# Spectral

**R-2A activity** of project 2134 — Shipboard IW Exploit  
**Program element:** 0304785N — ISR & INFO Operations  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 5  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2134/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2134

## Summary

This activity requests $57.4M in FY2027, 27% of project 2134, up 19% 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 correcting deficiencies identified during the FCR-0 ICTs. - Continue implementation of design changes for Fleet Capability Release #1 (FCR-1). - Develop test plans, procedures, and acquisition documentation for Spectral product line. - Integrate capability enhancements for SSC-W virtualization, SSC-S virtualization, Medusa, Graywing, and SSC-L. - Begin integration with Advanced Information Warfare Antennas (AIWA) on SSC and future topside capabilities to counter emergent threats. - Begin emerging and near-peer adversary SIGINT techniques requiring signal processing development to enable collection, Fight From The MOC (FFTM), and Long Range Fires (LRF) execution. - Continue integration of Spectral's Graphic User Interface (GUI), and Common Hosting Environment Platform as a Service (Paas) with combat systems and future antennas. - Finalize development for FCR-1 to support Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and begin development for RDP-2 and FCR-2.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Spectral FY 2026 to FY 2027 increase (+$9.190M) due to emerging and near-peer adversary SIGINT techniques requiring signal processing development to enable collection, FFTM, and LRF execution.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** -Complete Iterative Capability Tests (ICTs) (previously Operational Assessment (OA)) of Fleet Capability Release (FCR)-0 (previously Production Representative Article (PRA))systems to support Milestone C. -Conduct improvements in system modularity to reduce the afloat installation timeline from approximately five months to 45 days, allowing ICTs (previously Operational Assessment (OA))to occur closer to FCR-0 (previously Production Representative Article (PRA))Afloat delivery. - Begin correcting deficiencies identified during the FCR-0 (previously Production Representative Article (PRA))ICTs (previously Operational Assessment (OA)). - Complete Requirements Definition Package (RDP) #1 and begin implementation of design changes for Fleet Capability Release #1 (FCR-1). -Complete development of capability enhancements for the following Special Signal Capabilities (SSC): SSC-W virtualization, SSC-S virtualization, Medusa, Graywing and SSC-L. - Complete updates to Spectral's Graphic User Interface (GUI), Common Hosting Environment Platform as a Service (PaaS) and integrate with additional combat systems. Integrate with the High Gain, Narrow Band (HGNB) antenna.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 52.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 48.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 57.4 |

> 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 2134

- Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) Urgent Operational Need (UON) — FY2027 81.9
- [Distributed Operations (DO)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2134/a6) — FY2027 26.3
- [Advanced Information Warfare (IW) Antennas](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2134/a3) — FY2027 19.2
- [Horizon](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304785N/2134/a4) — FY2027 15.3
- Integrated Communications and Data Systems Increment II (ICADS Inc II) — FY2027 10.0
- Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment Inc F (SSEE Inc F) — FY2027 3.7
- Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment Modifications (SSEE Modifications) — FY2027 0.3

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0304785N project 2134 (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`.

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