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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 4: Advanced
Component Development & Prototypes (ACD&P)
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capability
COST ($ in Millions)
Prior
Years FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Total Program Element
- 18.922 35.509 38.851 - 38.851 22.457 22.893 23.069 23.327 Continuing Continuing
BX7: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Satellite Capability
- 18.922 35.509 38.851 - 38.851 22.457 22.893 23.069 23.327 Continuing Continuing
A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification
The United States Army Tactical Space Strategy provides tactical land component forces with space-based capabilities required to close the top three Large Scale
Combat Operations (LSCO) gaps. National, DoD, commercial space-based, and High Altitude (HA) sensor data will be integrated into ground architecture to provide
resilient communications, assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), deep sensing capabilities, and Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) required
in the targeting process. These capabilities will enable rapid and responsive Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) applications required to engage and defeat A2/AD forces and
enable force projection and maneuver in contested Multi-Domain Operations.
The LEO Satellite Capability is now called the LEO Battle Management Command, Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure. The BMC2 and Ground Infrastructure will
provide prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction activities for ground architecture, supporting wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing required for Beyond-
Line-of-Sight (BLOS) targeting and force maneuver, significantly reducing Sensor to Shooter (S2S) timelines. It will enable Warfighters at echelon to dynamically task,
receive and disseminate data to directly support live-fire S2S demonstrations and assessments including Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing/s (APNT/S) Cross
Functional Team (CFT) Campaign of Learning and Army Futures Command (AFC) Project Convergence.
FY2024 base funding in the amount of $38.851 million provides prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction activities for the Army as it continues to develop and
field the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) pre-prototypes. TITAN and complimentary AI/ML technologies are assessed via the Army Theater-
Level Access Node (ATHENA) ground station architectures. These Advanced Component Development and Prototypes efforts enable ground stations to dynamically
task, receive, and disseminate data to directly support live-fire, S2S demonstrations and assessments, enabling wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing and
force maneuver. Additionally, this funding supports navigation warfare (NAVWAR) technology integration and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology
development and assessments.
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Exhibit R-2, RDT&E Budget Item Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040: Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army / BA 4: Advanced
Component Development & Prototypes (ACD&P)
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capability
B. Program Change Summary ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Base FY 2024 OCO FY 2024 Total
Previous President's Budget 19.638 35.509 39.672 - 39.672
Current President's Budget 18.922 35.509 38.851 - 38.851
Total Adjustments -0.716 0.000 -0.821 - -0.821
• Congressional General Reductions - -
• Congressional Directed Reductions - -
• Congressional Rescissions - -
• Congressional Adds - -
• Congressional Directed Transfers - -
• Reprogrammings -0.716 -
• SBIR/STTR Transfer - -
• Adjustments to Budget Years - - -0.821 - -0.821
Change Summary Explanation
Decreased funding to support higher Army priorities.
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Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
COST ($ in Millions)
Prior
Years FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
BX7: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Satellite Capability
- 18.922 35.509 38.851 - 38.851 22.457 22.893 23.069 23.327 Continuing Continuing
Quantity of RDT&E Articles - - - - - - - - - -
Note
In an Army Budget memorandum dated, 21 September 2020, the Army changed the name of this Project from 'Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Capability' to 'Battle
Management Command and Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure for FY22 and beyond.'
A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification
The United States Army Tactical Space Strategy provides tactical land component forces with space-based capabilities required to close the top three Large Scale
Combat Operations (LSCO) gaps. National, Department of Defense (DoD), commercial Space-based, and High Altitude (HA) sensor data will be integrated into
ground architecture to provide resilient communications, assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), deep sensing capabilities and Processing Exploitation and
Dissemination (PED) required in the targeting process. These capabilities will enable rapid and responsive Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) applications required to engage
and defeat A2/AD forces and enable force projection and maneuver in contested Multi-Domain Operations.
The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure will provide prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction
activities for ground architecture, supporting wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing required for Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) targeting and force maneuver,
significantly reducing Sensor to Shooter (S2S) timelines. It will enable Warfighters at the tactical edge to dynamically task, receive and disseminate data to directly
support live-fire S2S demonstrations and assessments including Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) Cross Functional Team (CFT) Campaign of
Learning and Army Futures Command (AFC) Project Convergence.
FY2024 base funding in the amount of $38.851 million provides prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction activities for the Army as it continues to develop and
field the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) pre-prototypes. TITAN and complimentary AI/ML technologies are assessed via the Army Theater-
Level Access Node (ATHENA) ground station architectures. These Advanced Component Development and Prototypes efforts enable ground stations to dynamically
task, receive, and disseminate data to directly support live-fire, S2S demonstrations and assessments, enabling wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing and
force maneuver. Additionally, this funding supports navigation warfare (NAVWAR) technology integration and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology
development and assessments.
