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pLEO SATCOM (MILNET)
Budget figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USAspending reports awards on a rolling basis, and this corpus runs through 2026-09-04. why partial FY2026 data? →
Budget trajectory
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
| FY25 | $0J-book detail · PB2026 |
| FY26 | $277.4MR-1 TOA · PB2026 |
Decade view
P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY26 |
|---|---|
| Request | $277.4M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Program lineage
No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.
Description
Mission — pLEO SATCOM (MILNET)
In FY 2026, 236.720M was erroneously transferred from PE 1203154SF, Project 671113, Auxillary Payloads to Project 670009: Auxillary Payloads. Mission descriptions and justifications are contained in PE 1203154SF. The funds will be transferred back for proper execution following enactment. In FY 2026, 40.687M was erroneously transferred from PE 1206427SF, Project 645601 / Space Defense Capabilities (Title: Space-To-Space Communications) to Project 670010: Space-To-Space Communications. Mission descriptions and justifications are contained in PE 1206427SF. The funds will be transferred back for proper execution following enactment. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.
Mission — Auxillary Payloads
In FY 2026, funds were erroneously transferred into Program Element (PE) 1203609SF, pLEO SATCOM (MILNET) from PEs 1203154SF, Long Rang Kill Chains & 1206427SF Space Systems Prototype Transitions. This funding will be realigned back to PE 1203154SF & 1206427SF for proper execution following enactment.
Mission — Space-to-Space Communications
In FY 2026, funds were erroneously transferred into Program Element (PE) 1203609SF, pLEO SATCOM (MILNET) from PEs 1203154SF, Long Rang Kill Chains & 1206427SF Space Systems Prototype Transitions. This funding will be realigned back to PE 1203154SF & 1206427SF for proper execution following enactment.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (2)
Auxillary Payloads
The Auxiliary Payloads project will continue to leverage relationship with NRO partner to develop and field GMTI system
Space-to-Space Communications
Continue development of optical communication terminal prototypes through Other Transaction Agreements and fund the Optical Terminal Verification Testbed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL). Develop interface controls and integration plans in preparation for a space-based prototype demonstration. Mature networking management of optical crosslink terminals in partnerships with other organizations. Enhance the DARPA Space-Based Adaptive Communication Node (SpaceBACN) modem design to support long-range crosslinks and incorporate emerging optical waveform standards.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $277.4M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $277.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget figures shows both.
Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $0 | $0 | $277.4M | $277.4M |
| 670009: Auxillary Payloads | $0 | $0 | $0 | $236.7M | $236.7M |
| 670010: Space-to-Space Communications | $0 | $0 | $0 | $40.7M | $40.7M |
Follow the dollar
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 312 of 1,938 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high or medium confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.
Lobbying mentions
No Senate LDA lobbying filing in the tracked data mentions this program element by code or alias.
Oversight
Department-level designation (not specific to this program)
GAO lists 5 high-risk areas for DOD as a whole. That designation covers the department, not pLEO SATCOM (MILNET). No program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
Program dossier
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,938 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →
Primary sources
Open any budget figure for its exact receipt. Verified line items lead with the highlighted government PDF; original spreadsheets download with their budget edition and exhibit in the filename.
Budget totals · TOA sources
FY2026 Department of Defense Budget: RDT&E Programs (R-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit R-1 · P838
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_R-1_Research-Development-Test-Evaluation.xlsx.
Detailed budget justification
The related TOA spreadsheets above use a different accounting basis from R-2/P-40 detail. Their amounts are not assumed to match these detailed sources.
FY2026 Space Force Research and Development Test and Evaluation · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 711