What project 681018 buys
This is not a new start. Funding was transferred from the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) C2 in Project 68A035 of this Program Element to the Kronos Project 681018 and substantially enhanced for a total of 260.441 million in FY 2027 to expand development of Battle Management and C2 scope previously in SDA. This is consistent with the direction and intent of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment in splitting the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and BMC2 programs out of the Space C2 program as documented in a 12 May 2025 Acquisition Decision Memorandum. The Kronos program (Project 681018) is developing the U.S. Space Force's modern software suite for space operations command and control (C2), battle management, and space intelligence integration. It replaces legacy tools with a modular, data-driven, and integrated family of systems that helps operators plan, task, deconflict, execute, and assess space operations in a contested and dynamic environment. Kronos provides capabilities across the BMC2 family of systems to exercise the authority and direction by a commander over assigned/attached forces to accomplish the mission. The four major activities include: planning, preparing, executing, and assessing. Continuing efforts support Space Planning by matching combat resources to effects to improve the ability to synthesize guidance, effects, and priorities with available resources to plan, generate, coordinate and execute combined fires between operational and tactical units. Lastly, these capabilities enable decision advantage for joint and coalition forces by integrating space intelligence throughout BMC2 processes to enable space superiority. This is the USSF BMC2 program that directly supports the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management (C3BM) to enable joint all-domain operations. Space Systems Command (SSC) System Delta (SYD) 85 and the Kronos Program Office are continuing to develop the Kronos Family of Systems for Guardians across Warfighting, Operational Command, and Combat Support units. As a result, the Service will improve battle management of all weapon systems and adjust force structure as required.
- Product Development
- Management Services
Project 681018 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 0.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 260.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 274.3 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 288.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 303.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 314.5 |
1 accomplishment / planned program
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Each describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Continue delivering software capabilities across the BMC2 family of systems by consolidating multiple disparate applications into a select few BMC2 systems (FY26 funded efforts continue from overall 68A035 Project). This involves migrating applications from Theater Support, launch characterization, and intel integration into a modern…
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