# PTW Over Commercial - PTES Upgrades

**R-2A activity** of project 643733 — PTW Over Commercial  
**Program element:** 1206760SF — Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES)  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206760SF/643733/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206760SF/643733

## Summary

This activity requests $63.1M in FY2027, 77% of project 643733, up 102% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Continue to develop requirements, acquisition strategy, and architecture for enabling PTW over commercial constellations. Award of a contract to enhance the systems developed in the PTW over WGS effort to enable PTW over commercial constellations. 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.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Increase is due to the ramp up post contract award as well as finalization of the requirements and acquisition strategies to enable PTW over commercial capabilities.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue to develop requirements, acquisition strategy, and architecture for enabling PTW over commercial constellations.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 1.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 31.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 63.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 643733

- [PTW Over Commercial - mPower](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206760SF/643733/a0) — FY2027 18.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1206760SF project 643733 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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