# Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance (ISR)

**R-2A activity** of project 3001 — Marine Corps Landing Force Tech  
**Program element:** 0602131M — Marine Corps Lndg Force Tech  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602131M/3001/a4  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602131M/3001

## Summary

This activity requests $10.6M in FY2027, 20% of project 3001, up 107% 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.** Continue: - Research efforts into advanced software frameworks that support human decision making and planning activities at the tactical and operational levels during high tempo operations by integrating organic sensor data, incorporating faster than real-time military simulation, and conducting Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) analysis to inform command decision making by inferring adversarial intent, plans, and tactics and providing reactive and adaptive planning and recommendations. - Research to provide Augmented Reality (AR) Heads-up Display (HUD) interfaces, multi-modal input methods, and communication aides to significantly improve Marines' situational awareness and speed the kill chain for ground forces / infantry employment of fires activities. - The development of frameworks for intelligent signal processing resource allocation management on individual expeditionary platforms in real time. - Research to develop methods for the autonomous dispersing, monitoring and retrieval of large numbers of small, unmanned vehicles capable of providing visual, Radio Frequency (RF), and acoustic data for enhanced situational understanding in small unit (company and below) tactical operations. Complete: - The demonstration of dynamic range compression filters that enable wideband, high sensitivity reception to continue in the presence of uncooperative loud signals. Initiate: - Research to develop subsystem enhancements for ultra-wideband antennas, sensors, and photonic processing for passive detection of threats.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the increased investments in research to prioritize new passive sensing technologies without radio frequency emissions.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue research efforts into advanced software frameworks that support human decision making at the tactical level during high tempo operations by integrating organic sensor data, incorporating faster than real-time military simulation, and conducting Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) analysis to inform command decision making by inferring adversarial intent, plans, and tactics and providing reactive and adaptive planning and recommendations. - Continue research to provide augmented reality (AR) interfaces, multi-modal input methods, and communication aides to significantly improve Marines' situational awareness and speed the kill chain. - Continue the development of frameworks for intelligent signal processing resource allocation management on individual expeditionary platforms in real time. - Continue the development of dynamic range compression filters that enable wideband, high sensitivity reception to continue in the presence of uncooperative loud signals. - Initiate research to develop methods for the autonomous dispersing, monitoring and retrieval of large numbers small unmanned vehicles capable of providing visual, Radio Frequency (RF), and acoustic data for enhanced situational understanding in small unit (company and below) tactical operations.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 6.1 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 5.1 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.6 |

> 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 3001

- Human Performance, Training and Education — FY2027 7.8
- Force Protection — FY2027 7.5
- Firepower — FY2027 7.4
- USMC FNC Technology Candidates — FY2027 6.6
- Maneuver — FY2027 5.1
- Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) — FY2027 3.0
- Logistics — FY2027 2.7
- Future Concepts, Technology Assessment, And Roadmapping — FY2027 1.5

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602131M project 3001 (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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