# Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Satellite Command and Control Services

**R-2A activity** of project 67A001 — Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2)  
**Program element:** 1206772SF — Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2)  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206772SF/67A001/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206772SF

## Summary

This activity requests $50.5M in FY2027, 46% of project 67A001, up 5.0% 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.** Will continue development, integration, and deployment of enterprise satellite operations ground segment solution (SatOps) command and control (C2) services for protect and defend missions, including science and technology, prototype, and operational mission partners in advancement of protect and defend activities, leveraging a systems integrator to aid the government in acquiring, designing, testing, and integrating key segments and interfaces. Will continue development and support of antenna networking services, to include the development of ground control automation and antenna scheduling capabilities, to enable mission planning and scheduling for commercial and government antennas. Will continue software integration of cybersecurity, cryptography, and security architectures to mature cloud architecture in support of protect and defend missions. Will continue integration and testing with mission-partner developed unique software to meet end-to-end satellite mission control requirements. Will continue growing infrastructure, network, and data system connectivity to support mission partners to improve resiliency, system diagnostic and characterization capability, ground entry points, data transport architecture, and enabling operational C2 in support of satellite C2 for protect and defend activities. Will continue, with the systems integrator, developing, integrating, testing, and evaluating automation technologies to mature the technical baseline and interface requirements for the system and enhance mission control and engineering management capabilities for protect and defend missions. Will continue software release demos with external agencies' TACO space vehicles to ensure software quality and performance in support of protect and defend missions. Will continue life cycle sustainment activities for R2C2 SatOps C2 services in support of ongoing protect and defend missions.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 Satellite Command and Control Services funding increased by $2.405 million due to expanding cyber security efforts and integration support.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Continue development, integration, and deployment of enterprise SatOps C2 services for protect and defend missions, including science and technology, prototype, and operational mission partners in advancement of protect and defend activities. Continue deployment of cybersecurity, cryptography, and security architectures to support protect and defend capabilities. Continue integration and testing with mission-partner developed unique software to meet end-to-end satellite mission control requirements. Continue growing infrastructure, network, and data system connectivity to support mission partners to improve resiliency, to include ground entry points and enabling operational C2 in support of satellite C2 for protect and defend activities. Continue maturing cloud architecture in support of protect and defend missions. Continue development of antenna networking services and test assets to enable mission planning and scheduling for commercial and government antennas. Continue risk reduction demos as test assets became available. Begin developing, integrating, testing, and evaluating automation technologies to enhance mission control and engineering management capabilities for protect and defend missions. Support external agencies with test and checkout (TACO) space vehicles to facilitate test and checkout activities to ensure software quality and performance in support of protect and defend missions.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 48.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 50.5 |

> 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 67A001

- [Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Cloud Infrastructure and Platform/Antenna Services](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1206772SF/67A001/a1) — FY2027 58.7

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1206772SF project 67A001 (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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