B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Title: LEO Satellite Capability
Description: The United States Army Tactical Space Strategy provides tactical land component forces with space-based
capabilities required to close the top three Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) gaps. National, Department of Defense
18.922 34.213 38.851
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Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
(DoD), commercial space-based, and High Altitude (HA) sensor data will be integrated into ground architecture to provide resilient
communications, Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT), deep sensing capabilities, and Processing Exploitation and
Dissemination (PED) required in the targeting process. These capabilities will enable rapid and responsive Sensor-to-Shooter
(S2S) applications required to engage and defeat Anti-Access / Area-Denial (A2/AD) forces and enable force projection and
maneuver in contested Multi-Domain Operations.
The LEO Satellite Capability is now called the LEO Battle Management Command, Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure.
The BMC2 and Ground Infrastructure will provide prototyping, experimentation, and risk reduction activities for ground
architecture, supporting wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing required for Beyond-Line-of-Sight (BLOS) targeting and
force maneuver, significantly reducing Sensor to Shooter (S2S) timelines. It will enable Warfighters at echelon to dynamically task,
receive and disseminate data to directly support live-fire S2S demonstrations and assessments including Assured Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing/s (APNT/S) Cross Functional Team (CFT) Campaign of Learning and Army Futures Command (AFC)
Project Convergence.
FY 2023 Plans:
Battle Management and Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure (renamed from LEO Satellite Capability) continues the
demonstration and validation of ground architecture, evaluating ability to provide wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing
required for Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) targeting and force maneuver, significantly reducing Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) timelines.
Ground architecture will be evaluated through multiple assessment events including the Assured Position, Navigation, Timing
(APNT) Cross Functional Team (CFT) Campaign of Learning and the Army Futures Command (AFC) Project Convergence. These
will provide a realistic operational environment to evaluate the integrated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR),
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), BMC2, and communications data to identify and locate targets of interest in denied
and contested environments actionable by the tactical Warfighter. This will be executed through the S2S Demo/ Experimentation
Plan which began with the first Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Assessment Exercise (PNTAX) in FY19, working through
three Live-Fire Exercises and follow-on exercises in Europe and the Pacific, and culminating with a FY 2023 Project Convergence
exercise. This Demo/Experimentation cycle is extremely important as it is the Army's mechanism to ensure current and future
funding is being correctly applied against the most critical requirements. It provides an iterative framework for rapid concept of
operations and tactics, techniques, and procedures development, evaluation and revision and for rapid technology insertion.
FY 2024 Plans:
Battle Management and Control (BMC2) and ground infrastructure continues the demonstration and validation of ground
architecture, evaluating the ability to provide wide-area, responsive, and deep-area sensing required for Beyond Line of Sight
(BLOS) targeting and force maneuver, significantly reducing Sensor-to-Shooter (S2S) timelines. Ground architecture is evaluated
through multiple assessment events including the Assured Position, Navigation, Timing and Space (APNT/S) Cross Functional
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Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
B. Accomplishments/Planned Programs ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Team (CFT) Campaign of Learning and Army Futures Command's Project Convergence. These provide a realistic operational
environment to evaluate the integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Positioning, Navigation and Timing
(PNT), BMC2, and communications data to identify and locate targets of interest in denied and contested environments actionable
by the tactical warfighter. This is executed through the S2S demonstration and experimentation plan which began with the first
Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Assessment Exercise (PNTAX) in FY19. PNTAX provides the Army's sole large scale,
open air, threat informed Radio Frequency/Global Positioning System denied environment for assessments and experiments
necessary to ensure evolution of Multi-Domain Operations and Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) capabilities.
Further, APNT/S CFT conducts multiple CONUS-based live-fire exercises along with follow-on embedded experimentation in
exercises across US Army Europe- African Command (USEUR-AF) and US Army Pacific Command (USARPAC), culminating
with a FY 2024 Project Convergence exercise. Critical to this overall effort are Soldier touchpoints, prototyping and ground
architecture development, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning integration, S2S demonstrations to inform space, high
altitude, aerial and terrestrial based sensor development, space-based telemetry, Alternative Navigation and radio frequency
sensing. This demonstration and experimentation cycle is extremely important as it is the Army's mechanism to ensure current
and future funding is correctly applied against the most critical requirements. It provides an iterative framework for rapid concept of
operations and tactics, techniques, and procedures development, evaluation and revision and for rapid technology insertion.
