U.S. Army Requests $3.78 Billion for Next Generation Command and Control in FY27 Budget

The MTC program could serve as an alternate to the Paladin system. U.S. Army is asking for nearly $697 million for the MTC program in FY27 RDT&E justification books. Procurement funding for Paladins decreased from $715 million in FY26 to $84 million in FY27.

FY27 funding for Paladins will support vehicle fieldings as the program transitions toward sustainment. FY26 is the final year of production contract awards for Paladins. U.S. Army had planned to procure Paladin systems until at least FY29.

Officials told reporters at Tuesday’s briefing that as we see the changing nature of warfare, we recognize that a lot of the transformation efforts have reduced the number of ABCTs [armored brigade combat teams] that we have across the total force to reduce our number of Paladins when required for it, but more specifically, looking at more mobile and lighter artillery systems to allow us to operate in different environments at better speed.

The M1E3 Abrams program is slated to replace the legacy M1A1 Abrams. There is $474 million for RDT&E funds for the M1E3 Abrams in the justification books.

There is procurement funding for the M1E3 under the Abrams Upgrade line item. U.S. 78 billion across procurement and RDT&E for NGC2 and its network divestment efforts. U.S. 4 million through RDT&E funding for C2 applications.

U.S. 1 million through both procurement and RDT&E for C2 data. U.S. 36 billion through RDT&E and procurement for C2 infrastructure. U.S. 78 billion this year. 78 billion includes funding for C2 Now to replace all legacy Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) equipment still in formations.

U.S. Army to field two divisions with NGC2 full-stack capability in FY27. The 4th Infantry Division is currently prototyping the full NGC2 stack, which encompasses a transport layer, integration layer, data layer, and application layer.

Army to procure three additional division equivalents of NGC2 full stack capability for fielding in FY28. U.S. Army to procure approximately 50 percent of the C2 Now hardware to be fielded in FY27 and FY28.

Army consolidated budget line items associated with C2 from 12 major lines in FY26 to six in FY27.