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Spacelift Range System 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
- $114.4M
- FY26
- $64.3M
● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.
| Series | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuals | $93.8M | $69.3M | $114.4M | ||
| Enacted | – | $71.7M | $114.5M | $63.8M | |
| Request | – | – | $114.5M | $63.8M | $64.3M |
blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.
Asked vs spent: the PB2024 book requested $114.5M for FY2024; the PB2026 book reports $114.4M actually spent — $147.0K 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
Description — Spacelift Range System Space
The Spacelift Range System (SLRS), also known as the Launch and Test Range System (LTRS), provides public safety and assured access to space. LTRS operates at the Eastern Range (ER) at Patrick SFB/Cape Canaveral SFS, FL and the Western Range (WR) at Vandenberg SFB, CA. LTRS provides tracking, telemetry, communications, flight safety, and other capabilities to support launch of national security space (NSS), civil and commercial space payloads, Intercontinental and Sea Launched ballistic missile and missile defense evaluations, as well as aeronautical and guided weapon tests. LTRS ensures ability to meet the national launch requirement, safely support the launch cadence of ER/WR launch requirement holders and provide assured access to space for the nation. The ER and WR are designated as Department of Defense Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFB). LTRS is comprised of 12 subsystems that together provide this capability to the ranges. The Range Safety, Command Destruct, and Positive Control subsystems provide the capability to destroy an errant rocket, if necessary to protect public safety. These subsystems rely on the Telemetry, Radar, and Optics subsystems to provide tracking data. The Weather and Surveillance subsystems allow range operators and customers to determine if conditions are safe for launch. The Communications, Data Handling, and Timing & Sequencing subsystems ensure critical data is expeditiously routed from remote sensors (e.g., radars, optics) to range operators and customers. Finally, the Planning and Scheduling subsystem ensures all assets are available when needed for a launch or test operation. The Space Force prioritizes procurement funds to transform LTRS to industry commercial standard technology and practices and ensure aging range equipment is modernized or replaced to meet current and projected mission requirements derived from documented Range user needs. Sustainment trends are continuously analyzed and assessed across all 12 subsystems and procurement funds are used to modernize the most critical mission equipment and procure replacement components. The LTRS program adopted a Digital Transformation approach to move components of subsystems out of sustainment into current state of practice and develop new capabilities required for modern Spaceport needs with increasingly digital infrastructure, data capabilities, and efficiencies harnessed through emerging technological advancements. The shift from the LTRS program into the Spaceports of the Future (SOTF) will be accomplished over the coming years through capability transformation. To meet evolving technological requirements and Spaceport of the Future guidance, LTRS rebalanced funding from a predominantly Procurement focused appropriation to a balanced appropriation mix of Procurement and RDT&E funding through a Zero Baseline Transfer FY 2025 and beyond. This realignment of appropriations ensures requirements expend against the appropriation most suited for the type of development work required for mission fulfillment. No requirements planned for Procurement obligations were sacrificed to achieve this shift in funding profile, but a large subset of these requirements to modernize Range Instrumentation and associated services were moved to the software acquisition pathway effort as core capabilities. 1) LTRS Replenishment Spares Procurement: Provides peculiar and common support material, required re-procurement data, and interim supply support management. 2) LTRS Support Services: FFRDC mission assurance activities ensure all twelve subsystems are compatible with mission rules and do not pose a risk to safe and cost-effective satellite launches. Funds are also used for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to ensure baseline documentation and modernization activities remain synchronized with the sustainment baseline. 3) LTRS Commodities Procurement: LTRS commodities procurement will meet Space Force Commander's Spaceport of the Future (SOTF) direction, formerly known as Range of the Future (ROTF), to: (1) ensure LTRS meets increasing launch capacity demand on the ER and WR; and (2) provide user support to launch and test requirement holders. The Commander's intent is that LTRS capability will not constrain the national space launch cadence. The Space Force will use various contract vehicles to procure, configure, install and integrate SOTF system architecture modifications to support requirements. Each Spaceport will be able to support two (threshold) and three (objective) major operations concurrently by 1 Oct 2025 (objective) but not later than 1 Oct 2028 (threshold) and achieve vehicle performance assessment rates of up to 30 megabytes (Mb) per second. These modifications will include advanced data reception, transport, and processing capability and modernized telemetry formats leveraging dispersed and disaggregated deployment concepts. 4) Range Communications Facility (RCF): Relocate communications capabilities from the Eastern Range XY building to a new RCF, resolving building degradation, code non-compliance, and high-risk offloading. The Space Force will either move existing equipment or procure new COTS equipment, if necessary, to meet system requirements and minimize impacts to scheduled launches. 