# Project 624866 — Lasers & Imaging Technology

**Program element:** 1206601SF — Space Technology  
**Project:** 624866  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force  
**Appropriation:** 3620F — RDT&E, Space Force  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/624866  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF

## Summary

Project 624866 — Lasers & Imaging Technology requests $40.6M in FY2027, 17% of the $234.2M requested for program element 1206601SF, up 11% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 36.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 39.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 40.4 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 41.3 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 42.1 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1206601SF; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 624866 buys

This project conducts research advancing ground-based optical space domain awareness, techniques to counter laser threats to space craft, and laser applications towards ground-to-space quantum communication.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electro-Optic Space Domain Awareness and Satellite Security | 28.6 | 36.6 | 40.6 | +11% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/624866/a0) |

> 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.

### Electro-Optic Space Domain Awareness and Satellite Security

Continue: - Mature component technologies for 24/7 optical and infrared imaging of near-earth and geosynchronous resident space objects enabling tactically-responsive change detection and characterization to include the detection and tracking of small objects in very-close proximity to high-value geosynchronous assets using ground-based…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206601SF/624866/a0

## 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/1206601SF.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1206601SF project 624866 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206601SF")`.

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