What project 643726 buys
Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) over Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is expected in FY 2027. IOC will be achieved through Joint Hub (JH) installation at two WGS teleport sites at separate locations, which utilize one WGS satellite, in addition to nominal operations using the PTES Mission Management System (MMS) and Key Management System (KMS). Full Operational Capability (FOC) is projected for FY 2028, at which time PTES will provide worldwide PTW operations using JHs installed in at least eight different WGS teleport sites and utilizing ten WGS satellites. Research, Development, Test & Evaluation funding is required for continued architecture development, software development, and test and evaluation of PTES systems and segments. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF.
- Product Development
- Test and Evaluation
- Management Services
Project 643726 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 | 23.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 57.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 74.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 6.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 6.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 6.9 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 7.0 |
2 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.
Continue development of software focused on initial capability delivery and develop fixes for discrepancies identified in test and evaluation activities in order to achieve IOC. Continue development to FOC delivery. Implement system resiliency, cyber resiliency, and crypto standards necessary to operate in the contested space and cyber…
Read the FY2027 plan →Continue integration and test towards Initial Operational Capability and Full Operational Capability. Perform test and integration activities with PTW-capable modems necessary to expand PTW capability to other Services and user groups. Witness and support PTES integration and test events, including validation and verification activities…
Read the FY2027 plan →Named performers on project 643726
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.