5) Western Range Modernization of Network (WMN): Upgrades the communications subsystem on Western Range from Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology to an IPv6 based/IPv4 compatible network, resolving obsolescence issues, numerous high-priority sustainment issues, and providing improved cyber security for range operations. The WMN contract was awarded as a small business set aside. 6) Digital Transformation (previously: Digital Edge Modernization (DEM)): Transforms Eastern Range (ER) and Western Range (WR) Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) sensors and systems providing data, video, and communications to conduct data-driven command and control (C2) of launch operations in pursuit of SOTF goals. The information-intensive transformation from siloed LTRS systems to an interconnected ecosystem integrating information, applications, and sensors will provide on-demand, automated and scalable data and operational services to meet continuously evolving government and industry launch and test requirements. Digital transformation will enable a commercial standard LTRS ecosystem, leveraging enterprise cloud services and modern software development strategies to deliver resilient capability at speed while flexibly integrating launch operations data and applications across the 12 LTRS subsystems. Digital Transformation will adapt LTRS to accommodate flexible, responsive, and affordable launch, recovery, and test and evaluation operations allowing scalability for accelerating launch capacity and cadence. SOTF Projects will enable responsive and resilient LTRS operations following full Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) implementation on ER and WR. LTRS must support non-AFSS equipped Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) activities through 2030. The SOTF Strategic Guidance states the AFSS system will enable launches in one hour or less by 1 October 2025 (objective) but not later than 1 October 2028 (threshold). Funding for this exhibit is contained in PE 1203182SF.
Justification
Justification — Spacelift Range System Space
LTRS Commodities Procurement (P-5): FY 2026 funds will accelerate system modernization and integration of prime mission equipment into the LTRS baseline delivering on Spaceport of the Future (SOTF) launch capacity and data collection requirements. Additionally, commodity procurement modernization efforts include Digital Transformation (previously Digital Edge Modernization), telemetry upgrades, radar modernization, data processing capabilities, and LTRS Range Asset/Range Item Development Integration into the Range of FY 2025-delivered modernized end items. Under Digital Transformation, FY 2026 funds will procure Next Gen Radar Open System Architecture (ROSA) Integration ROSA III Operational Segment Integration; Radar Control Segment ROSA II Upgrade, and Phase 3 Modernization of WR Operations (MOWRO) including deployment of increased voice and video data capacity. Additional Procurement funding will advance the goals of Digital Transformation under SOTF strategic intent specifically to move legacy technology into Cloud-based rapid data delivery capabilities for current state of practice to meet SOTF objectives. LTRS Interim Supply Support (P-5): FY 2026 funds will continue to provide LTRS supply support to include spares, spares management support, and management support in preparation of delivering SOTF modernized systems and executing Digital Transformation. LTRS Support Services (P-5): FY 2026 funds will continue FFRDC mission assurance and procurement and research and development to ensure LTRS remains technically compatible with launch mission assurance and mission safety. Funds will support A&AS SE&I and program management for LTRS system engineering baseline currency throughout modernization and Digital Transformation program acquisition and research and development activities. RCF (P-40a): No FY 2026 funding requested. The RCF program achieved Full Operational Capability (FOC) on 29 February 2024. Program status in the Department of the Air Force's Investment Master List (IML) was changed to show the RCF ACAT III program as "Inactive-Closed since this modification will be maintained as part of the overall Launch and Test Range System (LTRS) program in sustainment. WMN (P-40a): No FY 2026 funding requested. WMN was Operationally Accepted (OA) 17 October 2024. Program status in the Department of the Air Force's Investment Master List (IML) was changed to show the WMN ACAT III program as "Inactive-Open until award of the Space Force Range Contract in late 2025 putting the program into sustainment. Additionally, FY 2026 funding will allow the program to rapidly respond to implement system resiliency and situational awareness necessary to operate in the contested space domain. Activities include, but are not limited to, program office support, studies, technical analysis, etc. The FY 2026 request was reduced by [-0.729] million for Advisory and Assistance Services and [-0.290] million in Federally Funded Research and Development Corporation funding to promote efficiencies and advance the policies of the Administration in alignment with Executive Order 14222, "Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative.
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit P-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY24 Actuals | $114.4M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY25 Enacted | $63.8M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY26 Disc. Request | $64.3M |
| Procurement, Space Force | F | FY26 Total | $64.3M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $30.2M | $114.4M | $63.8M | $64.3M | $64.3M |
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
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Lobbying Mentions
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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? →