International Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) SATCOM

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding decreased due to the completion of the mPOWER capacity program.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to procure commercial SATCOM services to continue to provide capabilities of international commercial Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) SATCOM. Activities to include but not limited to, program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, prototyping etc. Commercial SATCOM capability will provide operational satellite communications support to combatant commands and situational awareness necessary to effectively operate in a contested space communications domain. Rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to program office support, studies, technical analysis, experimentation, risk reduction, prototyping, and activities that may leverage commercial, U.S. Government partnership, and international opportunities to respond to existing and emerging adversarial threats with speed and agility.

## 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/1206445SF.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1206445SF project 650140 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206445SF")`.

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