FY 2023 to FY 2024 Increase/Decrease Statement:
Increase of $3.342 million from FY23 ($35.509 million) to FY24 ($38.851 million) reflects an increased requirement for integration
and experimentation of prototypes developed in FY23.
Title: SBIR/STTR
Description: Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638
FY 2023 Plans:
Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638
FY 2023 to FY 2024 Increase/Decrease Statement:
Funding transferred in accordance with Title 15 USC §638
- 1.296 -
Accomplishments/Planned Programs Subtotals
18.922 35.509 38.851
C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)
Line Item FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Cost To
Complete Total Cost
• 0603766A: Tactical Electronic
Surveillance System - Adv Dev
113.365 72.314 65.567 - 65.567 38.537 29.007 29.019 39.343 Continuing Continuing
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Exhibit R-2A, RDT&E Project Justification: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
C. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Millions)
Line Item FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Cost To
Complete Total Cost
Remarks
Development by Project BX7 'LEO Battle Command and Control (BMC2) and Ground Infrastructure' is in conjunction and complement Project CC5 'LEO ISR'. ref. PE
0603766A.CC5
D. Acquisition Strategy
The Army signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Mission Partner on November 19, 2019. This relationship has shown promise to build and deliver
capacity for the Army. The MOA will allow the Army to leverage orbit experimental ISR satellites that will accelerate the Army's development of Concept of Operations
(CONOPs), Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), and refine requirements necessary to mitigate the deep-sensing gap, shorten the S2S timeline and improve
situational awareness for Warfighters at both the operational and tactical levels.
This funding will enable the Army to utilize on-orbit demonstrations and numerous large-scale exercises within United States European Command (EUCOM) and U.S.
Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) areas of responsibility (AORs). These demonstrations will help define the Army's tactical requirements, CONOPs, and TTPs
for leveraging on-demand/direct link theater access, at echelon, to space-based ISR capabilities with trained/certified Soldiers. This will turn previously "opportunistic"
collection into "assured" collection to support dynamic targeting and enhanced situational awareness. It will enable ground stations to dynamically task, receive and
disseminate data to directly support live-fire S2S demonstrations and assessments including Assured Position, Navigation, Timing (APNT) Cross Functional Team (CFT)
Campaign of Learning and AFC Project Convergence. Existing Mission Partner contracts and Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC) OTAs will be used for
Prototype Development, Engineering Services and Test and Evaluation Support.
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Exhibit R-3, RDT&E Project Cost Analysis: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
Management Services ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Prototype Development
and Engineering Services
Support
C/FFP Multiple : Multiple - 3.214 Oct 2021 6.454 Oct 2022 6.600 Dec 2023 - 6.600 0.000 16.268 -
SBIR/STTR TBD
HQDA : Pentagon,
Arlington, VA
- - 1.296 Mar 2023 - - - 0.000 1.296 -
Subtotal
- 3.214 7.750 6.600 - 6.600 0.000 17.564 N/A
Product Development ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
LEO Satellite Infrastructure
Capabilities Development
C/CPIF Multiple : Multiple 14.100 11.708 Jan 2022 23.394 Jan 2023 27.280 Jan 2024 - 27.280 0.000 76.482 Continuing
Subtotal
14.100 11.708 23.394 27.280 - 27.280 0.000 76.482 N/A
Test and Evaluation ($ in Millions)
FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total
Cost Category Item
Contract
Method
& Type
Performing
Activity & Location
Prior
Years Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Award
Date Cost
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
LEO Infrastructure Test
and Evaluation
C/CPIF Multiple : Multiple - 4.000 Jan 2022 4.365 Jan 2023 4.971 Jan 2024 - 4.971 0.000 13.336 -
Subtotal
- 4.000 4.365 4.971 - 4.971 0.000 13.336 N/A
Prior
Years FY 2022 FY 2023
FY 2024
Base
FY 2024
OCO
FY 2024
Total
Cost To
Complete
Total
Cost
Target
Value of
Contract
Project Cost Totals
14.100 18.922 35.509 38.851 - 38.851 0.000 107.382 N/A
Remarks
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Exhibit R-4, RDT&E Schedule Profile: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
Note
LEO activities transitioned to this PE 0604035A Project BX7 in FY2022 from previous PE 1206308A, Project FE5 Space And Missile Defense Integration.
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Exhibit R-4A, RDT&E Schedule Details: PB2024Army
Date: March 2023
Appropriation/Budget Activity
2040 / 4
R-1 Program Element (Number/Name)
PE 0604035A / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sate
llite Capability
Project (Number/Name)
BX7 / Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite
Capability
Schedule Details
Start End
Events Quarter Year Quarter Year
BMC2 and Ground Infrastructure 1 2021 4 2028
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