# Project 0000 — Warfighter Sustainment Applied Res

**Program element:** 0602236N — Warfighter Sustainment 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/0602236N/0000  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N

## Summary

Project 0000 — Warfighter Sustainment Applied Res requests $60.4M in FY2027, 100% of the $60.4M requested for program element 0602236N, down 19% on FY2026. 7 R-2A activities decompose the request.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 76.2 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 74.3 |
| FY2027 | Request | 60.4 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 68.2 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 72.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 68.8 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 69.6 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0602236N; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## What project 0000 buys

U.S. Sailors are the Navy's main weapons system. Their skill, resilience and courage remain our greatest asymmetric advantage. This Program Element (PE) supports research that advances decision aides, autonomy, human-machine teaming, augmented performance, command and control and protective equipment to ensure Sailors outthink, outperform and outfight adversaries in a complex, maritime environment. This PE also supports developments in biotechnologies, biomanufacturing, and advanced materials technologies to provide new options to enhance performance of Sailors and their platforms. This PE also supports the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global mission to serve as the preeminent external facilitator for the Naval Research Enterprise. This is accomplished by establishing quality, relevant connections amongst the international research and development community, Naval fleet/forces, DOW, other U.S. Government agencies, industry, and international partners.

## Activities (R-2A) — 7

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Office of Naval Research Global | 22.0 | 22.7 | 17.7 | −22% | [a5](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a5) |
| Advanced Naval Materials | 21.8 | 19.3 | 15.8 | −18% | [a0](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a0) |
| Medical and Human Performance Technologies | 10.4 | 11.8 | 8.1 | −31% | — |
| Training Technologies | 10.4 | 7.9 | 7.1 | −11% | — |
| Human Factors and Organizational Design | 5.5 | 3.7 | 6.3 | +70% | — |
| Biocentric Technologies | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.7 | −39% | — |
| Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.6 | −44% | — |

> 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.

### The Office of Naval Research Global

- Continue to have Science Advisors (SA) working across the NRE to help shape the DON investment strategy in science and technology. They work to develop relationships that support rapid prototyping, experimentation, and transitioning technology, based on the requirements and needs of the Fleet / Force. Continue communication and…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a5

### Advanced Naval Materials

Materials: - Continue advanced materials, processes and capabilities. - Continue ongoing research efforts to improve affordability and reliability of piezoelectric transduction materials. The focus will be on Acoustic Transduction Materials Technology to reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP) and improve sensitivity of sensors and SONAR…

Full year-by-year narrative: https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a0

