# Project 650008 — Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR)

**Program element:** 1206771SF — Commercial Services  
**Project:** 650008  
**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/1206771SF/650008  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206771SF

## Summary

Project 650008 — Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) requests $10.4M in FY2027, 44% of the $23.8M requested for program element 1206771SF, down 55% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 6.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 23.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 12.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 15.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 17.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 17.9 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1206771SF; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 650008 buys

CASR is a contractually managed framework that ensures DoW has access to commercial space capabilities throughout the spectrum of conflict. CASR ensures that commercial capabilities, integrated during peacetime, can be leveraged throughout the spectrum of conflict and that they remain secure, reliable, and available to support the warfighter. This funding supports CASR baseline operating costs as well as threat sharing; wargaming/exercises; a CASR readiness and inspection program; and additional incentive structures. Near-term funding (FY 2027) supports participation of approximately 15 CASR companies. Specific surge capacity within CASR may include: Leveraging commercial capabilities already on orbit; augmenting existing USSF missions with added capacity (e.g., SATCOM); reach back into existing production lines to rapidly acquire satellites, payloads, and launch vehicles; denial of service over a region or to a certain customer set; and other potential concepts. Rapidly delivers impactful commercial solutions to the warfighter by identifying viable capabilities, implementing development contracts, and integrating them into the USSF ecosystem. 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 element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F, 0606392F. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASR | 6.0 | 23.3 | 10.4 | −55% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206771SF/650008/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.

### CASR

We are continuing to prioritize key efforts, including funding the operating baseline and furthering threat sharing initiatives for initial COMSATCOM, SDA, and critical commercial contracts. Our ongoing engagement includes maintaining participation in wargaming and exercises with approximately 15 commercial partners, alongside sustaining…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206771SF/650008/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/1206771SF.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1206771SF project 650008 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1206771SF")`.

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