# Resilient Naval System Science

**R-2A activity** of project 1396 — Naval Engineering  
**Program element:** 0601153N — Defense Research Sciences  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1396/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1396

## Summary

This activity requests $13.5M in FY2027, 67% of project 1396, up 140% 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.** - Complete research efforts related to Submarine Detectability - Continue efforts in Engineered Materials (morphing structures, composite structures and Metamaterials) for control of wave propagation in materials and fluid structure interactions - Continue Novel Propulsion Physics efforts investigating next generation all-domain propulsion physics - Continue research into fluid-structure interactions specifically Turbulence and Flow Induced Noise and Vibration - Continue efforts in foundational scientific work of electromagnetic interaction of naval systems in complex hostile environments - Continue research in Non-Acoustic Signatures Science for Advanced Naval Platforms, to include Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic, Infrared, Electro-Optical, and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic physics. - Continue Resilient Structures efforts aimed at producing foundational work in structural configurations and materials to enable self-sustainable, self-repairable, and highly damage resistant structures. - Continue Multiscale Mechanics efforts to develop fundamental multiscale and Multiphysics mechanics theories that bridge the nano scale to the continuum scale to predict material and structural strength. - Continue research in Wave Transport in Complex Media - Continue efforts in Chemical Physics at Interfaces efforts to understand basic scientific principles controlling solid/liquid interfacial interactions of complex physical systems. - Continue both exploratory and confirmatory research with future naval application in Resilient Naval Systems Science and Engineering research areas - Continue efforts in Morphing Composite Structures and Controls for energy dissipation control - Initiate efforts in Novel Flow Physics and Instrumentation to characterize complex flow physics in full-scale physics experiments - Initiate efforts in Maneuvering Dynamics and Complex Flows to understand complex hydrodynamics of maneuvering bodies at full scale. - Initiate Multiscale and Multiphysics modeling efforts to develop novel fundamental multiscale and Multiphysics hydrodynamics theories and models.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding Increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to increased research in Wave Transport in Complex Media, Platform Signature Related Sciences to include Electromagnetic Signatures, Acoustic Signatures, and Platform Detectability, and Dynamic Bonding in Naval Systems for reconfigurable and modular future systems.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete efforts in Structural Reliability Science - Complete efforts in Propulsion Hydromechanics - Complete efforts in Structural Acoustics - Complete efforts with the Centers for Innovative Naval Prototypes - Continue Novel Propulsion Physics efforts investigating next generation all-domain propulsion physics - Continue efforts in Engineered Materials (Metamaterials) for control of wave propagation in materials - Continue research into fluid-structure interactions specifically Turbulence and Flow Induced Noise and Vibration (Note that this work will be initiated in FY25) - Continue efforts in foundational scientific work of electromagnetic interaction of naval systems in complex hostile environments - Continue research in Non-Acoustic Signatures Science for Advanced Naval Platforms, to include Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic, Infrared, Electro-Optical, and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic physics. - Continue Resilient Structures efforts aimed at producing foundational work in structural configurations and materials to enable self-sustainable, self-repairable, and highly damage resistant structures. (Note that this work will be initiated in FY25) - Continue Multiscale Mechanics efforts to develop fundamental multiscale and Multiphysics mechanics theories that bridge the nano scale to the continuum scale to predict material and structural strength. (Note that this work will be initiated in FY25) - Continue Multiscale and Multiphysics modeling efforts to develop fundamental multiscale and Multiphysics hydrodynamics theories. (Note that this work will be initiated in FY25) - Continue both exploratory and confirmatory research with future naval application in Resilient Naval Systems Science and Engineering research areas (realigned from project unit 1099) - Continue research in Wave Transport in Complex Media - Initiate efforts in Chemical Physics at Interfaces efforts to understand basic scientific principles controlling solid/liquid interfacial interactions of complex physical systems. - Initiate efforts in Morphing Composite Structures and Controls for energy dissipation control

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 5.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 13.5 |

> 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 1396

- Platform Design and Engineering — FY2027 4.8
- Integrated Cyber-Physical Systems — FY2027 1.8
- Sea Warfare and Weapons STEM — FY2027 0.0
- Expeditionary Naval Engineering — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0601153N project 1396 (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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