### Medical and Human Performance Technologies

**FY2027 planned work.** Medical Technologies - Complete to conduct applied research into the use of novel technologies to improve Sailor survivability in the maritime domain including Sailor-integrated biomedical and environmental sensing prototype systems to augment human resilience and survivability. - Continue to conduct applied research on autonomous recovery, care, and transportation of impaired/injured personnel during operations ashore and afloat to improve casualty survival. - Continue application of novel quantification methods for soft biological materials to enable bio-accurate simulation of organs and tissues in human digital twin representations. - Initiate incorporation of human digital twins for design of crewed/autonomous platforms to reduce injuries and improve casualty survivability. Human Performance Technologies - Complete applied research on the feasibility of new underwater ultrasound devices to generate individualized and deterministic decompression profiles to reduce the risk of decompression sickness. - Continue to investigate biomedical effects of electromagnetic energy exposures on ships. - Continue applied research to identify and validate physiological capabilities that prevent and mitigate the risks of decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity injury. - Continue research to evaluate the efficacy and properties of anti-oxidants in mitigating accumulation of free radicals to enable longer duration, deeper dives. - Continue research to evaluate the efficacy and properties of anti-oxidants in mitigating accumulation of harmful reactive oxygen species in hyperoxic conditions. - Continue novel underwater biosensors for physiologic health status monitoring. - Continue studies to address current personal protective technology gaps with Naval operations in extreme cold or austere environments. - Continue studies to address current technology gaps for Naval personal survival equipment in cold water. - Continue research to characterize neurologic protective properties of hydrogen in response to hyperoxia and high pressure in Naval divers. Jet Noise Reduction - Continue theoretical and computational study of jet noise control. - Continue evaluation of active control of jet noise via bi-modal excitation. - Continue resonance prediction and mitigation in rectangular twin-jets. - Continue machine-learning for resolvent-based jet-noise models. - Continue collaborative research on machine-learning for jet noise prediction and control. - Continue F135 Noise Assessment.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion of research using underwater ultrasound devices for the generation of individualized decompression profiles and research on biomedical and environmental sensing prototype systems.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Medical Technologies - Complete modeling, microelectronics and novel composite materials for biomedical sensing to prototype equipment to protect, sense, respond, and enhance human survivability. - Complete experimental trials of autonomous fluid resuscitation and ventilation algorithms for closed loop autonomous casualty care devices. - Continue to conduct applied research into the use of novel technologies to improve warfighter survivability in the maritime domain including warfighter-integrated biomedical and environmental sensing prototype systems to augment human resilience and survivability. - Continue to conduct applied research on autonomous recovery, care, and transportation of impaired/injured personnel during operations ashore and afloat to improve casualty survival. - Continue application of novel quantification methods for soft biological materials to enable bio-accurate simulation of organs and tissues in human digital twin representations. Human Performance Technologies - Complete applied research to develop novel augmented reality platforms that will autonomously track/display environmental factors and hazards for warfighters operating in environments with low or no visibility. - Complete evaluation of active control of jet noise via Bi-Modal Excitation. - Complete F135 Noise Assessment - Continue to investigate biomedical effects of electromagnetic energy exposures. - Complete to assess feasibility of using predictors of stress in a military population to predict operational performance decrement and survival. - Continue applied research to identify and validate physiological capabilities that prevent and mitigate the risks of decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity injury. - Continue applied research on the feasibility of new underwater ultrasound devices to generate individualized and deterministic decompression profiles to reduce the risk of decompression sickness. - Continue research to evaluate the efficacy and properties of anti-oxidants in mitigating accumulation of of free radicals to enable longer duration, deeper dives. - Continue novel underwater biosensors for physiologic health status monitoring. - Continue studies to address current personal protective technology gaps with operations in extreme cold or austere environments. - Continue studies to address current technology gaps for personal survival equipment in cold water. - Initiate research to evaluate the efficacy and properties of anti-oxidants in mitigating accumulation of harmful reactive oxygen species in hyperoxic conditions. - Initiate novel underwater biosensors for physiologic health status monitoring. - Initiate research to characterize neurologic protective properties of hydrogen in response to hyperoxia and high pressure. Jet Noise Reduction - Continue theoretical and computational study of jet noise control. - Continue evaluation of active control of jet noise via bi-modal excitation. - Continue resonance prediction and mitigation in rectangular twin-jets. - Initiate machine-learning for resolvent-based jet-noise models. - Initiate collaborative Research on machine-learning for jet noise prediction and control. - Initiate F135 Noise Assessment.

