# Computer Network Defense (CND)

**R-2A activity** of project 0734 — Communications Security R&D  
**Program element:** 0303140N — Information Sys Security Program  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140N/0734/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0303140N/0734

## Summary

This activity requests $15.1M in FY2027, 52% of project 0734, down 9.5% on FY2026. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2026–FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue to manage obsolescence through technical refreshes and capability upgrades to CND subsystems. - Continue to develop and enhance Navy's portion of other mission requirements (details held at a higher classification) and BMD cyber security system of systems within the CND architecture. - Continue to implement DoW and USCC cybersecurity tools and mandates into ONE-Net and C4I networks, if still required. - Continue to provide technical guidance to support CANES deployment of new CND capabilities. - Continue to develop, integrate, and test solution to replace and assume acquisition management of NCDOC tactical sensor infrastructure. - Continue the enablement of high assurance infrastructure and cloud deployment in support of ZTA. - Continue to Refactor VRAM coding as needed and adapt VRAM to changing technologies utilized by the application, including adequate integration and testing prior to delivery/production. - Continue CND NCDOC COOP assessment of CND capabilities in an effort to comply with automated failover architecture, as required in support of NCDOC mission essential functions/operations at alternate failover site(s)

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY2026 to FY2027 decrease of $1.593M is attributed to requirement adjustments for the development of modernized capabilities associated with network devices that include firewalls, routers, switches, intrusion detection and protection, hosting, logging and authentication services, etc. due to end-of-life/end-of service that ensures the latest cybersecurity tools are protecting the Navy's tactical networks.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue to manage obsolescence through technical refreshes and capability upgrades to CND subsystems. - Continue to develop and enhance Navy's portion of other mission requirements (details held at a higher classification) and BMD cyber security system of systems within the CND architecture. - Continue to implement DoW and USCC cybersecurity tools and mandates into ONE-Net and C4I networks. - Continue to provide technical guidance to support CANES deployment of new CND capabilities. - Continue efforts to further virtualize CND capabilities for more effective and cost-efficient deployment of cybersecurity technologies. - Continue to develop, integrate, and test solution to replace and assume acquisition management of NCDOC tactical sensor infrastructure. - Continue the enablement of high assurance infrastructure in support of ZTA. - Continue to Refactor Vulnerability Asset Remediation Manager (VRAM) coding as needed and adapt VRAM to changing technologies utilized by the application, including adequate integration and testing prior to delivery/production. - Continue CND NCDOC COOP assessment of CND capabilities in an effort to comply with automated failover architecture, as required in support of NCDOC mission essential functions/operations at alternate failover site(s)

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 15.5 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 16.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 15.1 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 0734

- Navy Cryptography (Crypto) — FY2027 8.6
- SHARKCAGE — FY2027 2.8
- Navy Cyber Situational Awareness (NCSA) — FY2027 1.9
- Key Management (KM) — FY2027 0.4
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) — FY2027 0.4

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0303140N project 0734 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*