# Marine Corps Lndg Force Tech — Program Element 0602131M

**Program element:** 0602131M  
**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/0602131M

## Summary

U.S. Navy requests $57.6M in FY2027, sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House added 4.3% (to $60.1M); the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators funded it in full.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 56.7 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 62.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 57.6 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 54.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 60.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 61.4 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 62.8 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 57.6 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 60.1 | +2.5 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 57.6 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 57.6 | +0.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (3)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 | Marine Corps Landing Force Tech | 47.1 | 40.4 | 52.2 | +29% |
| 2958 | Cyberspace Activities | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | +2% |
| 9999 | Congressional Adds | 4.6 | 16.4 | 0.0 | −100% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 3001 — Marine Corps Landing Force Tech

This project funds applied research; technology assessment, road mapping, and concept development; and less technologically mature projects within the Future Naval Capability (FNC) process as means to inform, enhance, enable, and invent future concepts and capabilities with new Science and Technology (S&T). This project is organized into ten activities, the core of which is represented by the eight Expeditionary Warfighting Capability Areas.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) | 6.5 | 5.9 | 3.0 |
| Firepower | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| Force Protection | 6.0 | 5.9 | 7.5 |
| Human Performance, Training and Education | 4.6 | 4.4 | 7.8 |
| Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance (ISR) | 6.1 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
| USMC FNC Technology Candidates | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Logistics | 6.1 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| Maneuver | 4.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| Future Concepts, Technology Assessment, And Roadmapping | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 2958 — Cyberspace Activities

This Project activity provides freedom of maneuver and influence in the cyber-electronic warfare domain while simultaneously denying the same to the adversary and protecting critical command systems. Technologies are being developed using a multi-disciplinary approach that combines radio frequency electronics, digital signal processing, computer engineering, software engineering, machine learning and data science to support Naval Expeditionary Forces operating with size, weight, and power constrained equipment in denied, degraded, intermittent, or limited (DDIL) communications environments. Areas of applied research include distributed precision time, predictive software defined radio architectures, coordinated cyber and spectrum maneuver to mitigate detection and exploitation, tactical cyber visualization, discovering and mapping networks in dense urban environments, contextual awareness and blind channel characterization.

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expeditionary Cyber | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 9999 — Congressional Adds

Congressional add projects not included in other efforts.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

The U.S. Navy/Marine Corps team is the most potent naval fighting force in the world. Fundamental to their success are the technologies necessary for effective distributed maritime operations. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) combines knowledge of the naval mission with researchers to select and explore solutions critical to expeditionary warfighting needs.

## Related program elements

- [0603640M — MC Advanced Technology Demo](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603640M) (Navy)
- [0601121A — Cyber Collaborative Research Alliance](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601121A) (Army)
- [0601110D8Z — Basic Research Initiatives](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601110D8Z) (Defense-Wide)
- [0603469E — Advanced Enabling Technologies](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603469E) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0602131M (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602131M")`.

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