### Training Technologies

**FY2027 planned work.** Technologies for Naval Training - Complete research to assess speech-to-text technologies on tactical communications in multiple representative Naval Command and Control (C2) environments and investigate use of these technologies for automated After-Action Review (AAR). - Continue applied research on adaptive/individualized training techniques for complex Naval domains using virtual training. Advanced Integrated Maritime Mission Modeling - Complete applied research and validation of computational approaches for automated compression of meteorological and oceanographic scenario data for use in Live, Virtual, and Constructive training to increase fidelity. - Complete to develop a web-based server interfaced with Naval platforms for Live, Virtual, and Constructive training content delivery. - Complete to enhance Live, Virtual, and Constructive simulation-based training technologies for Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). - Complete experiment with cyber and other non-kinetic effects (NKE) training approaches to include within Live, Virtual, and Constructive shipboard environments. - Continue conducting applied research to understand performance metrics, data collection techniques, and analysis approaches that can be used to assess Naval readiness. - Initiate development of automated data collection and assessment methodologies, including new methodologies for injecting Information Warfare domains into Naval LVC training. - Initiate applied research and development for organic, on-demand, integrated Live, Virtual, and Constructive framework and tools for conducting full Carrier Strike Group training and Mission Rehearsal at sea (to include air and surface). Learning to Integrate and Adapt to New Naval Technologies and Threats - Continue applied research on tailorable and scalable capabilities to improve cognitive and leadership-based knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve Sailor adaptability and ability to operate in distributed and contested Naval environments. - Continue applied research evaluating knowledge, skills, and abilities and training methodologies to accelerate adoption and integration of emerging technologies (e.g., wearables), supporting increased Naval mission effectiveness. 21st Century Learning - Complete applied research to examine effectiveness of performance support and training technologies on submarine SONAR operator performance within training scenarios. - Continue design of training technologies and methodologies to improve delivery and assessment of submarine SONAR operator training.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to completion of research using cyber and other non-kinetic effects (NKE) training approaches.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Technologies for Naval Training - Initiate research to assess speech-to-text technologies on tactical communications in multiple representative Naval Command and Control (C2) environments and investigate use of these technologies for automated After-Action Review (AAR). - Initiate applied research on adaptive/individualized training techniques for complex domains using virtual training. Advanced Integrated Maritime Mission Modeling - Continue conducting applied research to understand performance metrics, data collection techniques, and analysis approaches that can be used to assess warfighter readiness. - Continue to conduct applied research and validate computational approaches for automated compression of meteorological and oceanographic scenario data for use in Live, Virtual, and Constructive training to increase fidelity. - Continue to develop a web-based "game server" interfaced with Naval platforms for Live, Virtual, and Constructive training content delivery. - Continue to enhance Live, Virtual, and Constructive simulation-based training technologies for Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). - Continue to experiment with cyber and other non-kinetic effects (NKE) training approaches to include within Live, Virtual, and Constructive shipboard environments. Learning to Integrate and Adapt to New Naval Technologies and Threats - Continue applied research on tailorable and scalable capabilities to improve cognitive and leadership-based knowledge, skills, and abilities to improve Sailor adaptability and ability to operate in distributed and contested Naval environments. - Initiate applied research evaluating knowledge, skills, and abilities and training methodologies to accelerate adoption and integration of emerging technologies (e.g., wearables), supporting increased Naval mission effectiveness. 21st Century Learning - Continue applied research to examine effectiveness of performance support and training technologies on submarine SONAR operator performance within training scenarios. - Continue design of training technologies and methodologies to improve delivery and assessment of submarine SONAR operator training.

