# Project 0000 — Force Protection Applied Res

**Program element:** 0602123N — Force Protection Applied Res  
**Project:** 0000  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 2 — Applied Research  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N

## Summary

Project 0000 — Force Protection Applied Res requests $127.1M in FY2027, 92% of the $137.8M requested for program element 0602123N, up 1.1% on FY2026. 5 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 113.4 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 125.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 127.1 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 136.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 141.7 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 141.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 143.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602123N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0000 buys

This project addresses applied research associated with providing the capability of Platform and Force Protection for the U.S. Navy. It supports the development of technologies associated with all naval platforms (surface, subsurface, terrestrial, and air) and the protection of those platforms. Research is focused on providing technologically superior defense of naval assets and delivering warfighting capabilities at reduced total ownership costs for surface and subsurface platforms through investments in applied research in Power, Energy, Propulsion, Engineering, and Design. This project develops technologies for reducing detectable signatures, while enhancing the mission effectiveness of naval platforms (surface, subsurface, terrestrial, and air) through improvements in platform range, responsiveness, survivability, observability, readiness, safety and life cycle cost. The project addresses technology development that provides substantial performance improvements in energetic material systems and subsystems, while addressing safety, reliability, and affordability concerns. This project is broken out into five primary areas of study: Aircraft Technology, Fleet Force Protection and Defense Against Undersea Threats, Advanced Energetics, Surface Ship and Submarine Hull Mechanical & Electrical (HM&E), and Naval Research Enterprise/Innovation Operations.

## Activities (R-2A) — 5

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Ship and Submarine Hull Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) | 70.3 | 75.0 | 68.2 | −9% | [a3](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a3) |
| Aircraft Technology | 26.1 | 31.5 | 30.2 | −4% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a0) |
| Naval Research Enterprise | 9.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | +5% | [a4](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a4) |
| Advanced Energetics | 5.5 | 5.1 | 10.9 | +114% | [a2](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a2) |
| Fleet Force Protection and Defense Against Undersea Threats | 2.1 | 2.1 | 5.1 | +142% | — |

> 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.

### Surface Ship and Submarine Hull Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E)

Power & Energy Technologies, includes the following: -Alternative Fuels -Power Distribution & Control -Design Tool development -Thermal Management Technology -Energy Storage -Power Generation - Complete applied research in Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) electrical architectures to reduce risk on future platforms. - Complete…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a3

### Aircraft Technology

AERODYNAMICS Continue: - Advanced computational methods for fully coupled aerodynamic interface between ships and aircraft - Reduced-order modeling of complex flow fields enabling real-time, high-fidelity simulations of ship-based aircraft operations - Flow field manipulation and control for air vehicles in maritime environments - In…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a0

### Naval Research Enterprise

- Continue three-year projects selected in FY2026 to further develop and maintain the Science and Engineering workforce by providing funding to Naval Warfare Centers and Laboratories to foster high risk/ high reward applied research initiatives of Naval interest. Each Naval site conducts peer reviews for existing research projects…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a4

### Advanced Energetics

Continue: - Computational studies of reaction pathways in terms of mechanistic and kinetic details to guide energetic materials synthesis and scale up development. - Research focused on new reactive material formulations and configurations for warhead use. New consolidated effort towards high performing explosive oxidizer materials…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602123N/0000/a2

### Fleet Force Protection and Defense Against Undersea Threats

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue efforts in Materials for Advanced Sensor Technology. The focus of these efforts is to demonstrate at pertinent scale and environment of the performance of advanced materials and innovative processing techniques, which include sensor and data analysis capabilities for enhanced situational awareness for platform protection. Successful manufacturing of devices/components utilized newly discovered advanced materials requires understanding the complex relationship between material constituents, fabrication methodologies and processes, device or component design and performance. The focus is on the demonstration above the laboratory bench level, including evaluation of operating limits and practicality of the methodologies. The work in this area also includes provisions for protection of human assets from chemical, explosive and biological threats, demonstrating improved sensitivity and response time. Specific focus of work in this area is the demonstration of advanced prototype of sensors and processing technologies for identification of trace levels of chemical sensors, including sensors for identification of trace levels of explosives. - Continue research into Next Generation Sensors. There is a focus within this task on Seabed Sensing and Intervention work. An essential element to maintaining maritime superiority depends on acoustic stealth. Currently, the U.S. Navy assesses and supports the acoustic signatures of its vessels (submarines or surface ships) through full-scale advanced measurement technology to quantify and diagnose noise sources. The scientists and engineers use this measurement data to calculate the vessel's vulnerability to improve operations, tactics, and ship design. The goal is to demonstrate an imaging capability for locating the acoustic radiation at the vessel's surface, which would be transitioned to the Navy's advanced measurement facilities. The proposed imaging capability is based on an NRL-developed signature technology, nearfield acoustical holography (NAH), where we propose to extend this technology to moving underwater vehicles. The acoustic community currently uses NAH to uncover the fundamental sound radiation mechanisms at the surface of the radiating stationary object. The Fleet has succeeded in making modern submarines moving at slow speeds (ultra-quiet mode) acoustically stealthy. Therefore, the Navy's primary focus for the next generation attack submarine SSN(X) (and beyond) is on maintaining the vessel's stealth while moving at faster speeds. To enable this capability, the Navy needs advanced measurement technologies to understand the acoustic radiation mechanisms from a moving submarine.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The funding increase from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the increase in the efforts associated with the Materials/Electronics and the Undersea Systems Focus Areas that affect platform design and engineering.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue efforts in Materials for Advanced Sensor Technology. The focus of these efforts is to demonstrate at pertinent scale and environment of the performance of advanced materials and innovative processing techniques, which include sensor and data analysis capabilities for enhanced situational awareness for platform protection. Successful manufacturing of devices/components utilized newly discovered advanced materials requires understanding the complex relationship between material constituents, fabrication methodologies and processes, device or component design and performance. The focus is on the demonstration above the laboratory bench level, including evaluation of operating limits and practicality of the methodologies. The work in this area also includes provisions for protection of human assets from chemical, explosive and biological threats, demonstrating improved sensitivity and response time. Specific focus of work in this area is the demonstration of advanced prototype of sensors and processing technologies for identification of trace levels of chemical sensors, including sensors for identification of trace levels of explosives. - Continue research into Next Generation Sensors. There is a focus within this task on Seabed Sensing and Intervention work. An essential element to maintaining maritime superiority depends on acoustic stealth. Currently, the U.S. Navy assesses and supports the acoustic signatures of its vessels (submarines or surface ships) through full-scale advanced measurement technology to quantify and diagnose noise sources. The scientists and engineers use this measurement data to calculate the vessel's vulnerability to improve operations, tactics, and ship design. The goal is to demonstrate an imaging capability for locating the acoustic radiation at the vessel's surface, which would be transitioned to the Navy's advanced measurement facilities. The proposed imaging capability is based on an NRL-developed signature technology, nearfield acoustical holography (NAH), where we propose to extend this technology to moving underwater vehicles. The acoustic community currently uses NAH to uncover the fundamental sound radiation mechanisms at the surface of the radiating stationary object. The Fleet has succeeded in making modern submarines moving at slow speeds (ultra-quiet mode) acoustically stealthy. Therefore, the Navy's primary focus for the next generation attack submarine SSN(X) (and beyond) is on maintaining the vessel's stealth while moving at faster speeds. To enable this capability, the Navy needs advanced measurement technologies to understand the acoustic radiation mechanisms from a moving submarine.

## 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/0602123N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602123N project 0000 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602123N")`.

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