What project 0000 buys
Activities and efforts in this program examine concepts and technologies that enable the transformation to network centric warfare. Network centric capabilities rely on information to connect assets and provide timely and accurate understanding of the environment. The mission area requirements for rapid, accurate decision-making; dynamic, efficient, mission-focused communications and networks; and pervasive and persistent sensing drive network centric Science and Technology S&T investments. The activities described in this Program Element (PE) address future Navy and Marine Corps capabilities needed to maintain maritime superiority and ensure national security. They are based on input from stakeholders including the Naval enterprises, the combatant commands, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Headquarters Marine Corps and are designed to exploit breakthroughs in science and technology in order to deliver maximum warfighting benefit to our sailors and marines. These efforts are aligned with shared priorities throughout the whole of RDT&E in order to quickly advance new capabilities from discovery to deployment across the warfighting domains.
Project 0000 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 | 50.3 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 55.2 |
| FY2027 | Request | 40.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 45.6 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 48.8 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 47.6 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 48.1 |
3 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. 1 of them describes FY2027 work in enough detail to have its own page; the rest are shown here in full. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
Quantum Information Sciences: - Continue research into efficient protocols to implement quantum information processing with atoms and photons. - Continue research into quantum approaches to solve hard decision problems with naval relevance that may outperform classical techniques. - Continue research on robust devices compatible with…
Read the FY2027 plan →FY2027 planned work Communication and Networks: - Continue research on communications with low probability of detection. - Continue research on novel path computation algorithms and autonomous distributed network control. - Continue research on transmission security enhancements to 5G for tactical operations. - Continue research on using current traffic data to predict future, near-term behavior. - Continue efforts in Networks and Communications Technology. The overall goal of this effort is devoted to the application of information theory, network and transport layer theory, and applied foundational science in wireless, networked communications, as well as the reference implementation and design of Naval…
FY2026 to FY2027 change There is no significant funding change from FY 2026 to FY 2027.
FY2026 plans — current year Communication and Networks: - Continue research on communications with low probability of detection. - Continue research on novel path computation algorithms and autonomous distributed network control. - Continue research on transmission security enhancements to 5G for tactical operations. - Continue research into underwater blue-green optical communications technologies. - Continue research on electrically small antennas at lower frequencies. - Continue research on interference reduction and cancellation. - Continue research on using current traffic data to predict future, near-term behavior. - Continue efforts in Networks and Communications Technology. The overall goal of this effort is…
FY2027 planned work Space Research and Spacecraft Technology: - Continue efforts into Hypersonic Technologies. Hypersonic technologies are a key enabler for future Naval capabilities. Early applied research on many aspects of this field are expected to have significant impact on future DON capabilities. These include, but are not limited to propulsion, thermal management, materials, airframe design, and in-flight communication. This is an expansion and redefining of efforts aimed at the development of robust and reliable hypersonic air breathing platforms. - Continue efforts into Space Environment Awareness and Exploitation. Many Naval capabilities are enabled by or can be disrupted or degraded by the space…
FY2026 to FY2027 change The funding decrease from FY 2026 to FY 2027 reflects reduced investments in Tactical Space Exploitation Applied Research to meet higher priority Navy requirements.
FY2026 plans — current year Space Research and Spacecraft Technology: - Continue efforts into Hypersonic Technologies. Hypersonic technologies are a key enabler for future Naval capabilities. Early applied research on many aspects of this field are expected to have significant impact on future DON capabilities. These include, but are not limited to propulsion, thermal management, materials, airframe design, and in-flight communication. This is an expansion and redefining of efforts aimed at the development of robust and reliable hypersonic air breathing platforms. - Continue efforts into Space Environment Awareness and Exploitation. Many Naval capabilities are enabled by or can be disrupted or degraded by the space…