# RQ-11 UAV — Program Element 0305232M

**Program element:** 0305232M  
**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/0305232M

## Summary

U.S. Navy funding ramps 1767% to a $19.8M request in FY2027 — the program's peak, before stepping down 76% across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators cut 32% (to $13.5M). NAWCAD leads the industry work.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 2.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 1.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 19.8 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 4.4 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 4.2 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 4.5 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 4.7 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 19.8 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 19.8 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 19.8 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 13.5 | −6.3 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (1)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2292 | Unmanned Air Systems (Intel) | 2.0 | 1.1 | 19.8 | +1767% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 2292 — Unmanned Air Systems (Intel)

In support of Presidential/Department of War directives and Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Planning Guidance and Force Design Modernization, the Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) program provides Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for battalion/company/detachment level units with scalable airborne RSTA capabilities to aid in detecting, identifying, engaging, and/or avoiding enemy units. FoSUAS meets validated operational requirements delineated in the Family of Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoTUAS) Capability Description Document (CDD). SUAS Reusable Architecture (SRA) capability will reduce the size, weight, and manpower required to operate a SUAS, increases the mobility of the operator, and improves digital interoperability. The SRA project, a technology improvement effort, will increase interoperability, protect cyber security, and reduce cyber security risk, decrease maintenance and sustainment costs, minimize risk and cost associated with technology insertion and improvement, and reduce manpower required to operate a FoSUAS. FoSUAS is developing SRA to establish reference implementations and industry guidance for all key SUAS interfaces, drastically improving interoperability by permitting industry, government, and academia to design-to-field hardware and software capabilities with well-defined integration and cybersecurity requirements up front. In addition to accelerating payload integration, SRA will allow portability of both software and hardware-based functionality across disparate platforms and control segments, as well as enable rapid integration of both open and closed-source artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) tools to inject autonomy and target recognition capabilities into FoSUAS. This effort will reduce duplicative engineering, training, integration, and sustainment efforts associated with closed, proprietary systems. SRA also seeks to authorize all SRA-compliant systems under a single service accreditation in order to define, address, and mitigate security vulnerabilities at the enterprise-level in current and future platforms.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** NAWCAD (2.0, 10%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Development | 0.7 | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Support | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Test and Evaluation | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 10% | 2.0 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 5.8% | 1.2 |
| Other / unspecified | 84% | 16.7 |

**Top named industry performers:** NAWCAD ($2.0M, 10%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

In support of Presidential/Department of War directives and Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Planning Guidance and Force Design Modernization, the Family of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoSUAS) program provides Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for battalion/company/detachment level units with scalable airborne RSTA capabilities to aid in detecting, identifying, engaging, and/or avoiding enemy units. FoSUAS meets validated operational requirements delineated in the Family of Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (FoTUAS) Capability Description Document (CDD).

The program office continues to implement acquisition approaches to quickly field new technology and capabilities to meet requirements set forth by USMC in order to meet Force Modernization objectives.

## Related program elements

- [0605520M — Marine CORPS AIR Defense Weapons SYS](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0605520M) (Navy)
- [0604014N — F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track (IRST)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0604014N) (Navy)
- [0207590F — SEEK EAGLE Certifications](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207590F) (Air Force)
- [0708051F — Rapid Sustainment Modernization Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0708051F) (Air Force)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0305232M (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0305232M")`.

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