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PTES HUB
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 | $50.2M |
| FY25 | $56.1M |
| FY26 | $29.9M |
All series figures: P-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
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 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $7.41M | $42.5M | $50.2M | ||
| Enacted | – | $42.5M | $56.5M | $56.1M | |
| Request | – | – | $56.5M | $56.1M | $29.9M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $56.5M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reported $50.2M as actual total obligation authority — $6.26M below the request. 50.2 − 56.5 = -6.3 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
Description — PTES HUB
The global threat of electronic warfare attacks against space systems will expand in the coming years in both number and types of weapons. Threat development will include a focus on jamming capabilities against military satellite communications (SATCOM). To address this threat, the Space Force is developing the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) ground system to provide worldwide, anti-jam, Low Probability of Intercept communications for tactical warfighters via the Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW). Initially, PTES will utilize the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system, and then will expand to leverage commercial satellites and the Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) system. The PTES Program is comprised of these two efforts: PTW over WGS (PTWoW) and PTW over Commercial (PTWoC). The PTES Program developed a Mission Management System (MMS), Key Management System (KMS), and Joint Hub (JH) to enable transponded PTWoW, with a planned extension to commercial SATCOM constellations. Each JH installation requires site surveys, equipment purchases (modems, End Cryptographic Unit, etc.), equipment installation, and equipment testing. Production-representative PTW modems for user terminals were developed by the Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration and will be separately acquired by each Service and by international partners. The Navy Wideband Anti-Jam Modem System, the Air Force-Army Anti-Jam Modem, and other stakeholders rely on PTES to provide PTW ground infrastructure. Procurement funding is necessary for PTWoW JHs, JH site installation, Interim Contractor Support, the JH spares procurement, and other functions necessary to enable operations between Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and Full Operational Capability (FOC). For the PTWoW effort, the Space Force performed a successful Operational Demonstration of PTES in FY 2023 as the culmination of a Rapid Prototyping effort utilizing the FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 804, Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) authority. On 31 May 2023, the PTES Program Office successfully transitioned the program from an MTA into the Execution Phase of the Software Acquisition Pathway. PTWoW is expected to achieve IOC in FY 2027. IOC will be achieved through JH installation at two WGS teleport sites at separate locations, which utilize one WGS satellite, in addition to nominal operations using the MMS and KMS. FOC is projected for FY 2028, at which time PTES will provide worldwide PTW operations using JHs installed in at least eight different WGS teleport sites and utilizing ten WGS satellites. 24 total PTES JHs will be purchased with procurement funding to support PTWoW requirements. For the PTWoC effort, IOC is expected in FY 2029 when the PTES system provides PTW operations using a single JH over one commercial satellite, including full MMS and KMS support functions. PTWoC is expected to reach FOC in FY 2031 after providing PTW operations for all equatorial longitudes and the ability to support geosynchronous or highly inclined orbit satellites from three separate locations. The acquisition strategy for PTWoC is still in development. This program has associated Research Development Test and Evaluation funding in PE 1206760SF.
Justification
Justification — PTES HUB
In FY 2026, the PTES Program will continue two site installations and follow-on testing and certifications required for worldwide Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) operations using Wideband Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) satellites. Activities and purchases may include program office support, studies, technical analysis, the purchase of four Joint Hub spares, personnel support to include manning for the Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Space Operations Center, and other functions and resources necessary to enable operations for PTW over WGS (PTWoW) Initial Operating Capability (IOC) and up to PTW over Commercial (PTWoW) Full Operational Capability (FOC). FY 2026 funding will allow the program to rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate through the contested space domain. Activities may include, but are not limited to, program office support, studies, technical analysis, and activities that may leverage commercial, U.S. Government partnership, and international opportunities to respond to existing and emerging adversarial threats with speed and agility, etc.
Budget line items(workbook-cited)
P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $50.2M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $56.1M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $29.9M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $29.9M |
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 | $49.9M | $50.2M | $56.1M | $29.9M | $29.9M |
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 PTES HUB. 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: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O1021
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2026_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2024 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O987
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2024_DoD_P-1_Procurement.xlsx.
FY2025 Department of Defense Budget: Procurement Programs (P-1) · comptroller.war.gov
Exhibit P-1 · O1040
Complete workbook · unchanged saved copy. Saves as PB2025_DoD_P-1_Procurement.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 Procurement · www.saffm.hq.af.mil
PDF page 127