# Project 3097 — W-93 / Mk 7 **Program element:** 0101221N — Strategic Sub & Wpns Sys Supt **Project:** 3097 **Component:** U.S. Navy **Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy **Budget Activity:** 7 — Operational System Development **Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027 **Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097 **Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N ## Summary Project 3097 — W-93 / Mk 7 requests $841.2M in FY2027, 80% of the $1.05B requested for program element 0101221N, up 36% on FY2026. 5 R-2A activities decompose the request. LMS is the largest named R-3 performer at $421.3M, 50% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total. ## Funding profile | Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) | |---|---|---| | FY2025 | Actual | 259.7 | | FY2026 | Enacted | 618.8 | | FY2027 | Request | 841.2 | | FY2028 | Outyear | 974.5 | | FY2029 | Outyear | 1,102.0 | | FY2030 | Outyear | 1,101.6 | | FY2031 | Outyear | 1,123.6 | > Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0101221N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them. ## What project 3097 buys The W93/Mk7 warhead project (3097) will provide the US Navy with a third submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead variant, enhancing flexibility in managing the nuclear stockpile. Designed to meet STRATCOM requirements and maintain a credible sea-based deterrent, the W93/Mk7 incorporates advanced technology to address emerging threats. W93/Mk7 will provide opportunities to improve the current force by delivering the President flexible options to deter or limit conflict. The W93/Mk7 is being designed to allow for modifications if needed to adapt to the changing threat environment. This project also reinforces the US commitment to supporting the UK's independent nuclear deterrent. Critical early investments are required for the development of critical skills and recapitalization of the atrophied industrial base. The U.S. has not delivered an integrated ballistic reentry system since the 1980s. The program will align to the President's priority of strengthening our Nation's manufacturing and defense industrial base while improving supply chain resiliency and reducing reliance on foreign countries. In order to manage the development, production, maintenance, and retirement of W93/Mk7, the Department of War (DoW) and Department of Energy (DOE) / National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will utilize the DoW-DOE/NNSA Nuclear Weapons Lifecycle Process (Phase X). Phase X process is a joint effort which provides a common framework to conduct and manages phased activities: Phase 1 - Concept Assessment, Phase 2 - Feasibility Study and Design Options, Phase 2A - Design Definition and Cost Study, Phase 3 - Development Engineering, Phase 4 - Production Engineering, Phase 5 - First Production, Phase 6 - Full-Scale Production/Sustainment, Phase 7 - Retirement, Dismantlement, and Disposal. W93/Mk7 Program entered Phase 2A in March 2025. Progress and accomplishments achieved between Phase 1 and Phase 2A include the following: - Early efforts primarily consisted of developing programmatic planning and structure to support the future program along with further exploration and refinement of the concept studies that resulted from the Feasibility Management Team Study, which was directed in the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). **R-3 lines of work:** Product Development; Support; Test and Evaluation. ## Named R-3 performers | Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total | |---|---|---| | LMS | 421.3 | 50% | | DOE | 279.7 | 33% | | Tex-Tech | 28.1 | 3.3% | | APL | 14.0 | 1.7% | > Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator. ## Activities (R-2A) — 5 | Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | RBA Development | 146.7 | 359.4 | 434.2 | +21% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a0) | | Arming and Fuzing Development | 96.9 | 154.9 | 279.7 | +81% | [a1](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a1) | | RBA to Missile Integration Development | 5.9 | 61.2 | 58.3 | −5% | [a3](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a3) | | Strategic Weapon Integration | 7.1 | 36.3 | 48.6 | +34% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a4) | | Fire Control Development | 3.0 | 7.0 | 20.4 | +192% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a2) | > Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it. ### RBA Development - Prepare for the execution of FCET-10 (FY 2028) and FCET-11 (FY 2029) developmental flight test programs, encompassing hardware manufacturing and test execution readiness activities. - Complete Gen 5 hardware manufacturing, begin Gen 6 development manufacturing, and initiate Gen 7 conceptual design for FCET-11 testing. - Revise and… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a0 ### Arming and Fuzing Development - Transition to Phase 3 Development Work with DOE CDR. - Complete RB design maturation and AF&F development cycle one builds with continuing requirements development and systems evaluation testing. - Execute Follow-on Commander's Evaluation Test (FCET)-9 program including systems evaluation testing and component level design documents… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a1 ### RBA to Missile Integration Development - Execute full-scale software development and missile system engineering for W93/Mk7 integration with all variants of the SWS. - Update Fire Control/Missile/Reentry performance characteristics and missile system requirements to accommodate Mk7 capabilities and specifications. - Execute FCET-9 flight test with Mk7 development test bodies… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a3 ### Strategic Weapon Integration - Execute systems engineering and integration at SWS-level including requirements management, architecture integration, verification and validation, and coordinated interface analyses for W93/Mk7. - Support major system-level milestone reviews. - Conduct Weapon System Impact reviews and analyses including Strategic Weapons System Program… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a4 ### Fire Control Development - Integrate Mk7 capability into Fire Control system including software updates, system modifications, performance parameter integration, and interface requirements development. - Update Fire Control targeting algorithms, databases, and Mission Planning systems to accommodate Mk7 reentry body characteristics, trajectory planning, and… Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N/3097/a2 ## What is NOT on this page Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0101221N. ## Source & machine access - **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0101221N project 3097 (PB PB2027). - **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0101221N")`. *HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*