# Resilient Ground Architecture (RGA)

**R-2A activity** of project 676760 — Joint Tactical Ground Station  
**Program element:** 1208053SF — Joint Tactical Ground Station  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208053SF/676760/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208053SF

> **NEW START.** $85.9M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $85.9M in FY2027, 93% of project 676760 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** Begin upgrade of the current JTAGS infrastructure. These upgrades both increase today's JTAGS site resiliency against jamming and cyber threats above and beyond Block II compliance activities, and lay the foundation for future capabilities such as next gen/ Resilient MWT Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) sensor processing, SMW mission failover from Mission Control Station( MCS), and cross-command TMW. The projects increase data pub/sub between JTAGS and RTS, begin replacement of SAGE with FORGE, and begin upgrade of the JTAGS DDL comms architecture. Additional upgrades include beginning connection of JTAGS sites to SMW- supporting Ground Entry Point (GEP) infrastructure (Relay Ground Stations (RGS) for Space Based Infrared System/Next Gen Geosynchronous (SBIRS/NGG), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) GEPs), beginning upgrade of JTAGS front-end processing hardware to ingest data from new sources, and beginning integration of new back-end comms to push SMW messages to strategic users. Also, begin the mesh network connectivity between MCS, JTAGS, and existing GEP infrastructure to ensure high availability of SMW mission data at OCONUS failover locations.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2027 increase due to new start Resilient Ground Architecture efforts beginning in FY 2027 Note that Resilient Ground Architecture funding is split between PE 1208053SF and PE 1206440SF.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 85.9 |

> 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 676760

- Development and Test of Block II Capability Development Document (CDD) requirements — FY2027 6.8

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 1208053SF project 676760 (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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