# Power, Energy and Propulsion

**R-2A activity** of project 1400 — Power and Energy  
**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/1400/a1  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601153N/1400

## Summary

This activity requests $11.8M in FY2027, 63% of project 1400, 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.** - Complete power electronics research for improved energy conversion efficiency, and electromagnetic materials research to achieve compatibility with high frequency power electronics. - Continue fundamental electrical power, energy and propulsion research. - Continue research in heat transfer and thermal management science and materials to enable effective cooling of future directed energy systems, power electronics, personnel, etc. - Continue power generation research to improve operational endurance, energy storage, distribution, power management and control. - Continue to advance material science for electrochemical energy storage, alternative fuels, fuel cells, dielectrics, and photovoltaics. - Continue physics-based modeling efforts, and the development of digital twins for power and energy materials, components, and systems. - Initiate power and energy research under the Naval Undersea Research Program supporting undersea weapons. - Initiate fundamental research in the development of advanced batteries to Expand the Industrial Base for Battery Development.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** Funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to increased research in power and energy research under the Naval Undersea Research Program supporting undersea weapons and fundamental research in the development of advanced batteries to Expand the Industrial Base for Battery Development.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Complete both exploratory and confirmatory research with future naval application in Thermal Management and Power Distribution, Control & Resilience research areas. - Continue fundamental electrical power, energy and propulsion research. - Continue research in heat transfer and thermal management science and materials to enable effective cooling of future directed energy systems, power electronics, personnel, etc. - Continue power generation research to improve operational endurance, energy storage, distribution, power management and control. - Continue power electronics research for improved energy conversion efficiency, and electromagnetic materials research to achieve compatibility with high frequency power electronics. - Continue to advance material science for electrochemical energy storage, alternative fuels, fuel cells, dielectrics, and photovoltaics. - Continue physics-based modeling efforts, and the development of digital twins for power and energy materials, components, and systems.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 11.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 9.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 11.8 |

> 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 1400

- Structural Materials — FY2027 7.0
- Aerospace Propulsion, Power and Thermal Management — FY2027 0.0
- Sea Warfare and Weapons STEM — FY2027 0.0
- Expeditionary Power and Energy — FY2027 0.0

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0601153N project 1400 (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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