# Project 681018 — Software & Digital Technology Pilot Program

**Program element:** 1208248SF — Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking SW  
**Project:** 681018  
**Component:** U.S. Space Force  
**Appropriation:** 3620F — RDT&E, Space Force  
**Budget Activity:** 8 — Budget Activity 8  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208248SF/681018  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208248SF

## Summary

Project 681018 — Software & Digital Technology Pilot Program requests $260.4M in FY2027, 42% of the $617.1M requested for program element 1208248SF — a new start, with no prior-year and no current-year money. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request, 1 new this cycle.

**Markets:** IT & Software Services — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 1208248SF; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Management Services.

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) | — | 0.0 | 260.4 | new | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208248SF/681018/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.

### Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) — NEW START

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…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/1208248SF/681018/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/1208248SF.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Air Force RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 1208248SF project 681018 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="1208248SF")`.

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