What project 1507 buys
The Naval Aerospace activity develops technologies for the science and engineering of flight from the land and sea surfaces to the edge of the atmosphere, and as applicable to the utilization of flight for aircraft, missiles, rockets, munitions, and unmanned systems (UxS) employed by the Navy and Marine Corps forces operating from naval platforms or land locations.
Project 1507 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 25.5 |
| FY2027 | Request | 18.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 18.7 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 20.1 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 19.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 18.8 |
6 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work Continue: - Control synthesis to enable agile and guaranteed performance of non-linear systems with coupled control axes. - Fundamental interactions between cyber, physical and physiological dynamics in coupled human/machine systems - Robust and precise control in the presence of highly turbulent flow fields - Multibody control systems and the ability to demonstrate guaranteed performance relative to a desired end-state - Competitive control law synthesis based on plant models for unconventional UAS operating from sea-based and expeditionary platforms. - Optimal control and sensing for distributed human/machine systems to exploit recent physiological research on human sensory and state…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to more efforts being funded to advance the state of the art in modeling and simulation science within the realm of computational physics and fluid dynamics.
FY2026 plans — current year Flight Dynamics & Control Research to advance fundamental knowledge of the phenomena that drive air vehicle dynamics in the marine environment. Multi-disciplinary research efforts in this area enable greater operability in adverse conditions, higher precision flight control, agile multi-agent control, and greater human/machine performance. Research efforts include the following: Initiate: - Competitive control law synthesis based on plant models for unconventional UAS operating from sea-based and expeditionary platforms. - Optimal control and sensing for distributed human/machine systems to exploit recent physiological research on human sensory and state estimation mechanisms and optimal…
FY2027 planned work Aerospace Structures and Materials Research is focused on basic research for developing lightweight, reliable, survivable, sustainable, and affordable airframes for naval and marine corps aircraft and weapons. Continue: - Research on short fiber-thermoplastic composite forming and joining. - Investigating lightweight material solutions for multifunctional structures for airframes and weapons. - Research of non-traditional layups and curing methods - Research of Metallic alloys - MPEA's / CS-AFSD optimized compositions - Processing methods and chemistries for novel M&P technologies - Research on electro-thermal conductivity, surface ground plane behaviors, and E^3 effects - Research on…
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no significant funding change between FY 2026 and FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Aerospace Structures and Materials Research is focused on basic research for developing lightweight, reliable, survivable, sustainable, and affordable airframes for naval and marine corps aircraft and weapons. Continue: - Research on galvanic corrosion and mitigation strategies for airframes in naval environment. - Research on short fiber-thermoplastic composite forming and joining. - Investigating lightweight material solutions for multifunctional structures for airframes and weapons. - Research of non-traditional layups and curing methods - Research of Metallic alloys - MPEA's / CS-AFSD optimized compositions - Research on new polymeric M&P, thermoplastic and alternative resin…
FY2027 planned work Continue: - Researching the fully coupled aerodynamic interface between ships and aircraft. - Investigating novel state-of-the-art in-situ diagnostics and reduced-order modeling of complex flow fields. - Researching innovative technologies enabling increased range and/or maneuverability suitable for aircraft operating from the maritime environment and attritable systems such as unmanned aerial systems and high-speed weapons. - Research of the interactional and transitional aerodynamics of multi-rotor systems in complex fluid dynamic environments involving multi-body relative motion. - Research into effects of dynamic ground effect on lifting body aerodynamics, including coupling to active…
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no significant funding change between FY 2026 and FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Aerodynamics Research efforts focused on enhancing our understanding of Naval-unique aerodynamic challenges by developing advanced computational and experimental methods. Research efforts include the following: Continue: - Researching the fully coupled aerodynamic interface between ships and aircraft. - Investigating novel state-of-the-art in-situ diagnostics and reduced-order modeling of complex flow fields. - Researching innovative technologies enabling increased range and/or maneuverability suitable for aircraft operating from the maritime environment and attritable systems such as unmanned aerial systems and high-speed weapons. - Research of the interactional and transitional…
FY2027 planned work Initiate: - Research on radiative and convective heat transfer in detonation-based combustion environments - Research on lightweight and resilient materials, coatings, and surface treatments suitable for Naval environment - Research on methods to better characterize and reduce inlet distortion - Research to characterize and simulate sand erosion and deposition in gas turbine components Continue: Research on: - Advancing the technical superiority of Naval Aircraft - Propulsion, Power, and Thermal management with emphasis on advanced propulsion cycles, propulsion and power subsystems, engine-airframe integration, turbomachinery aerodynamics/ aeromechanics, drive systems, high temperature…
FY2026 to FY2027 change Funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to increased research in radiative and convective heat transfer in detonation-based combustion environments, lightweight and resilient materials, coatings, and surface treatments suitable for Naval environment, methods to better characterize and reduce inlet distortion, and research to characterize and simulate sand erosion and deposition in gas turbine components.
FY2026 plans — current year Research efforts with focus on advancing critical technologies relating to advanced propulsion cycles, propulsion and power subsystems, engine-airframe integration, turbomachinery aerodynamics/aeromechanics, drive systems, high-temperature materials, and protective coatings. Research efforts include the following: Initiate: - Experimental Study and CFD Analysis of Fuel Cavitation - Research on Reactive Mixing and Droplet Breakup in Liquid-Fueled Detonations - Research on Group Dynamics of Reacting Jets in Crossflow - Research on Variable Cycle Technologies Continue: - Synergistic Effects in the Environmental Degradation of Ceramic Coatings in Gas-Turbine Engines and its Mitigation…
FY2027 planned work Continue both exploratory and confirmatory research with future naval application in the following research areas: - Sea-based Aviation - Air Vehicle Sustainment - Collaborative Autonomy
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the realignment of funding under PE 0601153N from Proj 1507 (Naval Aerospace) to Proj 1501 (Autonomy/AI) within this PE. Planned programs have been updated to align to current focus area.
FY2026 plans — current year Science of Autonomy and Control of Unmanned Systems Research investigations regarding critical multidisciplinary autonomy challenges that cut across areas/domains, including air, sea, undersea and ground. Research efforts include the following: Continue: - Investigating the scalable and robust distributed collaboration among autonomous systems. - Research on human/unmanned system collaboration. - Work on perception-based adaptation across uncertain naval environments. - Investigating embodied and situated intelligence and architectures. - Developing theory-based tools and methods for safe, assured, robust, verifiable, and trustable autonomy Continue both exploratory and confirmatory…
FY2026 to FY2027 change The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the realignment and consolidation of all Expeditionary funding under PE 0601153N to the new Expeditionary Campaigns project number 1510 within this PE. Planned programs have been updated to align to current expeditionary and marine corps priorities.
FY2026 plans — current year - Complete research into mitigation of unsteady surface impacts on lifting bodies operating in-ground effect. (Expeditionary Warfare) - Complete study of theoretical foundations and limitations of deception and Artificial Intelligence methods in perception/action loops. (Expeditionary Warfare)