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Space Rapid Capabilities Office
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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? →
| Fiscal year | Amount |
|---|---|
| FY24 | $18.9M |
| FY25 | $107.9M |
| FY26 | $9.66M |
All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026
The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.
● 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 | $104.8M | $63.7M | $52.3M | $18.9M | ||
| Enacted | – | $0 | $108.5M | $73.2M | $54.1M | $12.0M | $107.9M | |
| Request | – | – | $103.5M | $66.2M | $45.4M | $12.0M | $11.4M | $9.66M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2023 book requested $45.4M for FY2023; the PB2025 book reported $52.3M as actual total obligation authority — $6.86M above the request. 52.3 − 45.4 = 6.9 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.
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 — AF Funded ORSSats
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) mission is to expedite the development and fielding of operationally focused capabilities for immediate and near term needs as directed by the Space RCO Board of Directors (BoD). Key operating principles include a short and narrow chain of command, overarching programmatic insight, early and prominent war fighter involvement, and small integrated teams within a single office to rapidly augment existing space capabilities when needed, to expand operational capability, reconstitute/replenish/protect critical space capabilities to reserve "continuity of operations" capability, and exploit space technological or operational innovations to increase U.S. advantage. The Space RCO is ready to develop, test, train, and equip war fighter needs as they are identified at any time. First, the requirements must be validated by the commander U.S. Space Command; second, the project must be approved by the Space RCO BoD; third, the project will be executed by the Space RCO. If the effort is initiated during execution year, it will be described in the next year's budget exhibit. Space RCO is supporting the Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Combined Program Office (CPO) in FY 2025. The R2C2 CPO utilizes the Space RCO acquisition authorities under the Space RCO Program Executive Officer to execute funding in the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) and Ground Command, Control, and Communications (GC3) program elements to develop an extensible, scalable, modular ground segment solution capable of supporting protect and defend missions of the United States Space Force. Combined EGS and GC3 funding will be used wholly and directly to support CPO activities. R2C2 will continue development and integration of the satellite operations (SatOps) ground segment solution to support the protect and defend mission set, including, but not limited to, capabilities and services needed to perform mission control. Space RCO is supporting the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) developed Space Solar Power project to collect solar energy and provide uninterrupted, assured, and logistically agile power to expeditionary forces operating in unimproved areas such as forward operating bases. AFRL formulated the Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) project to rapidly demonstrate this innovative technology via a series of integrated demos and technology development/maturation efforts. In addition, Space RCO will conduct studies and analyses for future programs to support the BoD. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver Space RCO weapon system capabilities. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 1206392SF and 1206398SF. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.
Justification
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (4)
Space RCO Board of Directors (BoD) Projects, Studies, and Analysis
Execute projects, studies, and analyses under rapid acquisition authorities inherent to the Space RCO, that address emergent capabilities and respond to validated requirements and other BoD approved efforts to meet needs in year of execution. In addition, provide systems engineering, program management support and civilian pay across all the Space RCO activities as well as perform modeling, simulation, analyses, and assess alternative concepts and requirements.
Space RCO Solar Power
Space RCO is developing the Solar Power project to collect solar energy and provide uninterrupted, assured, and logistically agile power to expeditionary forces operating in unimproved areas such as forward operating bases.
Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Satellite Command and Control Services
Develop and integrate common satellite operations ground segment solution (SatOps) command and control (C2) services in cloud environments. Refine standards and interfaces, develop, and implement cybersecurity and cryptography requirements, develop training, address Zero Trust, mature antenna network services and connectivity, and integrate capabilities into the enterprise. Support mission partner demonstrations, integration, and test of mission-unique software.
Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2) Cloud Infrastructure and Platform/Antenna Services
Maintain hardware and software baselines, update software licenses, integrate cybersecurity, and provide help desk operations with associated training, to include support for developing software for cloud-hosted and antenna scheduling and command and control (C2).
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 | FY24 Actuals | $18.9M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $107.9M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY25 Total | $107.9M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $9.66M |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $9.66M |
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 | $18.9M | $107.9M | $9.66M | $9.66M |
| 64A020: AF Funded ORSSats | $0 | $18.9M | $107.9M | $9.66M | $9.66M |
No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 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.
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 Space Rapid Capabilities Office — no program-specific GAO finding for this line is in the ingested data. See the DOD oversight record.
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 1,741 programs, the largest fully J-book-detailed lines by FY2026 requested dollars. why no dossier here? →