Printed from https://fiscalreceipts.com/program/1206431SF/ — data as of July 28, 2026. Every figure is citation-backed; see the page online for per-number provenance.
Advanced EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE)
Budget Figures
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →
- FY24
- $3.93M
- FY25
- $1.02M
- FY26
- $13.8M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $0 | $0 | $86.9M | $39.2M | $11.4M | $3.93M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $90.0M | $26.9M | $11.7M | $4.07M | $1.02M | |
| Request | – | – | $138.3M | $28.2M | $11.7M | $4.07M | $1.02M | $13.8M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2021 book requested $138.3M for FY2021; the PB2023 book reports $86.9M actually spent — $51.3M below the request.
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 — MILSATCOM Space Modernization Initiative (SMI)
The Space Modernization Initiative (SMI) evolves current and future SATCOM systems to develop a more affordable and resilient integrated enterprise capable of meeting near-term and emerging requirements. SMI will demonstrate technologies and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) supporting the Protected Anti-jam Tactical SATCOM (PATS) family-of-systems capability that provides tactical-level military SATCOM (MILSATCOM) users protected, anti-jam SATCOM while operating in a contested environment. PATS is an integrated approach that includes the Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (PTS) and Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) programs to mitigate adversarial jamming effects by using the Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW). For this effort, SMI includes the Air Force - Army Anti-Jam Modem (A3M) to develop PTW-capable modems, providing high throughput and enhanced anti-jam capability in benign and contested environments. Finally, Global Broadcast Service (GBS) functionality will be added to the PATS modems. GBS implements a worldwide high-capacity satellite broadcast information system to provide a continuous, one-way, high-speed, high-volume flow of classified and unclassified intelligence products (full motion video, imagery, data) to garrisoned, deployed or moving forces. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver AEHF and SMI capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Global Broadcast Service (GBS)
GBS is required to have a Transmission Security (TRANSEC) capable modem that is a man portable, Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) device to be used with the GBS Portable Receive Suite (PRS) systems. Current PTW capable modem designs are not suited for use with the GBS PRS. These requirements are driven by the GBS PRS System Requirements Document (SRD) dated 12 January 2015, Protected Anit-Jam Tactical SATCOM (PATS) Small Form Factor (SFF) Modem Technical Requirements Document (TRD) 11 October 2019, and GBS Joint Operational Requirements Document (ORD) dated 12 January 2005. The TRANSEC requirement comes from the "National Information Assurance Policy for Space System Used to Support National Security Missions”, CNSSP No. 12. PPD-4 is the National Space Policy.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $3.93M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $1.02M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Total | $1.02M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $13.8M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $13.8M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657104: MILSATCOM Space Modernization Initiative (SMI) | $0 | $3.93M | $1.02M | $13.8M | $13.8M |
| Program Element | $0 | $3.93M | $1.02M | $13.8M | $13.8M |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1741 programs). why coverage is partial? →
Awards
No awards are linked to this program element at high 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.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →