# Project EFF-01 — EFFECTS

**Program element:** 0602026E — Effects  
**Project:** EFF-01  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602026E/EFF-01  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602026E

## Summary

Project EFF-01 — EFFECTS requests $0.0M in FY2027, down 100% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 0.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 12.6 |
| FY2027 | Request | 0.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 0.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 0.0 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602026E; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project EFF-01 buys

The Effects project will examine and evaluate emerging technologies and system concepts that employ physical or non-physical means to degrade or deny targeted adversary capabilities. The feasibility of achieving potential improvements, in terms of resources, schedule, and technological risk, is also evaluated. The results from these studies and initiatives are used, in part, to formulate future prototype development programs or refocus ongoing work. Topics for this thrust may include but are not limited to: methods of defeating enemy anti-aircraft attacks; munition technologies to increase precision, range, endurance, and hard or soft-kill weapons for a variety of mission sets; digital design methodologies that are compatible with surged production. Prior to FY 2026, efforts in this Project were funded in PE 0602716E, Project ELT-01.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | — | 4.9 | — | −100% | — |
| Sync | — | 4.8 | — | −100% | — |
| Effects Studies and Concepts | — | 2.9 | — | −100% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Humboldt

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 decrease reflects program completion.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Develop a range of application-specific antennas. - Experimentally characterize Humboldt devices integrated with antennas in relevant, simulated environments.

### Sync

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 decrease reflects program completion.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Demonstrate techniques on a UUV in laboratory environment in pool demonstration. - Demonstrate techniques on additional UUVs in simulation.

### Effects Studies and Concepts

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The FY 2027 decrease reflects completion of Effects Studies and Concepts.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Evaluate design of high pulsed power laser systems to be used for non-kinetic effects. - Investigate digital design methodologies for effects-based technologies.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602026E.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602026E project EFF-01 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602026E")`.

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