# Undersea AI/ML Capability Development

**R-2A activity** of project 3255 — Decision Support Tools and AI Development  
**Program element:** 0304797N — (u)undersea Artificial Intel/machine Learning  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 4  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304797N/3255/a0  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0304797N

## Summary

This activity requests $13.6M in FY2027, 100% of project 3255, down 54% 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.** Program will be the data processing arm using AI/ML to ultimately support the missions and effects for Navy's undersea warfighting capabilities. The workload includes research, development and testing, as well as operations and maintaining lines of effort to include civilian, military, and contractor support/manpower and their related costs.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects a decrease of (-15.745M). This decrease is associated with planned project phasing (-4.969M), rephasing of FY 2027 efforts into FY 2028 and FY2029 (-9.708M), and contractor service reductions (-1.068M).

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Program will be the data processing arm using AI/ML to ultimately support the missions and effects for Navy's undersea warfighting capabilities. The workload includes research, development and testing, as well as operations and maintaining lines of effort to include civilian, military, and contractor support/manpower and their related costs.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 28.6 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 29.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.6 |

> 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.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0304797N project 3255 (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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