### Human Factors and Organizational Design

**FY2027 planned work.** Cognitive Science for Human-Machine Teaming (previously represented under Cognitive Science for Human-Machine Teaming and Computational Neuroscience heading) - Continue to study approaches to incorporate cognitive architectures and visual reasoning processes on robotic teammates to enable enhanced cooperative behaviors in Naval operations. - Continue to assess feasibility of incorporating realistic neural systems into Navy autonomous systems for robust on-board scene understanding, communication and intelligence. - Continue to conduct applied research to develop agile humanoid robot teammates with enhancements including: (i) Embedding camera-based computer vision for scene understanding; (ii) Auditory systems to enable human communication; and (iii) Neuromorphic (brain-like) processors. - Continue to investigate the effectiveness of incorporating vision and language processes in robots to facilitate human-robot team performance learning and communication in Naval operations. Analytics, Modeling and Simulation for Local and Regional Situation Awareness - Complete to investigate and assess tactics, techniques and procedures to discover, monitor and counter adversarial maneuvers in digital and social media. - Continue research in the application of large language models and artificial intelligence techniques to improve information advantage. - Continue to develop models and techniques for the assessment of Naval operational information environment (e.g. public affairs, digital, and social media). - Continue improvement of modeling and simulation for information Naval operations exercises. - Initiate research to develop course-of-action decision support and threat assessment capabilities for complex Naval operations in the information environment. Command Decision Making - Continue applied research to develop collaborative artificial intelligence (AI) decision support tools that learn from human command and control tasks. - Continue decision centered design technology development. - Continue research to study and evaluate manned-unmanned teaming Command and Control (C2) paradigms and solutions applied to different Navy command echelons. - Continue to research automation algorithms for managing man-machine teaming and scalability of control to large numbers of autonomous Naval entities (robots / swarms). - Continue a human centric approach to the design of a decision aid enabled by collaborative AI for reducing biases and increasing decision-making effectiveness for Carrier Strike Group Commanders. This effort will develop AI-augmented Command Decision Aids (CDAs) to include personalized Commander decision models and user interfaces, domain specific agents, and an orchestration framework. Human Interaction with Autonomous Systems - Continue to conduct applied research to train mission-capable robots to perform complex manipulation tasks, integrated with the ability for self-learning. - Continue evaluations of mobility and manipulation ability of advanced humanoid robot prototypes on shipboard maintenance and urban building door breaching, multi-floor mobility and hazard removal tasks. - Continue to conduct applied research to incorporate computer vision, acoustic localization, reasoning and communication capabilities into robot teammates. Naval Team Performance and Design - Complete to evaluate the impact of team composition, stress and social decision making to reduce decision biases and performance errors in Naval operational settings. - Initiate development and validation of data collection methods, frameworks, and predictive modeling for the prevention of harmful behaviors (e.g., suicide). - Initiate efforts to use emerging technologies to inform Naval team performance, composition, decision making, and well-being. Strategic Competition - Continue research in the application of complexity models across naval, joint, interagency, and allied partner data sources and visualization tools. - Continue applied research to develop methodology to identify vulnerabilities in Access, Basing and Overflight (ABO) before adversaries exploit them. - Continue to develop the analytic methods to model and destroy our adversary's irregular warfare strategies that are actively targeting our Naval equities. - Continue Innovation Protection Policy (IPP) research, analysis, and development for protection of intellectual property pertaining to critical Naval and national security technologies.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to an increased investment in developing strategic competition models across naval, joint, interagency, and allied partner data sources, along with the initiation of efforts to develop course-of-action decision support to co-pilots in complex operations, and validation of predictive models for the prevention of harmful behaviors in sailors.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Cognitive Science for Human-Machine Teaming and Computational Neuroscience - Complete applied research on system interface designs and human-machine interaction methodologies that enable or enhance Naval Warfighter performance and human-machine teaming. - Continue to study approaches to incorporate cognitive architectures and visual reasoning processes on robotic teammates to enable enhanced cooperative behaviors. - Continue to assess feasibility of incorporating realistic neural systems into autonomous systems for robust on-board scene understanding, communication and intelligence. - Continue to conduct applied research to develop agile humanoid robot teammates with enhancements including: (i) Embedding computer vision with visual-spatial reasoning; (ii) Auditory systems to enable human communication; and (iii) Neuromorphic (brain-like) processors. - Continue to investigate the effectiveness of incorporating vision and language processes in robots to facilitate human-robot team performance learning and communication. Analytics, Modeling and Simulation for Local and Regional Situation Awareness - Continue research in the application of large language models and artificial intelligence techniques to improve information advantage. - Continue to develop models and techniques for the assessment of operational information environment (e.g. public affairs, digital, and social media). - Continue to investigate and assess tactics, techniques and procedures to discover, monitor and counter adversarial maneuvers in digital and social media. - Initiate improvement of modeling and simulation for information operations exercises. Command Decision Making - Continue applied research to develop collaborative artificial intelligence (AI) decision support tools that learn from human command and control tasks. - Continue decision centered design technology development. - Continue research to study and evaluate manned-unmanned teaming Command and Control (C2) paradigms and solutions applied to different command echelons. - Continue to research automation algorithms for managing man-machine teaming and scalability of control to large numbers of autonomous entities (robots / swarms). - Initiate a human centric approach to the design of a decision aid enabled by collaborative AI for reducing biases and increasing decision-making effectiveness for Carrier Strike Group Commanders. This effort will develop AI-augmented Command Decision Aids (CDAs) to include personalized Commander decision models and user interfaces, domain specific agents, and an orchestration framework. Human Interaction with Autonomous Systems - Complete applied research understanding how to enhance diver performance with small autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) assistants. - Continue to conduct applied research to train mission-capable robots to perform complex manipulation tasks, integrated with the ability for self-learning. - Continue evaluations of mobility and manipulation ability of advanced humanoid robot prototypes on shipboard maintenance and urban building door breaching, multi-floor mobility and hazard removal tasks. - Continue to conduct applied research to incorporate computer vision, acoustic localization, reasoning and communication capabilities into robot teammates. Naval Team Performance and Design - Continue to conduct applied human factors research on concurrent and disparate human-machine team composition and performance. - Continue to evaluate the impact of team composition, stress and social decision making to reduce decision biases and performance errors in operational settings. - Initiate applied research evaluating novel training methodologies for foundational cognitive skillsets necessary in rapidly changing and disconnected environments. Strategic Competition - Continue research in the application of strategic competition complexity models across naval, joint, interagency, and allied partner data sources and visualization tools. - Continue applied research to design collaborative strategic competition assessment framework.

