# Protected Tactical SATCOM - Global (PTS-G)

**R-2A activity** of project 643722 — Protected Tactical SATCOM - Global (PTS_G)  
**Program element:** 1206761SF — Protected Tactical Service (PTS)  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206761SF/643722/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206761SF/643722

## Summary

This activity requests $150.4M in FY2027, 100% of project 643722, down 37% 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.** Continuing production of PTS-G space vehicles, completing procurement of HW items, and conducting interface checkout of bus and payload subsystems. The program will begin early integration activities. In addition to space vehicles, the program will continue with interface checkout of Ground Command and Control system, which includes delivery of Joint hubs, and review of anchor station facilities to determine necessary changes. 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.** The decrease is driven by the majority of space vehicles HW purchases being front loaded in the production effort starting in FY26. The program plans to complete Critical Design Reviews, including any delta reviews, in FY26, allowing execution to complete design work and focus on production and integration events in FY27.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** The Program Office completed the first delivery order with Astranis, Boeing, Intelsat, Northrop Grumman, and Viasat. The design and demonstration phase resulted in mature design reviews of proposed PTS-G space vehicles (driving competition among vendors to deliver SVs with X band and military Ka band payloads) and demonstrations of payload functionality. This will be followed by the Swarm 1 production award (second delivery order) for four payloads. The program office will continue to design, demo, engineer, manufacture, and test 4 payloads (2 Ka, 2 X), and procure Joint Hub modems to enable future ground connectivity. PTS-G will have two efforts; one for X-Band production and another for mil Ka-Band production. FY 2026 activities include Critical Design Review and SV production start for both the bus and payload, and parts buy in preparation for ground integration. 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.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 82.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 236.8 |
| FY2027 | Request | 150.4 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1206761SF project 643722 (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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