# The Office of Naval Research Global

**R-2A activity** of project 0000 — Warfighter Sustainment Applied Res  
**Program element:** 0602236N — Warfighter Sustainment Applied Res  
**Component:** U.S. Navy · **Budget Activity:** 2  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a5  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000

## Summary

This activity requests $17.7M in FY2027, 29% of project 0000, down 22% 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 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 collaboration between the warfighters, the Naval Research & Development Enterprise, and strategic development commands. With their efforts and deep understanding of operational needs, vast collaborative network within the NRE, NR&DE, industry, and academia, ONR Global Science Advisors will connect S&T products to operational needs and directly support transition of capabilities that deliver desired solutions for Navy and Marine Corps warfighters. ONR Global continues to objectively assess placement of current Science Advisors and requests for additional support in terms of impact to the Fleet and S&T return on investment. - Continue to utilize PhD-level civilian and military scientists searching the globe for emerging scientific research and promising technologies that could be invested in with the goal of solving DON S&T challenges. These investments will provide global S&T awareness to reduce the risk of potential technological surprise and supported theater security cooperation goals to sustain cooperative relationships with an expanding set of international allies and partners. These efforts will be accomplished by collaborating with organizations and researchers through liaison/ exchange visits, conferences and workshops, and grants in innovative applied research. Science Directors can identify research areas and early developmental technologies that may evolve to have a significant capability solution for Navy and Marine Corps warfighters. - Continue to support international engagements with key allies and partners to identify common requirements and areas of work that can be leveraged to improve the capabilities of Sailors and Marines. Continuing working with 10 key allies and partners to complete performance requirements review meetings, build data sharing and exchange agreement, and create future cooperative project agreements. Also work to identify common goals and requirements for three multi-lateral groups, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in order to increase collective Naval capability, capacity, and interoperability. Continue looking at other international allies and partners for future capability-based relationships that could have a significant improvement on warfighter interoperability and capacity.

**FY2027 planned work.** Not applicable.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The decrease in funding from FY 2026 to FY2027 to realign resources towards higher priority science and technology (S&T) initiatives.

## Before the request year

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - 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 collaboration between the warfighters, the Naval Research & Development Enterprise, and strategic development commands. With their efforts and deep understanding of operational needs, vast collaborative network within the NRE, NR&DE, industry, and academia, ONR Global Science Advisors will connect S&T products to operational needs and directly support transition of capabilities that deliver desired solutions for Navy and Marine Corps warfighters. ONR Global continues to objectively assess placement of current Science Advisors and requests for additional support in terms of impact to the Fleet and S&T return on investment. - Continue to utilize PhD-level civilian and military scientists searching the globe for emerging scientific research and promising technologies that could be invested in with the goal of solving DON S&T challenges. These investments will provide global S&T awareness to reduce the risk of potential technological surprise and supported theater security cooperation goals to sustain cooperative relationships with an expanding set of international allies and partners. These efforts will be accomplished by collaborating with organizations and researchers through liaison/ exchange visits, conferences and workshops, and grants in innovative applied research. Science Directors can identify research areas and early developmental technologies that may evolve to have a significant capability solution for Navy and Marine Corps warfighters. - Continue to support international engagements with key allies and partners to identify common requirements and areas of work that can be leveraged to improve the capabilities of Sailors and Marines. Continuing working with 10 key allies and partners to complete performance requirements review meetings, build data sharing and exchange agreement, and create future cooperative project agreements. Also work to identify common goals and requirements for three multi-lateral groups, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in order to increase collective Naval capability, capacity, and interoperability. Continue looking at other international allies and partners for future capability-based relationships that could have a significant improvement on warfighter interoperability and capacity.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 22.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 22.7 |
| FY2027 | Request | 17.7 |

> 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 0000

- [Advanced Naval Materials](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0602236N/0000/a0) — FY2027 15.8
- Medical and Human Performance Technologies — FY2027 8.1
- Training Technologies — FY2027 7.1
- Human Factors and Organizational Design — FY2027 6.3
- Biocentric Technologies — FY2027 3.7
- Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) — FY2027 1.6

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0602236N project 0000 (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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