### Biocentric Technologies

**FY2027 planned work.** Bioinspired Autonomous Systems - Complete research application of flexible batteries to power underwater vehicles. - Continue to apply bio-inspired principles to design amphibious vehicles. - Continue to conduct applied research on bio-inspired underwater vehicle propulsion and control as an effective alternative to current propulsion approaches. - Continue harvesting of ocean wave- and current flow-energy to power underwater bio-inspired vehicle prototypes for longer duration missions. Naval Biosciences and Synthetic Biology for Naval Applications - Continue applied research in bioengineering microbial hosts and new pathways for the biomanufacturing of Naval-relevant materials (e.g. lubricants, bioplastics) at point of need. - Continue applied research on development and testing of microbially-derived biological components for materials synthesis (e.g. structural, color changing, thermal resistance). - Continue applied research on development of new biofuels for hypersonics and jet fuel, drastically increasing operational endurance and distance Marine Mammal Health and Performance - Continue applied research to implement personalized medicine for care of marine mammals under Navy Marine Mammal Program. - Continue the application of advanced technologies which focus on pulmonary and ocular disease. - Continue research on new military capabilities for dolphins, sea lions, and penguins. - Continue to implement dolphin vocalizations as a tool for diagnosing their well-being. Warfighter Augmentation and Resilience - Continue to translate basic research on oxygen separation and transport and carbon dioxide scrubbing into prototype oxygen-generating and carbon dioxide-disposing diving mask to replace existing rebreathers. - Continue development of manned-unmanned teaming platforms to aid a diver in enhanced situational awareness, expanding diving windows of opportunity. - Initiate research to evaluate feasibility of new porous liquids as alternative oxygen delivery systems.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to the completion of efforts using flexible batteries to power underwater vehicles.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** Bioinspired Autonomous Systems - Complete search behavior algorithms for autonomous vehicles to enhance object detection and recognition abilities. - Continue to apply bio-inspired principles to design amphibious vehicles. - Continue to conduct applied research on bio-inspired underwater vehicle propulsion and control as an effective alternative to current propulsion approaches. - Continue to investigate application of flexible batteries to power underwater vehicles. - Initiate harvesting of ocean wave- and current flow-energy to power underwater bio-inspired vehicle prototypes for longer duration missions. Naval Biosciences and Synthetic Biology for Naval Applications - Complete applied research to incorporate microbial sensors on Naval platforms for environmental monitoring. - Continue applied research in bioengineering microbial hosts and new pathways for the biomanufacturing of Naval-relevant materials (e.g. lubricants, bioplastics) at point of need. - Initiate applied research on development and testing of microbially-derived biological components for materials synthesis (e.g. structural, color changing, thermal resistance). - Initiate applied research on development of new biofuels for hypersonics and jet fuel, drastically increasing operational endurance and distance. Marine Mammal Health and Performance - Complete research to establish therapeutics to prevent kidney stone formation in dolphins. - Complete research to facilitate surveillance of marine mammal viral pathogens in marine waters and indigenous mussels/oysters/clams. - Continue applied research to implement personalized medicine for care of marine mammals under Navy Marine Mammal Program. - Continue the application of advanced technologies which focus on pulmonary and ocular disease. - Continue research on new military capabilities for dolphins, sea lions, and penguins. - Continue to implement dolphin vocalizations as a tool for diagnosing their well-being. Warfighter Augmentation and Resilience - Continue to translate basic research on oxygen separation and transport and carbon dioxide scrubbing into prototype oxygen-generating and carbon dioxide-disposing diving mask to replace existing rebreathers. - Continue development of manned-unmanned teaming platforms to aid a diver in enhanced situational awareness, expanding diving windows of opportunity.

### Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)

**FY2027 planned work.** - Continue Program Management of the DON Research Protections Information Technology Management System (RPITMS) for management and compliance oversight of ongoing human research protections activities, as well as the ONR HRPP's web-based research ethics training program (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)); annually this required training is completed by more than 6,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. - Continue providing education and training programs in human research ethics to all levels of staff involved in the review, approval, conduct, support or management of DON human subjects' research. - Continue to conduct site visits (site inspections and assist visits) to Navy and Marine Corps Commands as part of the ongoing monitoring and quality improvement program for human research protections within the Department of the Navy and in accordance with 32 CFR 219, DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1, and Secretary of the Navy Instruction (SECNAVINST) 3900.39E CH-1. - Continue to provide subject matter expertise and guidance on all DON-conducted and -supported research involving human subjects. - Continue to revise all human research protection program standard operating procedures to make consistent with 32 CFR 219, DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1 and SECNAVINST 3900.39E CH-1. - Continue review and revisions to SECNAVINST 3900.39E CH-1, "Human Research Protection Program", bringing it into compliance with DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1. - Continue review and revisions to the DON Component HRPP Management Plan (CMP). The CMP identifies the single, senior official having the authority and responsibility for implementing the management plan and identifies all authorities delegated by the Secretary of the Navy. - Continue the Research Protection Community of Excellence: Department of Navy (DON) HRPP Command Learn and Share Series (CLaSS); which aims to share best practices across the DON research protection enterprise.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY 2027 is due to a rebalancing of naval S&T priorities and a reduction in planned contracting costs for the Human Research Protection Program.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue Program Management of the DON Research Protections Information Technology Management System (RPITMS) for management and compliance oversight of ongoing human research protections activities, as well as the ONR HRPP's web-based research ethics training program (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)); annually this required training is completed by more than 6,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. - Continue providing education and training programs in human research ethics to all levels of staff involved in the review, approval, conduct, support or management of DON human subjects' research. - Continue to conduct site visits (site inspections and assist visits) to Navy and Marine Corps Commands as part of the ongoing monitoring and quality improvement program for human research protections within the Department of the Navy and in accordance with 32 CFR 219, DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1, and Secretary of the Navy Instruction (SECNAVINST) 3900.39E CH-1. - Continue to provide subject matter expertise and guidance on all DON-conducted and -supported research involving human subjects. - Continue to revise all human research protection program standard operating procedures to make consistent with 32 CFR 219, DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1 and SECNAVINST 3900.39E CH-1. - Continue review and revisions to SECNAVINST 3900.39E CH-1, "Human Research Protection Program", bringing it into compliance with DoW Instruction 3216.02 CH-1. - Continue review and revisions to the DON Component HRPP Management Plan (CMP). The CMP identifies the single, senior official having the authority and responsibility for implementing the management plan and identifies all authorities delegated by the Secretary of the Navy. - Initiate the Research Protection Community of Excellence: Department of Navy (DON) HRPP Command Learn and Share Series (CLaSS); which aims to share best practices across the DON research protection enterprise.

## 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/0602236N.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0602236N project 0000 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0602236N")`.

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